Arts & History

Throwing With Intent

Challenge Level 4-5

Don’t settle for what you get, learn to create the pieces you want! Put a plan into action and get consistent, beautiful results This class is wheel-throwing only and designed for intermediate or advanced students with previous wheelthrowing experience . Course fee does not include the cost of clay or additional drop-in time.

Required: Intermediate wheel-throwing experience

Ages: 16+

Instructor: James McLellan

$125 Early registration price, $135 Regular price

Altered Forms

Challenge Level 2-5

Continue practicing technique, while incorporating exciting design elements to make your work unique! Wheel-thrown or hand-built vessels can be altered to create decorative utilitarian objects or engaging sculptural works Experiment with texture, surface quality and combining thrown and hand-built pieces to find new forms . Course fee does not include the cost of clay or additional drop-in time.

Required: Previous pottery experience

Ages: 16+

Instructor: Christine O’Dea

$125 Early registration price, $135 Regular price

(No

July 4.)

Advancing Your Pottery

Challenge Level 3-5

Don’t let your skills slow down! Keep trying new approaches and reach new heights in your ceramic practice Class will focus on new throwing techniques, working more efficiently, making hand-made tools, and creatively dealing with issues that may arise . Intended for intermediate students . Course fee does not include the cost of clay or additional drop-in time.

Required: Previous wheel-throwing experience

Ages: 16+

Instructor: James McLellan

$150 Early registration price, $160 Regular price

CHALLENGE LEVELS

(No class June 22, July 6.)

Monoprint Slip Transfer Workshop

Challenge Level 2-3

Add some flair to your wares by learning to monoprint on clay! Instruction will include creating simple line designs and painting with colored slips to create your own creative designs . Your unique decoration will then be easily transferred to a leather hard piece to be clear glazed after bisque firing If you’re tired of simple glaze dips and ready to take your design to the next level, this is the workshop for you!

Ages: 16+

Instructor: Zoey Chapin

$45 Early registration price, $55 Regular price

SLIP DECORATING: INLAY & SGRAFFITO

Challenge Level 2-4

Slip Inlay and Sgraffito are classic techniques for adding imagery to your pottery . Sgraffito involves coating your ware with slip and carving it away, slip inlay involves carving into your ware and then laying slip into the carved design A third technique, resist inlay, adds wax resist to the equation . Bring three leather hard pieces to the first class to try all three techniques .

Ages: 16+

Instructor: Jessica Lipton

$65 Early registration price, $75 Regular price

Firing Workshops

Information: 303-987-5436

Important Information

Firing Workshops open for registration one month prior to their event date .

Soda Firing Workshop

Challenge Level 3-5

Achieve a new range of texture and color by firing your pieces with sodium carbonate, which vaporizes in the kiln and settles on pieces below with great results!

Participation optional: Registration fee is required; the remaining balance is due on the day of unloading and is based on the number and size of pots fired. Additional instructions will be on your receipt.

Required: Previous pottery experience

Ages: 18+

Instructor: James McLellan

$10 Registration fee

POTTERY PIT-FIRING WORKSHOP

Challenge Level 3-5

Go underground to discover a whole new way to fire your pots!

Participation optional: Registration fee is required; the remaining balance is due on the day of unloading and is based on the number and size of pots fired. Additional instructions will be on your receipt.

Required: Previous pottery experience

Ages: 18+

Instructor: Zoey Chapin

$10 Registration fee