Wheel Throwing Basics, Addie Rose
Addie Rose, B-A
Mondays 1:00-4:00
No experience required! If you’ve never thrown on a wheel or if it’s been a while, come and join us to learn, discover & explore your skills. Each week will feature new forms and/or techniques, including glazing. Come as you are– or bring a friend. Couples or office team-building groups welcome. Open yourself to the joys of creating and developing new strengths. Please bring pottery tools or plan to purchase them from the gift shop. Class fee includes 25# of stoneware clay, as well as bisque and glaze firing.
S1: Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr 7
S2: Apr 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19
$220 ACM Members $245 Future Members
Playing in Mud, Judith White
Judith White, B-A
Saturdays 9:00-12:00
Our main focus will be wheel throwing. (Hand builders with experience are welcome). We will have challenging projects where you’ll learn new techniques incorporating structure and flow. You will have hands-on instruction and learn how to stretch your skills, from forming and shaping clay to incorporating decorations and embellishments. Included in fee:
25 lbs of clay, in-studio glazes and firing.
S1: 6 wk: Sep 7, 14, 21 (no Sep 28), Oct 5, 12, 19
S2: 6 wk: Nov 2, 9, 16, (no Nov 23), 30, Dec 7, 14
S3: 8 wk: Jan 4, 11, 18, 25, Feb 1, 8, 15, 22
S4: 8 wk: Mar 8, 15, 22, 29, Apr 5, 12, 19, 26
6 week: $220 ACM Members/$245 Future Members
8 week: $289 ACM Members/$314 Future Members
RAKU – Fire & Smoke, Ted Camp
Ted Camp, B-A
Thursdays 9:00-12:00
Using previously developed construction skills, students will produce either handbuilt or wheel thrown work and apply special glazes to their bisque-fired work PRIOR to each class. During class, those pieces will be fired quickly and students will then remove their work from the hot kiln and place their work into smoking chambers where the glazes will develop a serendipitous variety of surface and colored effects unique only to raku while rapidly cooling. In addition to regular raku glazing, students are encouraged to try naked raku, obvara, and horse-hair techniques as alternative choices to glazing for their surface patterns. Class fee includes 25 lbs. of clay, glazes and firing.
S1: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26, Oct 3
S2: Oct 10, 17, 24, 31, Nov 7
S3: Nov 14, 21, (no Nov 28), Dec 5, 12, 19
S4: Jan 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
S5: Feb 6, 13, 20, 27, Mar 6
S6: Mar 13, 20, (no Mar 27), Apr 3, 10, 17
$179 ACM Members
$204 Future Members
Working with Glaze Chemicals, Ted Camp
Ted Camp, I-A
Thursdays 1:00-4:00
This course explores the chemical constituents of glazes in non-technical ways and would interest any student who is interested in making their own glazes. Knowing what a chemical contributes to the glaze formula is critical in choosing chemicals that provide the surface or color a student is looking for. Another important area of concern for students making functional glazes is that the glaze needs to be food-safe and durable in its use. Students will receive a special computer glaze calculator, which will help them to see when a glaze is properly fluxed to produce a durable surface and will help them to know what it will look like before the glaze is made. Students will test their own glazes and adjust them to produce desired results on test tiles. Time will be spent applying test glazes to test tiles (not constructing work). No clay is provided.
S1: Oct 10, 17, 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 21, (no Nov 28), Dec 5
S2: Feb 6, 13, 20, 27, Mar 6, 13, 20, (no Mar 27), Apr 3
$289 ACM Members
$312 Future Members
Explore Clay Handbuilding Techniques, Ted Camp
Ted Camp, B-A
Wednesdays 1:00-4:00
Slab construction is the easiest and fastest form of hand building for beginners to learn while presenting the more advanced student with a variety of challenges involving aesthetics & scale. This class will cover a variety of building and design techniques, including coils along with the use of a clay extruder that play well with the physical characteristics of clay. Demonstrations will focus on the making of quality utilitarian or sculptural objects. Students will be introduced to numerous glazing techniques that allow them to fully explore colors and effects possible with mid-fire (cone 6 electric) and hi-fire (cone 10 reduction) glazes. Bring your own tools or purchase a beginners kit at the front desk. Class fee includes 25 lbs. of clay, firing, and in-studio glazing.
S1: Sep 4, 11, 18, 25, Oct 2
S2: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov 6
S3: Nov 13, 20, (no Nov 27), Dec 4, 11, 18
S4: Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb 5
S5: Feb 12, 19, 26, Mar 5, 12
S6: Mar 19,(no Mar 26), Apr 2, 9, 16, 23
$179 ACM Members
$204 Future Members
Sculpture for Everyone, Linda Sheffield
Linda Sheffield, B-I
Wednesdays 4:30-7:30
This is a fun class! You can sculpt whatever you like, from people to anything in your imagination. I am here to help you achieve success. All levels welcome. Please make sure you get a supply list. Class fee includes 25 lbs of clay & firing.
S1: 6 wk: Sep 4, 11, 18, 25, Oct 2, 9
S2: 5 wk: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13, 20
S3: 5 wk: Dec 11, 18, (no Dec 25 & Jan 1), 8,(no Jan 15), 22, 29
S4: 6 wk: Feb 5, 12, 19, 26, Mar 5, 12
S5: 6 wk: Mar 26, Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
5 wk: $179 ACM Members $204 Future Members
6 wk: $215 ACM Members $240 Future Members
From Clay to Creation: Beginners Wheel Throwing, Kaidi Grabiak
Kaidi Grabiak, B
Tuesdays 5:30-8:30
Discover the art of pottery wheel throwing in this beginners course. This class will serve as an introduction to wheel thrown ceramics, learning the fundamentals: throwing, trimming and glazing. No need to worry about being perfect – this is a causal and fun environment where you can let your creativity flow. Come join us and get your hands dirty while making one-of-a-kind pottery! No previous experience is required. Please bring your own tools or purchase from the gift shop. Class fee includes 25# of clay, in studio glazing and firing.
S1: Sep. 3, 10, 17, 24
S2: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29
S3: Nov 5, 12, 19, (no Nov 26), Dec 3
S4: Jan 7, 14, 21, 28
S5: Feb 4, 11, 8, 25
$144 ACM Members
$169 Future Members
Handbuilding, Beginners & Beyond, Jennifer Sapjanskas
4 wk: $143 ACM Member
$168 Future Member
5 wk: $179 ACM Members
$204 Future Members
Handbuilding with Clay, Jennifer Sapjanskas
All levels welcome.
Ceramic Workshop
Intermediate/Advanced
Tuesdays 1:00-4:00
This is a class-led, hands on, open to anyone who can center, pull a cylinder and has taken a class at the center. This class has no instructor but there is learning amongst students. Class fee includes 25# of clay, bisque and glaze firing. **Note: You must have taken at least one session of classes with an instructor before you can register for this class.**
S1: Sept 10, 17, 24, Oct 1, 8
S2: Oct 15, 22, 29, Nov 5, 12
S3: Nov 19, 26, Dec 3, 10, 19
S4: Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb 4
S5: Feb 11, 18, 25, Mar 4, 11
S6: Mar 18, 25, Apr 1, 8, 15
$179 ACM Members
$204 Future Members
Image Transfer, Ted Camp
Ted Camp , B-A
Thursdays 1:00-4:00
There are a number of ways to work with repeatable images on clay. The simplest would be to use commercial stencils, which is where the course will begin. Following that will be the use of commercial rice paper transfers and monoprint transfer. Small examples of material needed for these techniques will be provided with the opportunity (not required) for the student to purchase larger sized material for the execution of these techniques. Whether using your own personal stencils, or the multitude of commercial designs, students will strive to coordinate their patterns with the forms they are placed on. An opportunity to work with ceramic decals (overglaze) will also be provided. Commercial lusters will be available to be used in concert with the transfers and decals. Class fee includes 25 lbs. of clay, glazes, and firing.
Jan 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
$179 ACM Members
$204 Future Members
Creating On The Wheel, Ted Camp
Ted Camp, B-A
Wednesdays 9:00-12:00
The basic steps for throwing will be the focus for beginners, while more advanced students will be challenged by more complex forms and techniques, which will lead to all students achieving success through practice. Whether the focus is on the traditional drinking vessel or the more challenging lidded container, including the tea pot, numerous demonstrations will provide the way to success. Students will also explore the myriad ways to apply glazes to their pieces and experience the difference between mid-fire (cone 6 electric) and hi-fire (cone 10 reduction) glazes. Bring your own tools or purchase a beginner’s kit at the front desk. Class fee includes 25 lbs. of clay, firing, and in-studio glazing.
S1: Sep 4, 11, 18, 25, Oct 2
S2: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov 6
S3: Nov 13, 20, (no Nov 27), Dec 4, 11, 18S4: Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb 5
S5: Feb 12, 19, 26, Mar 5, 12
S6: Mar 19,(no Mar 26), Apr 2, 9, 16, 23
$179 ACM Members
$204 Future Members
Extruder Clay Construction, Ted Camp
Ted Camp, B-A
Thursdays 1:00-4:00
The use of clay extrusions greatly speeds up the process of creating clay pieces. Using small hand extruders and/or larger wall-mounted extruders, students will construct forms in a variety of scale. Time saved from the construction process allows the student more time to consider aesthetic concerns and explore the clay medium creatively. Pieces may be built entirely from extrusions or combined with other traditional hand building (and even wheel throwing) techniques. Students may work alternatively between sculptural and utilitarian forms.
Class fee includes 25 lbs. of clay, glazes, and firing.
Sep 5, 12, 19, 26, Oct 3
$179 ACM Members
$204 Future Members
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