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The first 3-4 weeks we will make cups, bowls and vase forms using basic pinch, coil and soft slab construction methods. We will also make cylindrical roller stamps and other stamps that can be used to add texture and pattern to work. In the remaining classes, we will focus on building more complex forms. By…
This class is designed to guide students to find their inner artist and explore conscious and subconscious ideas – much like painters throughout history have found inspiration. The class is suitable for all levels and includes basic instruction for using oil paints as well as composition, subject matter, and concepts.
Handbuilding is the art of making ceramic forms without the use of a potter’s wheel. Students will study the basics of building pots by pinch, coil, and/or slab built techniques, and learn the important safety guidelines and procedures of ceramics studio.
This is the perfect entry level class for beginning wheel students. It will cover the basic techniques of throwing, glazing, and firing. Students will also learn the important safety guidelines and procedures of the ceramics studio. Projects on the wheel will focus on small forms (cups, bowls, saucers). For all virtual and onsite Pottery classes,…
In this intermediate class, students will learn to create unique clay forms by altering their wheel-through vessels into new functional and sculptural creations. This altered pottery class will focus on transforming wheel-thrown forms into non-round shapes through bending, cutting and attaching, and adding hand-built elements. The goal is to move beyond the traditional circular form…
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
This is the perfect entry level class for beginning wheel students. It will cover the basic techniques of throwing, glazing, and firing. Students will also learn the important safety guidelines and procedures of the ceramics studio. Projects on the wheel will focus on small forms (cups, bowls, saucers). For all virtual and onsite Pottery classes,…
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
NOTE: This class is held virtually over MS Teams. If you have aspirations of becoming a writer or are already on your writing journey, this course is designed to help you discover, enhance and/or bolster your inner writer voice and add yet another tool to your arsenal in getting your stories out. Each week, you…
Introduction/Intermediate Blacksmithing (Teens & Adults) This course offers introductory instruction to the forging, forming, cutting, and joining skills of blacksmithing. Students will learn basic blacksmith safety, how to start and manage a solid fuel forge, the heat treatment of tool steel, and how to forge weld. Projects range from hooks, stylized leaves, a two-tined fork, cold…