Bring the ideas you have been waiting to try and see how far you can take them. Whether you want to create an inventive teapot, an unusual planter, a large figurative piece, or a sculptural form, this class offers the guidance and technical support to develop your work throughout the semester.
Through conceptual inquiry and material exercises, you will explore a range of approaches to building and thinking in three dimensions. Learn to use internal skeletal structures to create larger, stable forms, turn a two dimensional design into three dimensional volume, and sketch in space with stilts and supports. These approaches will expand how you think and build while giving you new ways to address form, scale, and stability.
Alongside these matrial exercises, we will consider how patience, focus, restraint, repetition, and endurance can sharpen perception and deepen our understanding of both the work and ourselves as makers.
Learning through teaching allows a student to gain knowledge. Practicing that knowledge starts us down the road toward a deeper understanding.
After all, who wants an answer when you can have a question?
Class includes:
- 25 lbs of clay
- Use of glazes, oxides, and slips
- 2.5 hours of working Open Studio time and 1 hour of Glaze Time per week
Firing fees: 6 cents per cubic inch per firing
Clay: 25lbs of clay is included. Additional clay is available for purchase, prices vary
Tool Kits are available for purchase
Class Requirements
Previous handbuilding experience and familiarity with basic construction and joining techniques are required to join this class
What you'll learn
Students will investigate a range of approaches to building and thinking in three dimensions, including using internal skeletal structures to create larger, stable forms, turning a two dimensional design into three dimensional volume, and sketching in space with stilts and supports. These exercises can be applied across each student’s individual projects.
