Description
Designed for intermediate to advanced students.
This class will expand on the processes of building functional wares. Various projects will be offered but students may branch off into ideas of their own with the instructor’s aid when needed. More embellishment techniques, glazing, and further expansion of forms and function options will be covered.
Tools: generally students in this class have had the first class and already have their own tools. However, a handout of suggested items will be given.
Note: Prerequisite: Hand-building for beginners or consult with instructor prior to signing up.
Ann Gleason had been a professional potter and part time teacher of clay for over 30 years in the upstate Carolina area. Working in many varieties and techniques of clay from earthen-wares to porcelains, low fire to high, raku, primitive firings, Gas firings and electric, her explorations in the medium have evolved in many ways over the decades. “Clay is an immensely diverse material that can be made to do almost anything when in skilled and creative hands.” says Gleason “The fascination is that this very tactile and physical medium offers infinite directions a person can go with it. The other side of this is that you have to restrain yourself from scattering in too many directions at once, but learn to focus and develop select techniques and ideas first. When I teach clay classes, the projects are designed to encourage the student to build on the techniques and ideas needed to learn and grow.
