Ceramics for Beginners

Adult Class | FULL

All levels welcome.

4/1/2024-5/20/2024

6:30 PM-9:30 PM EDT on Mon

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$265.00

$240.00

$20.00

$50.00

Ceramics is a vast discipline, and it can be daunting for beginners to know where to start. This playful eight week course samples all the Fleisher ceramics studio has to offer. We'll make pots using pinching, coiling, wheel throwing, extruding, and slab building. With brief introductions to various equipment and techniques, students will discover their favorite ways of working in clay.

What you will learn:
1. The basics of studio equipment including the slab roller, extruder, and potter's wheel.
2. The basics of forming pots using pinching, coiling, slab, and wheel methods.
3. The basics of surface decoration using glaze, underglaze, oxides, appliqué, and carving.
4. How to decide which technique best fits your project ideas

This is an 8-session course.

  • • Clay is included in your registration - no outside clay is permitted
    • Basic pottery tool kit: cutting wire, sponge, wooden knife, needle tool, wooden rib, metal rib, large and small trimming loops
    • Sketchbook and drawing tool
    • Fettling knife and/or xacto knife
    • One or more small towels (dish size is good)
    • A variety of paint brushes
    • Clothes and shoes you are comfortable getting dirty

    • Serrated metal rib (optional)
    • Sureform shaver (optional)
    • Scoring tool (optional)
    • Paddle (a wood or bamboo rice paddle works well for small forms) (optional)
    • Various carving tools (optional)