Session 1: Jan 7th - Feb 11th (6 weeks)
Join our youth ceramics class for ages 9-12! This class meets weekly for 6 weeks from 4:00-5:30pm on Tuesdays. Your kids will learn to pinch, roll, coil, sculpt, stamp, carve, throw and paint on clay! Students are welcome to join mid -session for a prorated amount or drop in for $45/class.
Week 1: Animals and self portraits- students will learn to make pinch pots and sculptures inspired by animals and their own reflections.
Week 2: Tiles & plates- students will learn to roll clay in to slabs, use texture tools, underglazes, slips, carving & other surface decorations techniques.
Week 3: Cups & bowls part 1 - working in small groups students will learn to use slabs of clay to build cups and bowls and work on the pottery wheel to make pieces.
Week 4: Cups & bowls part 2 - working in small groups students will learn to use slabs of clay to build cups and bowls and work on the pottery wheel to make pieces.
Week 5: Glazing part 1 - students will finish up work made in the first 4 weeks of the course and begin glazing their fired work.
Week 6: Glazing part 2 - students will finish all of the work made during the course and glaze all of their pieces.
All work will need to be fired in the glaze kiln after the last week of class. Please remember to come back in 1-2 weeks to pick up students’ work.