The following classes are taught by Potters Guild members at the Community Arts Center.
Register for workshops through the Community Arts Center.
Clay is not included in fees.
Intermediate and Advanced Wheel Class
Bob Deane
Monday, 9:00am – 12:00pm
This class is for the student who has acquired basic wheel techniques. With patience, focus and the instructor’s guidance, the potter’s wheel will become your “best friend.” Students will have the opportunity and gain the skill to work either small or large to create original decorative and functional pieces of ceramic art. Students should bring a 2 – 2 ½ gallon bucket with lid, an old towel, and some basic clay tools
8 weeks $200M/$220NM Lab fee: $25 electric firing / $40 gas firing
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All Levels Smoked Clay Drawings I
Trudi Battershall and Kate White
Monday, 2:00pm – 5:00pm
This is a great clay course for either sculptors or drawers who want to try something new. Do you love to doodle and draw buy have never really handled clay? Or do you love clay but never ventured to draw on it? Then this course is for you. Both clay beginners and clay experts! Bring doodles, sketches or pictures and we’ll show you how to roll out slabs and create lines and shadows with unexpected tools. Then you’ll briefly fire and smoke your piece in the raku kiln. Lo, you’ll have a wall piece to amaze your family and add to your repertoire. Try it – and if you find the process offers other possibilities, take the second session and try more. This session funs June 20 through July 18.
4 weeks $90M/$110NM Lab fee: $25
All Levels Smoked Clay Drawings II
Trudi Battershall and Kate White
Monday, 2:00pm – 5:00pm
This is a great clay course for either sculptors or drawers who want to try something new. Do you love to doodle and draw buy have never really handled clay? Or do you love clay but never ventured to draw on it? Then this course is for you. Both clay beginners and clay experts! Bring doodles, sketches or pictures and we’ll show you how to roll out slabs and create lines and shadows with unexpected tools. Then you’ll briefly fire and smoke your piece in the raku kiln. Lo, you’ll have a wall piece to amaze your family and add to your repertoire. This session runs July 25 through August 15.
4 weeks $90M/$110NM Lab fee: $25
All Levels Monday Evening Wheel Throwing
Carol Seymour
Monday, 7pm – 10pm
Learn the basics of making bowls, cups, vases and plates in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Enhance your forms with handles, lids and spouts. See how small decorative touches make a big difference. Elements of design and function are emphasized and lots of individual attention is available Students should bring a 2 – 2 ½ gallon bucket with lid, an old towel, and some basic clay tools
8 weeks $175M/$195NM Lab fee: $25
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All Levels Clay Mornings
Trudi Battershall
Tuesday, 10:00am – 1:00pm
Think garden! Think birdhouses, sculpture and fountains! You can also bring pictures or sketches of your own ideas. As usual in this course we share, experiment and cheer each other on! Combine all handbuilding techniques as you wish! We’ll help you to use your existing skills and learn new ones to bring your creative ideas to life!
8 weeks $175M/$195NM Lab fee: $25
All Levels Tuesday Wheel Throwing
Carol Seymour
Tuesday, 9:00am – 12:00pm
If you have never used the potter’s wheel this is a great place to start. Lots of demonstrations and individual attention will help you learn the basics of making and glazing bowls, cups, vases or whatever you have in mind. See how additions and subtractions can enhance your work.There’s lots of interaction and you will move along at your own pace. Students should bring a 2 – 2 ½ gallon bucket with lid, an old towel, and some basic clay
8 weeks $175M/$195NM Lab fee: $25
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All Levels Individual Journey
Bob Deane
Tuesday, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
This is the perfect class for anyone interested in beginning an exploration in the ceramic arts. Using both handbuilding and wheel techniques, students will work independently, under the guidance of the instructor, to develop their own goals and create their own unique masterpieces. Students of all levels of ceramic experience enrich the class. Students should bring a 2 – 2 ½ gallon bucket with lid, an old towel, and some basic clay tools.
8 weeks $200M/$220NM Lab fee: $25 electric firing / $40 gas firing
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Intermediate/Advanced Dive In
Jeanie M. Silver
Wednesday, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Dive into an extended exploration of one form. Learn the different ways each form can be built, and which method is effective to achieve the feeling and function that you want. This is your chance to take one form and make it your own.
8 weeks $175M/$195NM Lab fee: $25
All Levels Raku and Other Firing Alternatives
Laura Demme
Wednesday, 9:00am – 1:00pm
OR
Wednesday, 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Follow the change of seasons with special Raku projects. In this class we will make tea bowls, teapots, or containers for Ikebana (flower arrangements). We will perform a tea ceremony using our own vessels. Various glaze techniques and glaze combinations will be presented for handbuilding and throwing projects (throwing is optional). Individual projects are encouraged. Students will have the opportunity to experiment with alternative firing techniques including shadow slip stencil, horsehair firing, and ferrichloride. It’s summer, a great time to enjoy the outdoor firing.
8 weeks $195M/$215NM Lab fee: $25
All Levels Constructing and Carving Clay
Bob Deane
Thursday, 11am – 2pm
First we build it and then we carve it. Using slab, coil and other clay construction techniques, students will build a foundation for experimenting and learning the many techniques of carving clay. Carving can create sculptural work and provide interesting surface treatments. Techniques for many options will be explored.
8 weeks $200M/$220NM Lab fee: $25 electric firing / $40 gas firing
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All Levels You Let it Slip!
Ann Sucheck
Thursday, 7pm – 10pm
This class will explore the use of colored slips as decorative surfaces. Demonstrations of Hakeme, Mishima, slip trailing and other uses of colored slips to enrich the surface of clay will be given.
8 weeks $175M/$195NM Lab fee: $25
All Levels Painting with Smoke Clouds
Effie Brenner
Friday, 9:00am – 12:00pm
Add a little mystery to your hand building experience. Let smoke and fire paint your pots with beautiful smoke clouds. We’ll use several polishing techniques to give your pot the subtle smoothness of a river stone or the high polish of a marble. Experiment using different colors. The fire loves that! Just be prepared to let nature take over. Demos will be designed around the needs of the students. And of course, traditional glazing is still an option. No class July 1st.
7 weeks $160M/$180NM Lab fee: $25
All Levels Saturday Wheel Throwing
Carol Seymour
Saturday, 10:00am – 12 noon
OR
10:00am -1:00pm
Learn the basics of making bowls, plates, cups and vases in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Enhance your forms with handles, lids, feet or spouts. See how small decorative touches can make a big difference. Elements of design and function are emphasized and lots of individual attention is available. Students should bring a 2 – 2 ½ gallon bucket with lid, an old towel, and some basic clay
8 weeks $120M/$140NM (2 hours)
8 weeks $175M/$195NM (3 hours) Lab fee: $25
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