Ceramics | Art Classes & Lessons

Summer

BEGINNING CERAMICS

(A) Amy Hudson / Studio 7
Tue 6/9-7/28
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
$280 / Members: $260

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 demonstrated, just add your own creative touch. Finish your pieces with glazes for high and low temperature firings.

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BEGINNING CERAMICS

(B) Mitzi Davis / Studio 7
Thu 6/11-7/30
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
$280 / Members: $260

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BEGINNING POTTER’S WHEEL

(A) Lindsay Hayosh / Studio 5
Tue 6/9-7/28
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$290 / Members: $270

This is the ideal class for students who are interested in the potter’s wheel. Learn to center and transform a ball of clay into a 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. Students are responsible for their own pottery tools.

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BEGINNING POTTER’S WHEEL

(B) Wyatt Lane / Studio 5
Thu 6/11-7/30
1-3:30pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$290 / Members: $270

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MAKE IT A SET, IN EARTHENWARE

Mitzi Davis / Studio 7
Wed 6/10-7/29
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$290 / Members: $270

Bring the full spectrum of color to your pots by utilizing the studio’s rich, low fire red earthenware clay. Explore vibrant colors, brushwork, pattern, and design as you work in a series, crafting multiple forms. Consider the relationship of pots to each other whether they are contained on a tray or assembled for serving a favorite meal. Wheel throwing will be emphasized, yet hand builders are welcome. This class will be a fun approach to refining your functional pottery.

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PINCH POTS AND ORGANIC OBJECTS

Maria Scott / Studio 7
Tue 6/9-7/28
1-3:30pm / 8 weeks
$280 / Members: $260

Return to how the earliest pots were formed by hand. Find relaxation in the shaping of clay, connecting with the material, and bringing volume and surface design to simple vessels. Finishing techniques will include burnishing, pit firing, and high firing. Your hands are your tools and previous experience is not required.

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PRESS MOLDED TILES

Ellie Stanislav / Studio 5
Wed 6/10-7/29
1:30-4pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$290 / Members: $270

Learn the skill of plaster mold making to create personalized tiles. Using a combination of low- and high-relief sculptural modeling, students will create a tile suitable for plaster press molds. Model your clay, build the mold box, mix and pour plaster, and clean your molds. After pressing, explore glaze and composition arrangements with your tiles.

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SODA FIRING

Julie Devers / Studio 5
Tue 6/9-7/28
10:30am-1pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Intermediate Ceramics
$305 / Members: $285

Explore a classic approach to firing your work in a high temperature soda/salt kiln. This is a studio-style course with an emphasis on forming, decorating, and glazing pots for high temperature atmospheric firing. Students will actively participate in all aspects of the process, not only loading and maintaining the kiln, but in selecting and mixing the slips and glazes for class use.

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HANDBUILT VASES

Susan McHenry / Studio 7
Wed 6/10-7/29
1-3:30pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$290 / Members: $270

Explore a variety of hand building techniques for creating vases for your summer blooms. Slab, coil, and pinch methods will be demonstrated, allowing students to improve their skills and gain confidence as hand builders. Bud vases, flower bricks, and larger stacked vessels will be just a few of the forms we’ll explore. Students can utilize both stoneware or red earthenware clay bodies in this class.

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COPY CAT

Chad Bagge / Studio 5
Mon 6/8-7/27
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Potter’s Wheel
$290 / Members: $270

One of the traditional ways of visual learning is through imitation. We’ll examine historical, traditional, and contemporary works that inspire us and break down their formal parts. By replicating with your own artistic expression, you'll discover new techniques while accessing the elements that drive your work.

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INDEPENDENT CLAY STUDIO

Wyatt Lane / Studio 5
Tue 6/9-7/28
1:30pm-4pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Intermediate Ceramics
$290 / Members: $270

A studio class for the self-directed student with intermediate to advanced ceramics skills. Focus on your individual, creative interest in hand building, throwing, designing and finishing. Instructor guidance and critiques will be offered.

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INTERMEDIATE POTTER’S WHEEL

Lindsay Hayosh / Studio 5
Wed 6/10-7/29
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Potter’s Wheel
$290 / Members: $270

Learn to confidently produce the pots of your imagination while refining (or refreshing) your craftsmanship. Techniques of forming spouts, lids, handles, and altered forms will be demonstrated. This class is a progressive step in mastering the potter's wheel. Surface decoration and high fire glazing will be demystified as you finish the pots that will become part of your home.

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RAKU & ALTERNATIVE LOW FIRE

Diane Niehof / Studio 5
Wed 6/10-7/29
10am-12:30pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$290 / Members: $270

Pulling hot pots from the kiln and seeing results within minutes describes the excitement of raku firing. Learn the various techniques and reduction variables that produce unique and beautiful results. With an instructional emphasis on firing and experimentation, you'll have the flexibility of hand building or wheel-throwing. Horsehair, naked raku, splash obvara, and sagger firings are offered in this popular class.

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ANAGAMA

Julie Devers / Studio 7
Mon 6/8-7/27
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: anagama and instructor approval
$315 / Members: $295

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 sculptures specific to our anagama kiln. At the kiln site students will prep 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 in late September for our firing.

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