CLASS or WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Topics covered include basic wheel throwing techniques: centering, throwing and trimming, in addition to conceptual development, firing, glazing, and ceramic history past and present. Classes will consist of technical demonstrations, lectures, and work time.
Prerequisites: None
Students currently enrolled in a ceramics/clay class at the CAC are invited to attend the Ceramics Lab sessions free of charge. For more about the Ceramics Lab and lab times, click here.
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Get your hands dirty as you investigate sculptural and functional ceramic forms from the potter's wheel! This class will help the intermediate student expand on their established techniques of wheel throwing. This class emphasizes textural surface techniques with underglaze decoration and mid-range oxidation glazing for thrown forms. When you complete this class, you will have several decorative and functional pieces to take home.
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Wheel OR pre-approval from the instructor. Student must have demonstrable knowledge of centering and basic throwing techniques. Please contact the office at 214-320-1275 for pre-approval.
Students will learn essential hand building techniques, including pinch, coil and slab. Projects will draw on traditional methods and move toward current ceramic technologies. Classes will consist of technical demonstrations, lectures and work time.
This course will go beyond the basics of pinch and coil, and focus on building techniques used to create large, yet lightweight sculptural forms, and vessels. Other topics include, multi-segmented pieces, assemblage after firing and alternative considerations of the ceramic surface.
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Handbuilding OR pre-approval from instructor. Student should have demonstrable knowledge of hand-building techniques such as coil, pinch, and slab construction. Call the office at 214-720-1275 for pre-approval.
The course will include some construction in weeks 1-3. This class will teach you the basics of raku firing. There will be 2-3 types of firing. You will leave class with a basic understanding of what types of clay to use, glazing, appropriate clothing to wear when firing, and what to expect when raku firing. We will be firing the raku kiln weeks 3-8.
Students currently enrolled in a ceramics/clay class at the CAC can attend the Ceramics Lab sessions free of charge. For more about the Ceramics Lab and lab times, click here.
This class is open to all levels. Students will become familiar with basic techniques using the potter's wheel as well as hand-building. This class might be a good fit for the student who has particular objectives or independent projects they would like to pursue. Explore a variety of ways to make things using clay. This class is a mix of hand-building and utilizing the potter's wheel. Students are encouraged to experiment, and through practice and production express their personal voice in ceramics.
This class is for the students with previous ceramic building practices who wants to work with clay in a sculptural manner. Large scale, figurative or abstracted forms are encouraged. Many students combine wheel thrown works into non-traditional shapes.
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Handbuilding OR Fundamentals of Wheel OR instructor pre-approval. Students must have demonstrable knowledge of handbuilding or wheel techniques. Call the office for pre-approval.
In this course you will learn how to combine functional pottery and sculptural forms. During each session, students will observe and respond to demonstrations of sculptural building techniques and decorative methods. Creating objects such as pinched figurative cups, coil-built sculptural vessels, and slab-built animal/human busts. Students will construct and glaze their own projects. Bring your ideas to life, whether functional or sculptural. This class is suitable for beginners and experienced makers alike.
