Mondays 7-10pm
Instructor: Set Gozo
Course Description:
This eight week course will explore surface decoration methods and materials along with basic slab building techniques. Making simple forms out of slabs and various surface applications will be alternating each week . All levels are welcome.
Course fee includes clay, tools, bisque firing and glaze firing. No additional costs. Open studios on Saturday are also included.
CLASS SYLLABUS
Week 1: Building simple PLATES with slabs and coils
- Making stamps; sticks and rollers
Week 2: Adding colors on greenware
- Applying colored slips; brush, paper resist
Week 3: Making small BOWLS
- with slabs, bisque molds and templates
Week 4: Design with subtracting motions
- Sgraffito and Inlay
- Carved and/or stamped textures
- Water etching, optional
Week 5: Making MUGS
- with slabs and templates
Week 6: Texture by adding clay
- Slip trailing
- Hakeme; slip with texture tools
- Sprigs and Appliqué
- Dry brush slip application, optional
Week 7: Making SPOONS, optional
Resist methods on Bisque ware
- Glaze resist methods using wax, contact paper, masking tape, artist tape
- Underglaze Wash, Glaze Wash
- Oxide washes, optional
Week 8: Layering Glazes
- Dipping, stamping, brushing, wax resist, and glaze trailing
- Latex resist, optional
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