Create creatures from your imagination that express your creative side. Using basic clay techniques and references to the natural world, students will explore facial expressions, nonverbal communication, and dialogue via the eyes, body, and form of their creatures. By exploring these expressions with their hands students will have the chance to develop a new relationship with the world around them. This is a handbuilding class and does not involve the wheel.
Beginning Handbuilding in the Holiday Season
John C. Campbell
December 6th-12th
Use basic hand-building techniques to create objects of interest and utilize different types of mark-making to create handbuilt ceramics that elevate the world around you! From small sculptures and trinkets to functional items like cups and planters, explore new skills and tools that will help you develop a deeper relationship with clay. Glaze firing as time allows. All levels welcome.
Enjoying the Art of Handbuilding
John C. Campbell
February 7- 12th
Dive into a catalog of techniques and gain appreciation for handbuilding with clay. Using pinch, slab, and coil methods, create what you see in your head. Ranging from functional items, like cups and planters, to small sculptures and trinkets, explore a variety of methods that will help develop a deeper relationship with clay and achieve any goal. Glaze firing as time allows. This class is formulated for beginners, but all levels are welcome.
