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Spring

UNDERSTANDING MATERIALS & GLAZES (B)

(B) Yve Holtzclaw / Online with Zoom
Mon 4/10, 4/24, 5/8
6:30-9 pm / 3 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$80 / Members: $60

Take your ceramic knowledge to the next level by gaining insight into ceramic chemistry. This three-week workshop will cover the essentials of glaze materials, firing processes, test tiles and mixing glazes. How and why do different glazes work? Find glazes that work for you and adjust glaze recipes to build your own library of color. Individual kiln units are not included in this course.

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UNDERSTANDING MATERIALS & GLAZES (A)

(A) Yve Holtzclaw / Studio 5 & Online
Mon 4/10, 4/24, 5/8
6:30-9 pm / 3 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$120 / Members: $100

Take your ceramic knowledge to the next level by gaining insight into ceramic chemistry. This three-week workshop will cover the essentials of glaze materials, firing processes, test tiles and mixing glazes. How and why do different glazes work? Find glazes that work for you and adjust glaze recipes to build your own library of color. Individual kiln units are not included in this course.

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ADVANCED CERAMIC STUDIO

Julie Devers / Studio 5
Tue 4/11-5/16
6:30-9 pm / 6 weeks
$170 / Members: $150

Explore design and creativity in this studio class for the student confident in throwing or handbuilding. Fundamental technical skills will be reinforced, while advanced techniques and aesthetics will be discussed. Discussions will foster individual improvement and encourage experimentation. High fire stoneware and porcelain will be utilized.

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DEFINING A SIGNATURE STYLE

Wyatt Lane / Studio 5
Wed 4/12-5/17
9:30am-12pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: Intermediate Ceramics
$170 / Members: $150

Investigate what makes your vessels a unique reflection of your personality. With basic skills mastered, take the next step by defining stylistic themes in a body of work. Learn to utilize meaningful designs, techniques, and aesthetics.

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CREATIVE HANDBUILDING

Lindsay Hayosh / Studio 7
Thu 4/13-5/18
6:30-9 pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$170 / Members: $150

Explore the versatility of hand-building and expand your clay knowledge. This beginning/intermediate level class will focus on hand-building with soft slabs. Using templates and patterns, combined with textured surface treatment, build what your imagination allows.

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BEGINNING CERAMICS (C)

(C) Tom Richards / Studio 7
Thu 4/13-5/18
1–3:30 pm / 6 weeks
$170 / Members: $150

Welcome to the world of clay! Students will be introduced to a variety of clay-forming techniques to complete several unique projects. Coiling, pinching and slab-building will be demonstrated along with an opportunity to sample the potter’s wheel. Finish pieces with glazes in both high and low temperature firings.

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BEGINNING CERAMICS (D)

(D) Susan McHenry / Studio 5
Wed 4/12-5/17
6:30–9 pm / 6 weeks
$170 / Members: $150

Welcome to the world of clay! Students will be introduced to a variety of clay-forming techniques to complete several unique projects. Coiling, pinching and slab-building will be demonstrated along with an opportunity to sample the potter’s wheel. Finish pieces with glazes in both high and low temperature firings.

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BEGINNING CERAMICS (B)

(B) Tom Richards / Studio 7
Wed 4/12-5/17
6:30-9pm / 6 weeks
$170 / Members: $150

Welcome to the world of clay! Students will be introduced to a variety of clay-forming techniques to complete several unique projects. Coiling, pinching and slab-building will be demonstrated along with an opportunity to sample the potter’s wheel. Finish pieces with glazes in both high and low temperature firings.

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BEGINNING CERAMICS (A)

(A) Courtney Nelson / Studio 7
Mon 4/10-5/15
6:30-9pm / 6 weeks
$170 / Members: $150

Welcome to the world of clay! Students will be introduced to a variety of clay-forming techniques to complete several unique projects. Coiling, pinching and slab-building will be demonstrated along with an opportunity to sample the potter’s wheel. Finish pieces with glazes in both high and low temperature firings.

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BEGINNING POTTER’S WHEEL (C)

(C) Yve Holtzclaw / Studio 5
Thu 4/13-5/18
6:30-9 pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$170 / Members: $150

Now it’s time to try your hand at the potter’s wheel! This is an ideal introduction for students who are new to clay and the potter’s wheel. With weekly demonstrations, students move from centering clay to forming cylinders, cups, bowls and plates. Learn how slips and glazes can finish pottery in a unique and functional way.

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BEGINNING POTTER’S WHEEL (B)

(B) Amy Hudson / Studio 5
Thu 4/13-5/18
9:30am-12pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$170 / Members: $150

Now it’s time to try your hand at the potter’s wheel! This is an ideal introduction for students who are new to clay and the potter’s wheel. With weekly demonstrations, students move from centering clay to forming cylinders, cups, bowls and plates. Learn how slips and glazes can finish pottery in a unique and functional way.

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BEGINNING POTTER’S WHEEL (A)

(A) Lindsay Hayosh / Studio 5
Tue 4/11-5/16
1-3:30pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$170 / Members: $150

Now it’s time to try your hand at the potter’s wheel! This is an ideal introduction for students who are new to clay and the potter’s wheel. With weekly demonstrations, students move from centering clay to forming cylinders, cups, bowls and plates. Learn how slips and glazes can finish pottery in a unique and functional way.

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INTERMEDIATE POTTER’S WHEEL

Amy Hudson / Studio 5
Thu 4/13-5/18
1–3:30 pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Potter’s Wheel
$170 / Members: $150

Learn to produce the pots of your imagination while refining (or refreshing) the basics of craftsmanship and technique. This class is an intermediate step in mastering the potter's wheel. Methods for forming spouts, lids, handles and altering are introduced. High fire glazing will be demystified as you finish the pottery of your dreams!

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FULL SPECTRUM COLOR

Susan McHenry / Studio 7
Tue 4/11-5/16
6:30 - 9 pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$170 / Members: $150

Ready for a change from earth tone, high fire glazes? Explore vibrant colors and layered surfaces utilizing the studio’s rich, low fire red earthenware clay. Demonstrations will focus on brushwork, layering and surface treatments using colored slips and terra sigillata. Hand builders and wheel throwers of any skill level are welcome. All glazed low fire work will be food safe.

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ANAGAMA

Julie Devers / Studio 7
Wed 4/12-5/17
1–3:30 pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: Intermediate/ Advanced Ceramics
$195 / Members: $175

Achieve ceramic surfaces only possible in the KIA wood kiln. Experience having your pieces glazed with wood ash and kissed by the flame while firing with a community of passionate stokers. The studio portion of this class discusses the loading, firing, history and anticipated results as you produce pots and sculpture specific to our anagama kiln. At the kiln site students will prep cord wood to fuel the kiln and work shifts, keeping the firing burning for four days. Unloading day reveals pots that will be as unique as the wood fire process. This class requires physical work, stamina, full participation, cooperation and availability to fire, along with the summer Anagama class, in late September.

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RAKU & ALTERNATIVE LOW FIRE

Wyatt Lane / Studio 5
Wed 4/12-5/17
1-3:30pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$170 / Members: $150

Experience the excitement of raku by pulling hot pots from the kiln and seeing results within minutes. Learn to master the studio raku glazes and test new techniques as a class. Explore the firing and post firing possibilities of horsehair, naked raku, saggar, and blackware. Your work can be wheel thrown or hand built, but your finishes will be transformative.

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IMAGE AND CLAY

Yve Holtzclaw / Studio 5
Tue 4/11-5/16
1–3:30 pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics
$170 / Members: $150

Learn new surface techniques for your ceramics. By first using tiles, students experiment with slips, paper resist, inlay, carving, and image transfer. Learn how this array of image and surface techniques can transform wheel thrown or hand-built forms. Bring clay tools and brushes, a sketchbook, and drawings for inspiration. The excitement of working with clay at every stage of the creative process will be realized quickly.

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Summer

PERFECT POUR

Susan McHenry / Studio 5
Wed 6/8-7/27
6:30-9 pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Potter’s Wheel
$230 / Members: $210

Advance skills by concentrating on the aspects that make a good pouring vessel. Special attention will be given to spouts and handles. Demonstrations will focus on both wheel-thrown and hand-built pitchers, cruets, and sauce/ gravy boats. Surface decoration techniques using the studio-colored slips will also be covered. T his is a high fire class using stoneware and porcelain.

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