Pottery Classes – Descriptions
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Beginner and Intermediate Hand Building for Couples
This class is for couples who want to enjoy a night out together doing something new and different. Or any two or more: sisters, mother-son, mother-daughter, 2 neighbors… you get the idea! Bring who ever you like. You will learn the basics of functional and sculptural hand building—using molds to make functional and decorative works. You will spend the 1st part of the class creating your piece, using your imagination and creativity. The 2nd part of the class you will glaze your piece, learning glazing skills to turn your piece worthy enough to brag to your friends! Now don’t think you have to have a creative bone in your body as you will surprise yourself – your imagination that left you in back in 5th grade will come back out again, you will see! This is a great opportunity to also bring another couple with you or take it as a private class for you and your partner. Fee $45/person ($35 for class $10.00 for supplies)
Hand Building Beyond Basics 4 week Mondays from 7pm – 9:30 p.m.week. Nov 7th – Nov 28th
This course is designed to help beginning hand builders fine-tune their skills and expand their horizons. Learn how to work smarter and create larger, more complicated forms. Experiment with embellishments, lidded vessels, handles and spouts. Students will review glazing basics and learn how to use wax resists and oxide stains to create surface decorations. Students should be familiar with the pinch, coil and slab methods of pottery construction before beginning this course. Minimum number of participants: 5
SCULPTURE
Tuesdays 6pm–9:00pm – 3 week class Begins the 2nd Tue of every month
You will learn how to build a sculpture out of clay without an armature, to be fired at least once. Finished product can be glazed or finished with various other surfaces or left in a natural state. Basic hand building skills would be a help.
Sculpture For All Levels
Basic waterbase clay sculpture classes are open to all skill levels. Classes will cover hands-on sculpture creation, demonstration and one-on-one time with the instructor. Sculpt figures, bas-relief, garden sculpture, handbuilding or free-form objects…
Women & Wine Hand Building Class
This class is for women (21 and over) who want some R and R, to be with other women and away from kids for a while, celebrating life, conversations, music, candles and of course a beverage and food of your choice. BYOB. ( Please note the studio is not liable). In class students will learn the basics of functional and sculptural hand building using molds to make functional and decorative works. You will spend your time creating your piece, using your imagination and creativity (oh and by the way — giggling, telling stories, more laughing) . ( 4 hrs class or maybe a little later ! )
TRY CLAY
Looking for something different to do on a Friday night? Our Try-It Workshops are no dinner-and-a-movie. You will get the chance to try your hand at creating pottery! Bring your girlfriend, boyfriend, best friend, or spend some quality time with a family member. We give you a summarized lesson about the pottery making process. Then we’ll get on the wheel and throw something together. There’s a one time charge of only $25, which includes all the materials needed to take the class. We do recommend that you bring a towel, we get messy! You can pick up your fired creations 3 weeks after the class.
Pottery
Beginners will learn basic wheel skills: centering, opening, pulling, shaping, trimming and finishing, as well as glazing. As a beginner, you will be making variations on the basic cylinder, such as mugs, vases, and bowls. The intermediate/Advanced students will be learning more advanced functional and decorative projects such as dinnerware, lidded jars and casseroles, goblets, two-piece vases, lamps, etc.
BEGINNING POTTERY:
Pottery is one of the oldest human technologies and art-forms, and remains a major industry today. There are several methods for making ceramic pieces. A ball of clay is placed in the center of a turntable or ‘wheel.’ The wheel rotates rapidly while the solid ball of soft clay is pressed, squeezed, and pulled gently upwards and outwards into a hollow shape. This class is for beginners but will also serve as a refresher course. We will explore the basics of centering the clay and forming shapes such as a cylinder and continue to mugs and small serving bowls. No experience required. (minimum 4 students, maximum 6 students)
Try Encaustic
Find out how to use beeswax as a medium for painting. Encaustic is a combination of heated beeswax and dammar resin. Come to the classes and learn the translucent, sensual, fun and surprising qualities of this ancient medium rediscovered with the latest tools and equipment. In this comprehensive class you will learn this technique.
Try Encaustic Again
This class is for students that have taken Try Encaustic. You will be given all the supplies to experiment more with this medium. You will need to bring your own painting panel, board or wood. Rebecca will be on site for questions or assistance.
RELIEF PRINTMAKING I
Learn basic relief printmaking skills as you carve your creative images into linoleum and wood blocks. Then learn how to ink and press your blocks in editions of 5 to 10. Designed to be an entry-level class, relief printmaking is a great opportunity to begin or continue one’s artistic development.
FACE MUG CLASS
The face mug workshop taught by potter, Bruce Bley, of Wild Child Arts. The class will consist primarily of students who had never touched clay before. Each student choose a mug, which will have been thrown on Wild Child Arts wheels for them prior to the workshop. During two hours of detailed instruction, each student sculpted and applied facial features to their pottery. The results will be wonderful face mugs.
Bruce’s expert instruction to sculpt your own masterpiece mug. Bruce will then attach the perfect handle to your mug, glaze and fire your mug and return it to Wild Child Arts for you to pick up or ship. The finished product will be ready in a couple of weeks. Mugs are Dishwasher and Microwave Safe. Great way to get a jump start on your Holiday Gift Giving! If you have ever had the pleasure of meeting Bruce then you already know what a fun, charismatic person he is and how much you will enjoy this class! Class includes all materials and firing. (Shipping is extra if you will not be able to pick up your finished mug) You may create more than one mug. Please keep in mind this is a 2 hour class and that may limit your ability to make more than a couple mugs. We will offer more classes with Bruce in the future so you will have more opportunities to create mugs! Class is open to all ages. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.