Ceramics | Art Classes & Lessons

Summer

PINCH POTS AND HAND FORMED VESSELS

Maria Scott / Studio 7
Tue 6/10-7/29
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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CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

Anna Ill / Studio 7
Mon 6/9-7/28
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$280 / Members: $260

Bring mythical creatures and the animal kingdom to life in clay. Begin by working through a series of small-scale studies to learn about sculptural techniques, expression, and narrative. Refine your ideas and produce sculptures that you’ll finish with traditional glazes and cold finishes.

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POTTER’S WHEEL: ATTENTION TO DETAIL

Wyatt Lane / Studio 5
Thu 6/12-7/31
1-3:30pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Potter’s Wheel
$280 / Members: $260

You have the basics of centering and forming, now learn to capture the details and craftsmanship to improve on your fundamental throwing skills. This class is a step up from beginning level and will get you on the path to being an intermediate level potter.

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DECANTING VESSELS

Chad Bagge / Studio 5
Thu 6/12-7/31
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Potter’s Wheel
$280 / Members: $260

Expand your throwing skills with a focus on bottles, pitchers, and carafes. Pouring vessels have been used for centuries and remain a part of our everyday life. While you learn new techniques in clay, you’ll also be creating unique vessels to serve a cool beverage this summer.

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EARTHENWARE BOWLS

Susan McHenry / Studio 7
Thu 6/12-7/31
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$280 / Members: $260

Focusing on this one form, we’ll explore a range of bowl styles for our favorite foods. We’ll give thought to function when serving specific dishes in specific bowls. Some of the forms explored will be berry bowls, bowls for dips and snacks, dessert bowls, soup bowls, and more. Slab and coil construction methods will be demonstrated using the studio’s low-fire red earthenware clay, as well as methods for applying slip and terra sigillata. Use a piece you made during the semester to serve a favorite food at a potluck during the last class.

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INTERMEDIATE POTTER’S WHEEL

Lindsay Hayosh / Studio 5
Wed 6/11-7/30
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Potter’s Wheel
$280 / Members: $260

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 6/11-7/30
10am-12:30pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Intermediate Ceramics
$280 / Members: $260

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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ATMOSPHERIC FIRING

Julie Devers / Studio 5
Tue 6/10-7/29
1-3:30pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Intermediate Ceramics
$295 / Members: $275

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

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BEGINNING POTTER’S WHEEL

(A) Lindsay Hayosh / Studio 5
Tue 6/10-7/29
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$280 / Members: $260

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) Tom Richards / Studio 5
Wed 6/11-7/30
1-3:30pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$280 / Members: $260

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BEGINNING CERAMICS

(A) Brian Hirt / Studio 7
Tue 6/10-7/29
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
Wed 6/11-7/30
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
$280 / Members: $260

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ANAGAMA-PART 2

Julie Devers / Studio 5
Mon 6/9-7/28
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Intermediate/ Advanced Ceramics
$285 / Members: $305

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 25th anniversary firing.

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