Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Community Arts Center Classes 2010

The Community Arts Center in Wallingford, PA (610-566-1713) is one of the few art centers in the tri-state area offering a working studio building designated for clay classes only. My class room looks out onto a garden area complete with clay totem, picnic table and gas kiln. Electric kilns are housed inside along with a separate glaze room. This is truly a friendly and inspiring place to DO CLAY! Why not join me or one of the many other instructors this year...

THE MAGIC of CLAY…
Beginner to Intermediate
11 week session, Spring 2010
March 15th – May 24th 2010 (no class March 29th spring break)
MONDAY 10:00 – 1:30 PM
Materials: $25
Member Price: $295
Non-Member Price: $310

Hand building is a magical way to educate the imagination! In this class we will pinch begging bowls, form rattles, coil beads and clap-out palm pebbles and we’ll use only our hands to do so! Do you know how to make invisible seams…create hollow handles… pinch-strip build a pot and dart, stretch or manipulate clay into a rewarding form? Tried & true techniques of hand building are the foundation for building pots which don't leak, warp or drip when poured. All you need is a basic fascination for clay and a willingness to listen to the clay and be spontaneous about where it leads.


PINCH-STRIP AND SLAB CONSTRUCTION
Beginner to Intermediate
8 week session, Summer 2010
June 21st – August 13th 2010 (no class July 5th)
MONDAY 10:00 – 1:30 PM
Materials: $25
Member Price: $225
Non-Member Price: $240

This adventure starts out by exploring the pinch-strip method of construction then moves onto hand building with slabs. We’ll learn to make seamless cylinders and discover ways of shaping these cylinders into various forms by stretching and darting then adding lids, feet or handles. Time permitting, we will also work with pre-sized patterns to construct three-legged vessels and darted forms. Surface enhancements of all kinds are an integral part of this experience.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

HANDBUILT

My Community Arts Center clay classes offer all sorts of hand building techniques from creating clay fabrics for foam-pressed trays & slab vases to pinchstrip construction and the addition of handles and lids. The finished pieces pictured here are from these classes as well as other classes I have taught over the years at various art centers. The surface finishing and hand building techniques have been refined and are now all my own but they did evolve from other hand builders I encountered in my clay journey. I enjoy sharing all of these in my classes and encourage students' requests prior to the beginning of each class semester.

HANDBUILT

Friday, January 9, 2009

Clay Cabochons and Wire Wrapping

Clay Cabochons and Wire Wrapping

CLAY and COILING

CLAY and COILING

B E A D S - A Brief History of All Sorts of Beads

Saturday, November 15, 2008

CLAY TO WEAR EXHIBITION