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Ceramic Percussion Instrument Making: From Clay to Play
Ceramic students with wheel or hand building experience are invited to sign up for the premiere of this two-week drum making workshop. Make personalized hand drums with relative ease and experience the excitement of making your own full-sized instrument. It is accessible to anyone willing to try their hand at forming and/or decorating a drum. Two-week participants will walk away with a finished drum that can last their lifetime: build the instrument in Week 1; finish and decorate the instrument in Week 2. Also called darbuka, tabla, or simply goblet drum, this form of percussion instrument originates in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cultures and is a popular option with percussionists around the world. Fee covers all materials and tools needed for an 18- 20” drum finished with a goat rawhide head. Collecting inspirations from Arabic, Asian, South Western, Celtic or other cultures can enhance your ceramic construction. Stick on stencils may be created or purchased in advance. Other ceramic instruments such as the udu and whistle will be demonstrated and students are encouraged to try their hand at making them as well, as time allows. Single-week students who wish to make small percussive instruments like udu and whistle instead of the drum will learn hand building skills. Students should bring: any personal clay tools and glaze brushes they have. Materials fee: $35 includes 25 lbs of clay from the McDaniel College Store, goat skin drum cover, and glazes. All other tools will be provided. See Week 2: Art of Making Instruments for additional information. Limit 8 students, ages 16 and up. rcs52025@gmail.com Periods 1 & 2 ~ Robert Strasser
Ceramic students with wheel or hand building experience are invited to sign up for the premiere of this two-week drum making workshop. Make personalized hand drums with relative ease and experience the excitement of making your own full-sized instrument. It is accessible to anyone willing to try their hand at forming and/or decorating a drum. Two-week participants will walk away with a finished drum that can last their lifetime: build the instrument in Week 1; finish and decorate the instrument in Week 2. Also called darbuka, tabla, or simply goblet drum, this form of percussion instrument originates in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cultures and is a popular option with percussionists around the world. Fee covers all materials and tools needed for an 18- 20” drum finished with a goat rawhide head. Collecting inspirations from Arabic, Asian, South Western, Celtic or other cultures can enhance your ceramic construction. Stick on stencils may be created or purchased in advance. Other ceramic instruments such as the udu and whistle will be demonstrated and students are encouraged to try their hand at making them as well, as time allows. Single-week students who wish to make small percussive instruments like udu and whistle instead of the drum will learn hand building skills. Students should bring: any personal clay tools and glaze brushes they have. Materials fee: $35 includes 25 lbs of clay from the McDaniel College Store, goat skin drum cover, and glazes. All other tools will be provided. See Week 2: Art of Making Instruments for additional information. Limit 8 students, ages 16 and up. rcs52025@gmail.com Periods 1 & 2 ~ Robert Strasser
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