Next 6 Week Clay Session Begins October 29, 2024
Tuesday, October 29- December 10, 2024
(No class on November 26)
10:00am- 12:30pm
Six Sessions
This six week session will focus on handbuilding functional and sculptural projects, with emphasis on holiday gift items.
Demos will include creating unique lidded butter dishes, candlestick holder forms, small holiday platters/bowls, and light weight porcelain slip trailing ornaments.
We will be trying out some new surface techniques using fritted glass, as well as use underglaze decals and sgrafitto techniques on our projects. Both classes are open to all levels of experience.
If you are interested in working on your own ideas but would like some technical and design guidance, we can accommodate your needs. Open to all levels.
Classes are held at Tower Arts Studio, 5424 South Shore Road, a short block and a half walk up from the Guemes ferry dock on Guemes Island.
Cost: $265.00 and includes up to 10lbs of clay, use of studio tools, glazes, firings and Open Studio*.
*Open Studio Sessions
Tuesdays, 12:30pm-4:30pm
Open to students who are enrolled in weekly classes at Tower Art Studio. This gives students the opportunity to work independently in the studio, without instruction on their projects after class time.
This class is full. Sold out.
Wednesday, October 30- December 11, 2024
(No class on November 27)
10:00am - 12:30pm
Six Sessions
This 6 week session will focus on creating a small portrait busts, which will be mounted on a clay base. Demonstrations will include initial construction of the head using slab-building techniques, as well as facial expressions and surface designs.
Demos will include using porcelain slip, colorful stainsand decals as finishes on the bisque-fired head.
If you are interested in working on your own ideas but would like some technical and design guidance, we can accommodate your needs. Open to all levels.
Classes are held at Tower Arts Studio, 5424 South Shore Road, a short block and a half walk up from the Guemes ferry dock on Guemes Island.
Cost: $265.00 and includes up to 10lbs of clay, use of studio tools, glazes, firings and Open Studio*.
*Open Studio Sessions
Wednesday, 12:30pm- 4:30pm
Open to students who are enrolled in weekly classes at Tower Art Studio. This gives students the opportunity to work independently in the studio, without instruction on their projects after class time.
Tuesdays, October 29 - December 10
5:00pm-8:00pm
(no class November 26)
Six Sessions
In this six week evening session, students will focus on making clay items to be fired in a traditional electric kiln glaze firing, as well as make smallish vessel or animal forms for a raku firing.
Raku is the special technique of creating pottery with open flame.
Demos will include hand-building functional and sculptural clay pieces and wax resist and glazing techniques.
The last class will include a Raku kiln firing with some of the clay pieces made during the session. Folks can create up to two small clay pieces, which will be bisqued fired and then glazed with metallic and/or crackle raku glazes. Students will watch as their molten hot glazed pieces are quickly removed from an outdoor electric kiln and set aflame in a covered metal bin filled with combustible material. Fire needs oxygen in order to burn, so the flames pull oxygen out of the glazes and leave a wonderful ephemeral mix of colors and metallics.
Materials include clay, glazes and firings. Class size is limited. Open to all levels.
Sunday, November 17, 10:30am- 1:00pm
In this one day workshop, kids will learn how to use coiling and slab techniques to make whimsical clay projects which will be glazed towards the end of the class. Emphasis will be on holiday gift items. Pieces will be fired and ready to be picked up 10 days after the workshop. For children ages 6 and up. Bring a sack lunch.
Cost: $65.00. Includes clay, glazes, firing and round trip adult chaperoned ferry transportation.