CALLANWOLDE FINE ARTS CENTER
SUMMER 2024
Pottery & Ceramics
BEGINNERS HANDBUILDING
INTERMEDIATE HANDBUILDING - SLAB BUILT TEAPOTS
For all virtual and onsite Pottery classes , the tuition includes a $ 98 pass - through supply fee , which covers the cost of one bag of stoneware , raku , or Lizella earthenware clay ( first bags of porcelain are available for an additional $ 5 cost ), glazes , and 2 , 000 cubic inches of firing space . The supply fee does NOT include tools , students provide their own tools . Additional clay and tools may be purchased from the studio ( credit card only ). All work fired at Callanwolde must be produced in the Pottery Program studios ( no outside work allowed ).
Handbuilding is the art of making ceramic forms without the use of a potter ' s wheel . Students will study the basics of building pots by pinch , coil , and / or slab built techniques , and learn the important safety guidelines and procedures of ceramics studio .
This class will explore slab building techniques to build the classical form of teapots . Glaze and surface design will focus on layering glazes with a sprayer . Prerequisite - Beginning Handbuilding .
Code : POT 06 Instructor : John Roberts Location : Handbuilding Studio
Code : POT 01 Instructor : Katy McDougal Location : Handbuilding Studio
Maximum : 12 Fee : $ 325 . 00 Day / Time : Wednesdays , 9 : 30 AM - 12 : 00 PM Dates : June 5 - July 24 ( 7 weeks ) ( Skips June 19 )
Maximum : 12 Fee : $ 357 . 00 Day / Time : Mondays , 9 : 30 - 12 : 00 PM Dates : June 3 - July 22 ( 8 weeks )
PAID STUDIO ACCESS
INTERMEDIATE HANDBUILDING - FIGURE SCULPTING
Code : POT 02 Instructor : Valerie LaPlaca Location : Handbuilding Studio
Basement , Handbuilding ( indoors & outdoors ) Studios . Students may opt in for additional studio access time between morning and evening classes . Paid Studio Access Hours : Hours subject to change Monday - Thursday : 12 : 00p - 6 : 30p Friday : 9 : 30am - 9 : 30pm Saturday : 9 : 30am - 2 : 00pm Includes Sunday : 9 : 30am - 2 : 00pm Students who do not opt for Paid Studio Access may use the studio without out charge 1 ½ hours after morning classes , 1 ½ hours before evening classes , and Sundays 9 : 30am - 2pm . Monday - Thursday : 12 : 00pm - 1 : 30pm , 5 : 30pm - 7 : 00pm Sunday : 9 : 30am - 2 : 00pm * NOTE * Evening Classes start at 7 : 00pm . Students that are not in evening classes must clear out of the studio before start time . Carriage House Wheel and Sculpture Studios are reserved for summer camp all day , M - F . Limited studio access during evenings only : 5 : 30pm - 7 : 00pm .
This class will introduce students to the art of figure sculpting through a variety of forms including human , animal , and even imaginary . Early projects in the class will focus on details of our figures like faces and hands as we learn about basic structure and anatomy . Later projects will combine these details into full figure sculptures with poses and expressions that tell their own stories . Projects will all be guided by the instructor , but
Maximum : 12 Fee : $ 380 . 00
Day / Time : Mondays , 7 : 00 - 9 : 30 PM Dates : June 4 - July 23 ( 8 weeks )
Code : POT 03 Instructor : Michelle Laxalt Location : Handbuilding Studio
individual styles are also highly encouraged . Prerequisite - Beginning Handbuilding .
Maximum : 12 Fee : $ 357 . 00 Day / Time : Tuesdays , 9 : 30 - 12 : 00 PM Dates : June 4 – July 23
Code : POT 07 Instructor : Michael Klapthor Location : Handbuilding Studio
Maximum : 12 Fee : $ 345 . 00 Day / Time : Thursdays , 7 : 00 - 9 : 30 PM Dates : June 6 - July 25 ( 7 weeks ) ( Skips July 4 )
Code : POT 04 Instructor : Kathryne Gould Location : Handbuilding Studio
Maximum : 12 Fee : $ 380 . 00
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 2 HANDBUILDING - SODA FIRING
Day / Time : Tuesdays , 7 : 00 - 9 : 30 PM Dates : June 4 - July 23 ( 8 weeks )
Advanced handbulding classes focus on the process of soda firings . Students will learn about the effects of introducing these compounds into a gas fired kiln , and the many variables that can happen on pottery and sculpture when it is fired this way . Prerequisite - Intermediate Level Handbuilding or ( 2 ) Beginners Handbuilding Classes .
Code : POT 05 Instructor : Kathryne Gould Location : Sculpture Studio Maximum : 6 Fee : $ 345 . 00 Day / Time : Wednesdays , 7 : 00 - 9 : 30 PM Dates : June 5 - July 24 ( 7 weeks ) ( Skips June 19 )
VIRTUAL HANDBUILDING
Virtual students have work - from - home and on - site glaze studio privileges only . No on - site access to wheel or Handbuilding studios .
Code : POT 08 Instructor : Julia Burns Location : Handbuilding Studio
SURFACE DECORATION
Maximum : 12 Fee : $ 345 . 00 Day / Time : Wednesdays , 7 : 00 - 9 : 30 PM Dates : June 5 - July 24 ( 7 weeks ) ( Skips June 19 )
This virtual class will focus on various aspects of surface decoration . We will discuss and demonstrate how to make clay stamps , how to use engobes and glaze and how to create rich surfaces with layers , among other topics . This class will meet via Microsoft Teams . Suitable for all levels .
Works by Ceramics Assistant , Kate Pak . ( White Vase )
Works by Ceramics Instructor , Martha Cook . ( Square Vessel )
Instructor : Lori Buff Location : Microsoft Teams
Maximum : 12 Fee : $ 280 . 00
Code : VPOT 01 Day / Time : Thursdays , 1 : 00 - 3 : 00 PM Dates : June 6 - July 25 ( 7 weeks ) ( Skips July 4 ) Code : VPOT 02 Day / Time : Thursdays , 7 : 00 - 9 : 00 PM Dates : June 6 - July 25 ( 7 weeks ) ( Skips July 4 )
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