Ceramics: Handbuilding (Tuition-Free)

Adult Tuition-Free Class | This program is completed

All levels welcome, recommended for beginners.

1/19/2022-3/23/2022

7:00 PM-9:30 PM EDT on Wed

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$45.00

Come learn the basic techniques of hand-building and sculptural design in ceramics. Each session will include time for instruction, and for practicing new techniques. Concepts and theories of 3D and 2D design will be covered along with ideas of form and function. Let your hands learn to do whatever your mind can dream up! WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE 1. Basic techniques for hand-building: pinch, coil, soft slab, and hard slab construction; scoring; carving 2. Sculptural concepts including additive and reductive processes 3. Basic glaze and underglaze techniques 4. Form and function The studio fee is for the use of studio materials, glazing, and firing. You are required to purchase clay (clay vouchers are available at Fleisher's front desk). • Participants must have a valid Fleisher membership.

  • This is an in-person class which will take place in our building with strict social distancing protocols and reduced student capacity. Proof of vaccination is required, and masks must be worn at all times. Please see our COVID-19 community safety policies.
  • • Hard fettling knife
  • • 1/4-inch inexpensive brush for applying slip
  • • 1-inch soft brush for glaze
  • • Clean-up sponge
  • • Needle tool
  • • Soft rubber rib/scraper
  • • Wooden knife tool
  • • Metal fork
  • • Plastic bags
  • • Clay is available for purchase online or at Fleisher's front desk. No outside clay is permitted.