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Creating Wall Mounted Masks: The Face of Our Family
This 5th period class is designed for parents/grandparents and children to explore the wonders and excitement of mask making. In this week class we will learn the multiple methods of manipulating clay with our bodies, tools, and glazing techniques to create our own wall mounted characters. These masks can represent something that our family shares culturally, something silly and fun, a hero, or anything we wish to express using emotions, form, texture, and color. This is a great class to explore the many faces of your family’s special relationship through the medium of clay. This class is designed to be taken in pairs. Students should bring: the basic tools of a sculpting and hand building ceramic tool kit. Strongly suggested: Metal rib, fork, loop tools, fettling knife, a small paintbrush, and a small sponge. Materials fee: $20. Limit 10 students in 5 pairs, ages 16 and up (ages 12-15 with an adult). Hamm.tanya@gmail.com Period 5 ~ Tanya Hamm, Andrew Sartorius
This 5th period class is designed for parents/grandparents and children to explore the wonders and excitement of mask making. In this week class we will learn the multiple methods of manipulating clay with our bodies, tools, and glazing techniques to create our own wall mounted characters. These masks can represent something that our family shares culturally, something silly and fun, a hero, or anything we wish to express using emotions, form, texture, and color. This is a great class to explore the many faces of your family’s special relationship through the medium of clay. This class is designed to be taken in pairs. Students should bring: the basic tools of a sculpting and hand building ceramic tool kit. Strongly suggested: Metal rib, fork, loop tools, fettling knife, a small paintbrush, and a small sponge. Materials fee: $20. Limit 10 students in 5 pairs, ages 16 and up (ages 12-15 with an adult). Hamm.tanya@gmail.com Period 5 ~ Tanya Hamm, Andrew Sartorius
Intro to Wheel Thrown Ceramics and How to Alter Them By Hand
Learn the basics of throwing on a potter’s wheel. We’ll work together to tackle centering clay, pulling up walls, and shaping forms to create everyday functional forms that are crafted by you. Once thrown on the wheel, each artist will take artistic license to alter the thrown form to enhance its appearance. Glazes will be applied and the work will be fired. The wheel is famously frustrating to learn, but we’ll have fun and laugh our way to work that you’ll be proud to use every day. Students should bring: a basic ceramics tool kit with a small sponge, wire tool, hoop tools for trimming, a needle tool, and several wooden or rubber ribs. A work apron is suggested. Materials fee: $20. Limit 8 students, ages 16 and up (ages 12-15 with adult). absartorius@gmail.com Periods 3 & 4 ~ Andrew Sartorius, Tanya Hamm
Learn the basics of throwing on a potter’s wheel. We’ll work together to tackle centering clay, pulling up walls, and shaping forms to create everyday functional forms that are crafted by you. Once thrown on the wheel, each artist will take artistic license to alter the thrown form to enhance its appearance. Glazes will be applied and the work will be fired. The wheel is famously frustrating to learn, but we’ll have fun and laugh our way to work that you’ll be proud to use every day. Students should bring: a basic ceramics tool kit with a small sponge, wire tool, hoop tools for trimming, a needle tool, and several wooden or rubber ribs. A work apron is suggested. Materials fee: $20. Limit 8 students, ages 16 and up (ages 12-15 with adult). absartorius@gmail.com Periods 3 & 4 ~ Andrew Sartorius, Tanya Hamm
Sculpture Progression: Wood Carving From Concept to Relief in Three Dimensions
Create a sculpture and learn how to approach the start of the process and move to completion. Students will learn how to formulate a design and implement it in wood. Sketch a design concept and bring to class. This will be refined and applied to your work. A work may be completed in one week or can be brought back next year and completed. Past students who have completed one side of a piece are welcome to return and complete the other side. You will learn concepts of tool sharpening and carving techniques, as well as gaining an understanding of the properties of various woods. Finished works will be displayed at the end of the class, works in progress are also displayed and can be finished later at home or brought back next year. Students should bring: carving and hand power tools if you have them, files, rasps, X-acto knives, hand drill, rotary tool. If you have wood working experience and want to bring your own wood you may. Please limit the size to 12” x 12” x 4” or less, due to space limits in the class room. Contact the instructor before class to discuss your choice of wood as each wood has its own advantages and problems. Materials fee: $10. Limit 8 students, ages 16 and up (ages 14-15 with an adult). csantiago@gmail.com Periods 3 & 4 ~ Clifton Santiago
Create a sculpture and learn how to approach the start of the process and move to completion. Students will learn how to formulate a design and implement it in wood. Sketch a design concept and bring to class. This will be refined and applied to your work. A work may be completed in one week or can be brought back next year and completed. Past students who have completed one side of a piece are welcome to return and complete the other side. You will learn concepts of tool sharpening and carving techniques, as well as gaining an understanding of the properties of various woods. Finished works will be displayed at the end of the class, works in progress are also displayed and can be finished later at home or brought back next year. Students should bring: carving and hand power tools if you have them, files, rasps, X-acto knives, hand drill, rotary tool. If you have wood working experience and want to bring your own wood you may. Please limit the size to 12” x 12” x 4” or less, due to space limits in the class room. Contact the instructor before class to discuss your choice of wood as each wood has its own advantages and problems. Materials fee: $10. Limit 8 students, ages 16 and up (ages 14-15 with an adult). csantiago@gmail.com Periods 3 & 4 ~ Clifton Santiago
Southwest Tile Mosaics
Bring your own tile or broken ceramics pieces to include with those provided in a Southwest mosaic. Each student will create a design featuring multi-colored Mexican Talavera. Design your piece of art from the ancient petroglyphs seen in the Sonoran Desert or use the flora from the many desert blossoms as your inspiration. Use the colors of Mexico and the Southwest to add brilliance to your projects. Lean how to cut, place, and secure tile pieces. Enjoy this class led by a Southwestern artist/instructor from Common Ground on the Border. Students should bring: an item to cover in mosaics (e.g. table, picture frame, etc.) and tile or broken ceramics pieces. Materials fee: $45. Limit 20 students, ages 16 and up. azrichgv@msn.com Periods 1 & 2 ~ Rich Ramirez
Bring your own tile or broken ceramics pieces to include with those provided in a Southwest mosaic. Each student will create a design featuring multi-colored Mexican Talavera. Design your piece of art from the ancient petroglyphs seen in the Sonoran Desert or use the flora from the many desert blossoms as your inspiration. Use the colors of Mexico and the Southwest to add brilliance to your projects. Lean how to cut, place, and secure tile pieces. Enjoy this class led by a Southwestern artist/instructor from Common Ground on the Border. Students should bring: an item to cover in mosaics (e.g. table, picture frame, etc.) and tile or broken ceramics pieces. Materials fee: $45. Limit 20 students, ages 16 and up. azrichgv@msn.com Periods 1 & 2 ~ Rich Ramirez
Splint Woven Basketry
Beginners will make 2 functional baskets with color: an apple basket and a tote basket with splint woven construction. Intermediate/advanced students will use splint woven construction to construct a double swing handle picnic basket with a lid. All baskets can incorporate color. For discussion, students are encouraged to bring questions and/or projects using twill design, splint woven construction and/or shaping. Students should bring: sharp scissors, pencils, wooden spring clothes pins (at least 2 dozen), flat headed screwdriver (or weave rite), old towel, LARGE bucket/dishpan, spray bottle. Optional: small wood plane, 2” spring clamps. Please email instructor 6 weeks in advance and note your skill level so adequate materials will be prepared. Materials fee: $50 (beginner), $60 (intermediate/advanced). Limit 12 students, ages 16 and up. jpsmaggie@yahoo.com Periods 1 & 2 ~ Joyce Schaum
Beginners will make 2 functional baskets with color: an apple basket and a tote basket with splint woven construction. Intermediate/advanced students will use splint woven construction to construct a double swing handle picnic basket with a lid. All baskets can incorporate color. For discussion, students are encouraged to bring questions and/or projects using twill design, splint woven construction and/or shaping. Students should bring: sharp scissors, pencils, wooden spring clothes pins (at least 2 dozen), flat headed screwdriver (or weave rite), old towel, LARGE bucket/dishpan, spray bottle. Optional: small wood plane, 2” spring clamps. Please email instructor 6 weeks in advance and note your skill level so adequate materials will be prepared. Materials fee: $50 (beginner), $60 (intermediate/advanced). Limit 12 students, ages 16 and up. jpsmaggie@yahoo.com Periods 1 & 2 ~ Joyce Schaum
Spoon Carving
Although the product is a wooden spoon, it’s the road to the result that is so exciting. All participants will learn how to work up a razor-sharp edge on their tools and how to maintain the sharpness while carving. Basic knife carving techniques will be taught and how to use other devices associated with spoon carving such as spoon-knives, draw-knives, spook-shaves, axes, adzes, scrapers, shaving horses, and spoon mules will be demonstrated. Wood is a living material, and we will discuss how to best handle it; from cutting to drying and finishing. Designing for wood is so different from planning for clay and metal. It has its limits and we’ll talk about how to stay true to the material. Something interesting is happening when a group of people are sitting under a tree whittling away. While hands are busy shaping spoons, minds are liberated and discussions are both profound and many. Students are encouraged to bring their own wood, preferably “green” and newly cut. If you would like to bring your own tools, please contact the instructor for a tool list. Materials fee: $40. Limit 16 students, ages 16 and up (ages 14-15 with an adult). cg@homesbyvertex.com Periods 4 & 5 ~ Göran Olsson
Although the product is a wooden spoon, it’s the road to the result that is so exciting. All participants will learn how to work up a razor-sharp edge on their tools and how to maintain the sharpness while carving. Basic knife carving techniques will be taught and how to use other devices associated with spoon carving such as spoon-knives, draw-knives, spook-shaves, axes, adzes, scrapers, shaving horses, and spoon mules will be demonstrated. Wood is a living material, and we will discuss how to best handle it; from cutting to drying and finishing. Designing for wood is so different from planning for clay and metal. It has its limits and we’ll talk about how to stay true to the material. Something interesting is happening when a group of people are sitting under a tree whittling away. While hands are busy shaping spoons, minds are liberated and discussions are both profound and many. Students are encouraged to bring their own wood, preferably “green” and newly cut. If you would like to bring your own tools, please contact the instructor for a tool list. Materials fee: $40. Limit 16 students, ages 16 and up (ages 14-15 with an adult). cg@homesbyvertex.com Periods 4 & 5 ~ Göran Olsson
Sweetgrass Basketry
This workshop will introduce new participants to a historical overview and origin of sweetgrass basketry along with basic construction methods, materials, and tools used in making them. Participants who have taken the course before have the opportunity to make more intricate baskets (ex. handles, loops, different shapes). Students should bring: scissors and a tape measure. Materials fee: $50. Limit 12 students, ages 16 and up. weavenok@yahoo.com Periods 3 & 4 ~ Mary Graham-Grant
This workshop will introduce new participants to a historical overview and origin of sweetgrass basketry along with basic construction methods, materials, and tools used in making them. Participants who have taken the course before have the opportunity to make more intricate baskets (ex. handles, loops, different shapes). Students should bring: scissors and a tape measure. Materials fee: $50. Limit 12 students, ages 16 and up. weavenok@yahoo.com Periods 3 & 4 ~ Mary Graham-Grant
Yunomis and Chawan Tea Bowls
Drinking from your own hand made and decorated ceramic tea bowl can be fun and satisfying. The traditional Japanese yunomi is a tea bowl made of clay which is taller than it is wide, finished with a trimmed foot. Unlike the more formal chawan tea bowl, yunomis are made for daily use. You will create and decorate two to three of your own yunomis in this class. You will also create one more complex chawan tea bowl. Simple hand-building techniques will be used to make the pots, though experienced wheel students are welcome to use available potter’s wheels. The focus of this class will be on applying color through various surface decoration techniques – soft colorant washes applied with a brush, mishima (or thin lines cut into the clay, then filled with underglaze), and sgrafitto (designs cut into the clay through already applied underglaze to reveal a different color). We will have part of a formal tea ceremony toward the end of the course. No experience is required. The instructor will bring clay, glazes, underglazes, and all tools needed for the class. Books and example finished pots will also be available to inspire students. It is suggested that students prior to class take time to review online some tea bowl shapes and surface decorations, and other types of drawings or paintings for ideas on what they would like to create in class. Consider that chawan tea bowls are considered to be a reflection of the artists who made them. Note: Pots may be bisqued at McDaniel, but final glazed pots will be fired by the instructor and returned to students either via pickup at the CGOTH office or a visit to the instructor’s studio. Students should bring: ideas or drawings for tea bowl designs. Materials fee: $15. Limit 15 students, ages 16 and up. wcpottery96@gmail.com Periods 1 & 2 ~ Wendy Cronin
Drinking from your own hand made and decorated ceramic tea bowl can be fun and satisfying. The traditional Japanese yunomi is a tea bowl made of clay which is taller than it is wide, finished with a trimmed foot. Unlike the more formal chawan tea bowl, yunomis are made for daily use. You will create and decorate two to three of your own yunomis in this class. You will also create one more complex chawan tea bowl. Simple hand-building techniques will be used to make the pots, though experienced wheel students are welcome to use available potter’s wheels. The focus of this class will be on applying color through various surface decoration techniques – soft colorant washes applied with a brush, mishima (or thin lines cut into the clay, then filled with underglaze), and sgrafitto (designs cut into the clay through already applied underglaze to reveal a different color). We will have part of a formal tea ceremony toward the end of the course. No experience is required. The instructor will bring clay, glazes, underglazes, and all tools needed for the class. Books and example finished pots will also be available to inspire students. It is suggested that students prior to class take time to review online some tea bowl shapes and surface decorations, and other types of drawings or paintings for ideas on what they would like to create in class. Consider that chawan tea bowls are considered to be a reflection of the artists who made them. Note: Pots may be bisqued at McDaniel, but final glazed pots will be fired by the instructor and returned to students either via pickup at the CGOTH office or a visit to the instructor’s studio. Students should bring: ideas or drawings for tea bowl designs. Materials fee: $15. Limit 15 students, ages 16 and up. wcpottery96@gmail.com Periods 1 & 2 ~ Wendy Cronin