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
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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