Lafayette, IN 47905
POTTERY I: INTRO TO CLAY for Adults (21+)
Mondays, September 11 - November 13, 6 - 9 pm
• Missed classes due to vacation or illness can be made up
during open studio times or by special arrangement with instructors.
Pottery I is a fun, fast-paced, basic, sample-everything clay class in which students create stoneware pottery using the potter’s wheel, slab rollers, extruders, templates, molds, and their bare hands!
Prerequisites: None
In Pottery I, Students learn:
• to use the potter’s wheel, slab roller, extruder, molds, and templates to create both functional and sculptural stoneware pottery.
• to explore surface decoration on raw clay forms through carving, appliqué, sprigging, impressing & stamping.
• to apply color to bisqued clay with oxides, stains and glazes.
• to glaze pottery by dipping, pouring and painting.
• to discuss, analyze, and evaluate pottery through group critique, using an understanding of craftsmanship and the elements and principles of design.
• to fire pottery outdoors in the annual 3-day Fall RAKU and other alternative firings.
EXTRA LEARNING AND FUN for ALL Museum Pottery Students: Click here
ADDITIONAL STUDIO TIME for pottery students:
Wednesdays 6–9 pm
Fridays 12:30 - 3:30 pm
Saturdays 9 am – noon
and other times by arrangement.
Instructors and/or Teaching Assistants are always in the studio to help!
ABOUT THE STUDIO:
The Museum Pottery Studio is a well-equipped, safe workspace which includes 11 wheels, 3 large electric kilns, 2 slab rollers, a pugmill for recycling clay, 2 extruders, and all tools for all classes. A studio library offers books, DVDs, magazines and publications. Extensive storage and shelving provides each student with a designated shelf for her/his on-going work and personal supplies.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS:
PENNY KLINER and TIA LOVE have a clay history spanning 40 years, they have been Teaching Assistants and are currently working in the Advanced Independent Studio. PENNY & TIA, with pottery coordinators JEFF & JANE BOSWELL, promise a fun, creative learning experience for the new pottery students.
For more information please contact:
Penny Kliner, whenpigsfly01@att.net 317-529-7956
or
Tia Love, heytia@aol.com 765-714-5085
or
Jeff and Jane Boswell, jeffandjaneboswell@comcast.net 765.742.4388
Class Fee $200/10 sessions
Art Museum Members receive a 10% discount
Fee includes ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING: all clay, glazes, firings, and use of all tools, supplies and studio equipment.
minimum number of students: 6, Maximum: 9
Not a member of the Art Museum? Click here to join!
Art Museum Members write this code down: AMGLmember
use this code at checkout to get your 10% discount
POTTERY I: INTRO TO CLAY for Adults (21+)
Mondays, September 11 - November 13, 6 - 9 pm
• Missed classes due to vacation or illness can be made up
during open studio times or by special arrangement with instructors.
Pottery I is a fun, fast-paced, basic, sample-everything clay class in which students create stoneware pottery using the potter’s wheel, slab rollers, extruders, templates, molds, and their bare hands!
Prerequisites: None
In Pottery I, Students learn:
• to use the potter’s wheel, slab roller, extruder, molds, and templates to create both functional and sculptural stoneware pottery.
• to explore surface decoration on raw clay forms through carving, appliqué, sprigging, impressing & stamping.
• to apply color to bisqued clay with oxides, stains and glazes.
• to glaze pottery by dipping, pouring and painting.
• to discuss, analyze, and evaluate pottery through group critique, using an understanding of craftsmanship and the elements and principles of design.
• to fire pottery outdoors in the annual 3-day Fall RAKU and other alternative firings.
EXTRA LEARNING AND FUN for ALL Museum Pottery Students: Click here
ADDITIONAL STUDIO TIME for pottery students:
Wednesdays 6–9 pm
Fridays 12:30 - 3:30 pm
Saturdays 9 am – noon
and other times by arrangement.
Instructors and/or Teaching Assistants are always in the studio to help!
ABOUT THE STUDIO:
The Museum Pottery Studio is a well-equipped, safe workspace which includes 11 wheels, 3 large electric kilns, 2 slab rollers, a pugmill for recycling clay, 2 extruders, and all tools for all classes. A studio library offers books, DVDs, magazines and publications. Extensive storage and shelving provides each student with a designated shelf for her/his on-going work and personal supplies.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS:
PENNY KLINER and TIA LOVE have a clay history spanning 40 years, they have been Teaching Assistants and are currently working in the Advanced Independent Studio. PENNY & TIA, with pottery coordinators JEFF & JANE BOSWELL, promise a fun, creative learning experience for the new pottery students.
For more information please contact:
Penny Kliner, whenpigsfly01@att.net 317-529-7956
or
Tia Love, heytia@aol.com 765-714-5085
or
Jeff and Jane Boswell, jeffandjaneboswell@comcast.net 765.742.4388
Class Fee $200/10 sessions
Art Museum Members receive a 10% discount
Fee includes ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING: all clay, glazes, firings, and use of all tools, supplies and studio equipment.
minimum number of students: 6, Maximum: 9
Not a member of the Art Museum? Click here to join!
Art Museum Members write this code down: AMGLmember
use this code at checkout to get your 10% discount