Session 2: Mon., February 27 - Sat., April 14

	Hand Building, Sculpture & Other Classes	Wheel Classes		Hand Building, Sculpture & Other Classes	Wheel Classes
	10am - 1pm		4:00 - 5:45 pm	6:30 - 9:30pm
Monday					Introduction to Earthenware (Ronan Peterson)
Tuesday		Continuing Wheel (Deborah Harris)		Hand Building w/Soft Slabs (Sarah White)	Wheel: Beginning & Beyond (Nancy Garrett)
Wednesday	Sculpture: Further Explorations(Caroly VanDuyn)				Pouring Vessels (Ronan Peterson)
Thursday	The Hand Built Tea Pot as Sculpture (Barbara McKenzie)			Softened Surfaces (Charles Evergreen)	Continuing Wheel:Thrown & Altered (Liz Paley)
Friday
Saturday		Throwing & Finishing Utilitarian Pots (Marsha Owen)

Hand Building Classes

Sculpture: Further Explorations into Hand Built Ceramic Art

This class is for ceramic artists who wish to continue developing their own distinct personal style, reaching for more powerful creative options. Artists who create free-standing 3D sculpture, relief wall pieces, and hand built vessels are invited to participate in this class and work on new avenues of exploration. Class demonstrations are given weekly on hand building techniques and challenges, including many ways of working in harmony with the distinct personality of clay. During class sessions, artworks in process will be considered for their aesthetic and design qualities. Do surface treatments relate to the forms they sit upon? Do they convey the motion and feeling intended, expressive of the original concept? Can we push beyond our current limitations as we attempt to project a new idea into our work? This class is an avenue to expand the ceramic artist's palette of self-expression, to work with other clay artists, and exchange new ideas. All skill levels are welcome, beginning through advanced.

Wednesday mornings, 10:00-1:00
Session 2: February 29 - April 11
Instructor:Caroly van Duyn

Hand Building With Soft Slabs

Working with soft slabs can be compared to sewing or folding paper. We begin with a soft slab of clay and cut and bend it into the shape and form that we desire. We will learn how to use and create patterns or templates to help make a variety of functional and sculptural forms. In addition to construction techniques, we will learn a variety of texture and surface treatments. All skill levels welcome.

Tuesday evenings, 6:30-9:30pm
Session 2: February 28 - April 10
Instructor:Sarah White

The Hand Built Teapot As Sculpture

Utilitarian or purely sculptural, wheel thrown or hand built, the tea pot presents an intriguing challenge to beginning and advanced potters alike. It is best approached as an assemblage, an object composed of lids, spouts, handles, as well as the body itself. The successful tea pot integrates these components in an esthetically pleasing way.

This class will focus on hand building techniques, such as slab, coil, and pinch, often combining these techniques in a single teapot. With the option of being unencumbered by function (spouts are not required to pour) we can be fanciful in our creations. Students are encouraged to bring drawings or photographs of objects from the natural or man-made world that can provide the genesis for tea pot designs. Instruction will be given in hand building techniques, as well as in surface decoration and glazing.

Thursday mornings, 10:00-1:00
Session 2: March 1 - April 12
Instructor: Barbara McKenzie

Wheel Throwing Classes

Wheel Throwing: Beginning and Beyond

This class will teach the basics of centering, opening, and throwing a ball of clay. As you begin to master the cylinder form on the wheel, you will learn to transform that basic shape into everyday, useful forms such as mugs, vases, and bowls. You will also learn basic glaze application techniques. We'll use stoneware clay and fire our pieces in the electric kiln. This class is appropriate for beginning students. Continuing students who want a solid review of the basics are also welcome. Beginning and continuing students will have the opportunity to develop at their own pace and work on the forms that interest them.

Tuesday evenings, 6:30-9:30
Session 2: February 28 - April 10
Instructor:Nancy Garrett

Continuing Wheel

This class is for beginning to intermediate students who understand the basics of centering and pulling up, but would like additional guidance to refine their skills. Students' skill levels and particular interests will direct this class. Topics may include learning specific new forms (pitchers, plates, lidded pots, etc.), throwing larger, attention to details (handles, feet, rims), and surface decoration. Participants will have the option of firing in the gas kiln. Each instructor teaches from his or her own style and interests, creating a range of experiences for students who take this class with different instructors.

Tuesday mornings, 10:00-1:00
Session 2: February 28 - April 10
Instructor:Deborah Harris

Continuing Wheel: Thrown and Altered

Books often use the caption “wheel thrown and altered” to describe how a pot was made—but what does the phrase mean? In this class, we’ll explore some basic altering techniques including faceting, fluting, darting, and cutting and reassembling to change the shape of wheel-thrown forms and take them out of the round. Using these techniques, we will transform bowl and cylinder forms into varied and lively pots with personality. Some wheel experience is needed for this class.

Thursday evenings, 6:30-9:30
Session 2: March 1 - April 12
Instructor:Elizabeth Paley

Introduction to Earthenware

This class will focus on the world of earthenware. We will be working with red earthenware clay and exploring the possibilities that Claymakers has to offer in terms of surface and palette. Vessel making demonstrations will primarily be on the potter’s wheel, but handbuilders are welcome to join this class to try their hand at low-fire. We will look at making fairly simple forms to try out the slips, terra sigallatas, and glazes already part of Claymakers’ offering, and also look at introducing some new glazes to the existing palette. Students should come with a spirit of experimentation and with ideas concerning decoration, textures, and forms they would like to explore during the class. This class is best suited to students who are comfortable centering at least 2 pounds of clay, or who are comfortable handbuilding forms.

Monday evenings, 6:30-9:30
Session 2: February 27 - April 9
Instructor:Ronan Peterson

Pouring Vessels

We will be learning about making vessels that pour in this intermediate wheel throwing class. We will start off making small creamers, gravy boats, and batter bowls and then move into taller spouted pitchers. We will then move onto spouted pourers such as teapots, ewers, and cruets in this wheel throwing class. Particular attention will be paid to making lips and spouts that pour well, don't dribble, and at most the slightest drip when finishing the pour. Demonstrations will also include thrown and handbuilt lids, spouts, and handles, with particular attention paid to spouts that pour well and lids with snug fits. Decoration and glazing will be covered depending upon time and interest. Students will have the option of working with cone 6 clays for the electric kiln or the gas reduction kiln. Students should have already completed a beginning throwing class.

Wednesday evenings, 6:30-9:30
Session 2: February 29 - April 11
Instructor:Ronan Peterson

Throwing and Finishing Utilitarian Pots

This class will be for potters who know the basics of throwing and who are interested in making useful everyday pots. The emphasis in this class will be on proper wheel technique, finishing methods and critique of designs. For students with enough motivation and time I will assign “homework” which will give them exercises to hone their skills.

Saturday mornings, 10:00-1:00
Session 2: March 3 - April 14
Instructor:Marsha Owen

Glazing and Firing Classes

Softened Surfaces-Finishing Without Glaze

This class is suitable for sculpture, hand building and wheel students, and will focus on finishing techniques other than the familiar dipping or brushing of glazes. Students will learn to enhance prepared clay surfaces with oxides, terra sigillatas, underglazes, and occasionally some glazes, and gain a basic understanding of the finishing materials. Generally, the results will mimic the natural appearance of wood, eggshell, bone, stone, or even colorful animals. Students can expect to practice techniques on short assignments, and experimentation is welcome. Basic clay experience is recommended, but not required.

Thursday evenings, 6:30-9:30
Session 2: March 1- April 12
Instructor: Charles Evergreen

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