Jun 04 Thursday
In this eight-week series, students will learn the foundational skills for throwing pots on the wheel. They will learn centering, basic throwing techniques, trimming, glazing, and more to begin their journey with clay. While this class is geared toward beginners, students who have some introductory skills that they wish to expand on are welcome. Price includes 25 pounds of clay, access to the clay studio outside of class, and use of community tools and glazes.
Jun 11 Thursday
Jun 12 Friday
In this experimental workshop, students will learn lashing and chaotic weaving methods for building skeletal structures with rattan and bamboo. On these frameworks, explore methods for building skins with rice papers, pigmented and unpigmented gut, and recycled netting. Paintable graphite, acrylics, shellac and Japanese suminagashi marbling will further modify membrane surfaces and structures. A series of guided exercises will prompt students to invent unique, original sculptural forms.
Jun 13 Saturday
Jun 14 Sunday
Jun 15 Monday
Jun 16 Tuesday
Jun 18 Thursday