Potluck and Pottery Soiree
Friday, June 21st 6:30
Friday, July 19th, 6:30
Friday, August 16th, 6:30
Let's gather as a community of potters to discuss pots, and break bread together. (or discuss bread and break pots?)
Bring a pot to talk about, or that you have questions about. We'll have a friendly critique or discussion, and share a meal. We will meet in the Studio Barn at Chester Springs Studio.
No fee except to bring food to share, and BYO. Register for any or all of these lazy, crazy, hazy, summertime soirees.
There is no fee for this gathering but pre-registration is requested - Register Online Here or email Heidi at hbrett@yellowsprings.org.
Check it out! Interested in pottery but feeling shy about signing up for a class? Come on down to the pottery studio and just try it! This three hour session will cover the basics of throwing on the potters wheel. Please bring a towel with you to class, all other tools and materials provided. Sunday, July 14, 1pm to 4pm |
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CERAMICS - 6 Week Summer Session
Tuition covers the use of the studio tools, glazes, electric kiln firings and your first bag of clay. Additional clay may be purchased as follows: $20 for a 25lb. bag of stoneware or terra cotta and $25 for porcelain. Tool kits are available for $20 as well as a selection of individual tools. Please bring a towel with you to the first class for all wheel throwing classes.
Open Studio
Open Studio is available only to students (ages 16 and up) currently enrolled in a 6 week ceramics class. Registration fee of $25. Hours: Wednesday 1 - 4pm, Thursday 1-4 pm, Friday 1 - 4pm, Saturday 12 - 6pm. (Saturday open studio hours subject to change for workshops and other events)
MONDAYS
Summer Special – Open Studio Class
This class is open only to returning students.
Level: Intermediate to Advanced, Limit 12 students
Instructor: studio monitor
Length: 6 weeks
Start Date: July 8
End Date: August 12
Time: 1pm-4pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $150 Member, $170 Non-member
This class is offered to those students who have taken a ceramics class here in the past year, and who would like to work independently. Tuition covers exclusive use of the studio on Mondays, as well as all open studio hours posted.
Summer Special – Open Studio Class
This class is open only to returning students.
Level: Intermediate to Advanced, Limit 12 students
Instructor: studio monitor
Length: 6 weeks
Start Date: July 8
End Date: August 12
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $150 Member, $170 Non-member
This class is offered to those students who have taken a ceramics class here in the past year, and who would like to work independently. Tuition covers exclusive use of the studio on Mondays, as well as all open studio hours posted.
TUESDAYS
Pottery Basics
Level: All levels, Limit 10 students
Instructor: Nell Hazinski
Length: 6 weeks
Start Date: July 9
End Date: August 13
Time: 1 - 4pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $180 Member, $200 Non-member
Summer is a great time to experiment with Clay! Make your first wheel-thrown mug, or slab-built vase. Perhaps "pinch" a classic begging bowl which nestles perfectly in your hand.
True to its name, Pottery Basics aims to impart a strong base of skills and techniques for the beginning and skilled potter. Students will explore basic forming methods of their choosing, either hand-building or wheel-throwing and learn techniques that will smooth the road to forming strong, graceful forms.
Try your hand at pottery- the world's most fascinating hobby!
Throwing Concentration
Level: All levels, Limit 10 students
Instructor: Suzanne Kent
Length: 6 weeks
Start Date: July 9
End Date: August 13
Time: 6:30 - 9:30pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $180 Member, $200 Non-member
The underlying premise of this class is to afford students, whose principal interest is the wheel, the opportunity to develop and strengthen their skills, to understand the complete throwing process and to work towards having a personal voice in their clay work. Individual instruction will be emphasized with attention given to form, function, surface decoration, and glazing. The class will include weekly demonstrations and projects.
WEDNESDAYS
The Potter’s Wheel
Level: All levels, Limit 10 students
Instructor: Susan Bankert
Length: 6 weeks
Start Date: July 10
End Date: August 14
Time: 6:30 - 9:30pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $180 Member, $200 Non-member
We will learn to use the potter’s wheel and work on the basic skills. For those who have been in class before, we will continue to focus on individual assignments and set goals for the session. We will also work to master the glazing process by familiarizing ourselves with the cone 6 glazes.
THURSDAYS
Clay Your Way
Level: All levels, Limit 10 students
Instructor: Jeanie Silver
Length: 6 weeks
Start Date: July 11
End Date: August 15
Time: 6:30 - 9:30pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $180 Member, $200 Non-member
Students will learn to handbuild (or wheel throw) forms based on the way clay really behaves. Working with slabs, press molds and pinching, we will learn to build for strength and clarity of form. We will investigate the basic mineral oxides used for color and how to use them to get the surfaces we want. The class is highly individualized; expect to learn from each other and expect to be surprised.
Register Online
WOODFIRING
Members’ Wood Firing
Level: All levels, Limit 10 students
Instructor: Monitor provided
Length: Full weekend, plus following Wednesday afternoon for unloading
Date: June 1st/2nd
Location: Clay Studio/ Wood Kiln
Fee:This firing has filled to maximum capacity
Chester Springs Studio offers its members a chance to fire their work in our wood kiln. A ceramic artist with experience in wood firing will oversee the firing which takes places over a weekend. Participants are required to be there all day Saturday and sign up for a shift(s) on Sunday. Each participant will be guided in glazing suitable for the wood kiln (during the week prior to the firing), help load the kiln, split and stack firewood and stoke the wood kiln until it reaches temperature (cone 10). Each person can expect to get approximately 20 mug sized pieces into the kiln. If you have any questions, please contact Heidi Brett before registering at hbrett@yellowsprings.org
The next Members' Wood Firing will be in the fall of 2013, date TBD.