Ceramic Handbuilding Techniques 1

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - Tuesday, May 19, 2009 This program is great for anyone from a true beginner to throwing students looking to get off of the wheel and try something different for a while. Learn the basics of how clay behaves through rolling, stacking, and blending coils. Discover what you can make clay do at various stages of dryness through working with both soft and hard slabs. You will also have the opportunity to work with molds, which can help you attain difficult-to-build shapes. Students will be taught how to use the slab-roller, the extruder, and studio glazes. At the end of the class each student will take home a 15" tall coiled piece decorated with clay slips, a slab-built cylinder and box, as well as a set of three or four pieces made from slabs and/or molds. There is also an option of an open project. This class allows students to build large projects quickly and break out of the circle! Need: Handbuilding 1 tool kit. No experience required. Class runs for six weeks, cost is $175 + $25 toolkit. Offered Tuesday evenings from 6:30-8:30pm.