Visiting Artist Workshop
Winter
CONSIDER THE SOURCE
Julie Devers / Studio 5
Wed 1/8-3/26
9:30am-12pm / 12 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Potter’s Wheel
$405 / Members: $385
Where do your ideas originate? Are we influenced by historical images, biographical references, contemporary vessels, or the kitchen? How we interpret these sources and transform them into our own pots will be an individual and group exploration.This class will utilize throwing demonstrations and presentations.
CREATIVE SLAB BUILDING
Susan McHenry / Studio 7
Thu 1/9-3/27
1-3:30pm / 12 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$405 / Members: $385
Personalize your hand-built forms by learning to create customized templates for slab building. Using the studio’s high-fire stoneware clay, we’ll begin with cups and bowls, and then move on to more complex pieces such as jars, pitchers, and stacked vases. Mix and match parts to create unique shapes and bring a sense of play to your making process. Demonstrations will include various surface treatments using high-fire slips, paper resists, and sgraffito.
CREATIVE SLAB BUILDING WITH RED CLAY
Susan McHenry / Studio 7
Thu 1/9-3/2
6:30-9pm / 12 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$405 / Members: $385
Using the studio’s low-fire red earthenware clay, personalize your hand-built forms by learning to create customized templates for slab building. Begin with cups and bowls, and then move on to more complex pieces such as jars, pitchers, and stacked vases. Bring a sense of play to your making process by mixing and matching parts to create unique shapes. Demonstrations will include various surface treatments, colored slips, and terra sigillata.
CERAMIC JEWELRY: EARRINGS, PENDANTS, BEADS & BROOCHES
Anna Ill / Studio 7
Wed 1/8-2/12
1-3:30pm / 6 weeks
$220 / Members: $200
Expand your clay practice by designing, modeling, and glazing ceramic jewelry. In this six week course we will create ceramic jewelry using earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. We will create the pieces using carving, stamping, and sculpting techniques. Surface treatments will include both traditional glazes and cold finishes. Basic materials for assembling the jewelry will be provided. Students can purchase additional material through the instructor.
WHAT MAKES A GOOD CUP?
Amy Hudson / Studio 5
Tue 1/7-2/11
6:30-9pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: Intermediate Ceramics
$220 / Members: $200
Do your cups still have an unrefined quality, neglected as a simple and forgotten form? With the cup being the most accessible and often used piece of pottery in the home, it deserves great consideration. This 6-week intensive course will address design, craftsmanship, and personal expression. You will discuss the intimate rims, the functional handles, and the aesthetics of form. Along with demonstrations of throwing, trimming, hand building, and pulling and attaching handles, students will arrive at the answer to “What makes a good cup?”.
VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOP SPRIGGING + SLIP TRAILING & JEWEL TONE COLOR LAYERING: CERAMICS WITH LISA ORR
Lisa Orr / Studios 3,5,7
Sat & Sun 1/25-1/26
9am-5pm / Two Days
$230 / Members: $210
Lisa Orr’s artwork references traditional porcelain and restaurant whitewares, but with softer forms inspired by the relaxed and playful qualities of earthenware. Vivid colors and strong forms set her work apart: it feels muscular and strong while being transparent and fluid. With two days of demonstrations, students will be introduced to soft forming techniques, colorful layered decoration, and low relief sprigging. Participants will create their own unique pieces start to finish utilizing a variety of simple clay molds, colored underglaze engobes, trailing slip, adding textured appliques, and nichrome wire. The techniques you will learn can carry over to your own practice, in low or high fire clay, whimsical or structured, handbuilt or thrown. Join internationally recognized ceramic artist Lisa Orr for this energetic two-day workshop, all levels of experience are welcome.
This Visiting Artist Workshop is generously supported by the Jim and Lois Richmond Workshop Fund.
INTERMEDIATE POTTER’S WHEEL
(A) Wyatt Lane / Studio 5
Tue 1/7-3/25
1-3:30pm / 12 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Potter’s Wheel
$405 / Members: $385
Continue to produce the pots of your imagination while refining (or refreshing) the basics of craftsmanship and technique. This class is an intermediate step in mastering the potter's wheel. Techniques of forming spouts, lids, handles and altering will be introduced. High fire glazing will be demystified as you finish the pots that will become part of your home.
INTERMEDIATE POTTER’S WHEEL
(B) Lindsay Hayosh / Studio 5
Thu 1/9-3/27
6:30-9pm / 12 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Potter’s Wheel
$405 / Members: $385
Continue to produce the pots of your imagination while refining (or refreshing) the basics of craftsmanship and technique. This class is an intermediate step in mastering the potter's wheel. Techniques of forming spouts, lids, handles and altering will be introduced. High fire glazing will be demystified as you finish the pots that will become part of your home.
RAKU & ALTERNATIVE LOW FIRE
Wyatt Lane / Studio 5
Wed 1/8-3/26
1-3:30pm / 12 weeks
Prerequisite: Intermediate Ceramics
$405 / Members: $385
If you want heat and instant glaze results, learn to master the various techniques of raku firing. Experiment and test new glazes while exploring firing and post firing possibilities. Horsehair, naked raku, saggar, obvara, and blackware firings are offered. While this course will focus on the firing techniques, both experienced hand builders and wheel throwers are welcome.
BEGINNING POTTER’S WHEEL
(A) Lindsay Hayosh / Studio 5
Wed 1/8-3/26
6:30-9pm / 12 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$405 / Members: $385
Get ready for your first time throwing! If you are new to the potter’s wheel or want to exercise your fundamental skills, this class is for you. From centering clay to the finished pot, weekly demonstrations introduce basic forms such as cylinders, cups, bowls, and plates. Studio slips and glazes will be discussed for completing your pottery.
BEGINNING POTTER’S WHEEL
(B) Tom Richards / Studio 5
Thu 1/9-3/27
1-3:30pm / 12 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$405 / Members: $385
Get ready for your first time throwing! If you are new to the potter’s wheel or want to exercise your fundamental skills, this class is for you. From centering clay to the finished pot, weekly demonstrations introduce basic forms such as cylinders, cups, bowls, and plates. Studio slips and glazes will be discussed for completing your pottery.
BEGINNING CERAMICS
(A) Caitlin Zachow / Studio 7
Tue 1/7-3/25
9:30-12pm / 12 weeks
$405 / Members: $385
Welcome to the world of clay. Beginning students are introduced to a variety of clay-forming techniques to complete several unique projects. Pinching, coiling, and slab-building will be taught, along with an introduction to the potter’s wheel. Finish your pieces with glazes for high and low temperature firings.
BEGINNING CERAMICS
(B) Tom Richards / Studio 7
Tue 1/7-3/25
1-3:30pm / 12 weeks
$405 / Members: $385
Welcome to the world of clay. Beginning students are introduced to a variety of clay-forming techniques to complete several unique projects. Pinching, coiling, and slab-building will be taught, along with an introduction to the potter’s wheel. Finish your pieces with glazes for high and low temperature firings.
BEGINNING CERAMICS
(C) Brian Hirt / Studio 7
Tue 1/7-3/25
6:30 - 9 pm / 12 weeks
$405 / Members: $385
Welcome to the world of clay. Beginning students are introduced to a variety of clay-forming techniques to complete several unique projects. Pinching, coiling, and slab-building will be taught, along with an introduction to the potter’s wheel. Finish your pieces with glazes for high and low temperature firings.
EXTRUDING CLAY SAMPLER
Tom Richards / Studio 7
Wed 2/19-3/26
1-3:30pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$220 / Members: $200
The extruder is a fun studio tool that allows you to easily produce and repeat forms that can be deconstructed, assembled or made into vessels. In this 6-week course, learn about the extruder and dies then create finished pieces with your extruded elements. Stoneware with high fire glazes will be used.
ANAGAMA
Julie Devers / Studio 5
Mon 1/6-3/24
6:30-9pm / 12 weeks
Prerequisite: Intermediate/ Advanced Ceramics
$440 / Members: $420
Achieve ceramic surfaces only possible in the KIA wood kiln. Experience having your pieces glazed with wood ash and kissed by the flame while firing with a community of passionate stokers. The studio portion of this class discusses the loading, firing, history, and anticipated results as you produce pots and sculpture specific to our anagama kiln. At the kiln site you will prep the cord wood to fuel the kiln and work shifts, keeping the firing burning for four days. Unloading day reveals pots that will be as unique as the wood fire process. This class requires physical work, stamina, full participation, cooperation, and availability to fire in early May.