Week 6 • July 20-24

Theme:

Fairy Gardens (Handbuilding)

Forest Friends (WHEEL)

Images are inspo only :)

Classes Offered

Morning Handbuilding • Morning Wheel • Afternoon Wheel

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Morning Handbuilding

Instructor: Becky

6-10yrs | 9am-12pm

This is a Hand-building class! Great for all experience levels. We will use 3 hand-building techniques to construct a variety of Fairy garden themed pottery. Students will learn how to coil, use pinch pots, and slab construction to make a variety of projects. Students may also use plaster molds and other tools/templates to create their work.

Weekly Schedule:

  • Monday - Design Fairy Garden plans. Make small fairy garden sculptures.

  • Tuesday - Construct Fairy Garden House Day 1

  • Wednesday - Construct Fairy Garden House Day 2

  • Thursday - Handbuild nature elements, Glaze Day 1

  • Friday - Glaze Day 2

    * ALL STUDENT WORK WILL BE FIRED AND RETURNED 2 WEEKS AFTER THE LAST DAY OF THEIR CLASS. PARENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL.

Morning Wheel

Instructor: Quynh

10-14yrs | 9:30am-12:30pm

This is a Wheel Throwing and Hand-building class! Great for all experience levels. In this class, students will work on the potter’s wheels to learn the basics of throwing; centering, opening, and pulling walls to make cylinders for cups or bowls. They will then use a variety of hand-building techniques to alter or add sculptural elements to those wheel thrown pieces.

Weekly Schedule:

  • Monday - Guided Practice on the wheel - Bowls

  • Tuesday - Independent Practice on the wheel - Mugs, bowls, cups

  • Wednesday - Handbuilding attachments/sculptural additives and details

  • Thursday - Finish handbuilding attachments, Glaze Day 1

  • Friday - GLAZE DAY 2

* ALL STUDENT WORK WILL BE FIRED AND RETURNED 2 WEEKS AFTER THE LAST DAY OF THEIR CLASS. PARENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL.

Afternoon Wheel

Instructor: Gabi

10-14yrs | 1pm - 4pm

This is a Wheel Throwing and Hand-building class! Great for all experience levels. In this class, students will work on the potter’s wheels to learn the basics of throwing; centering, opening, and pulling walls to make cylinders for cups or bowls. They will then use a variety of hand-building techniques to alter or add sculptural elements to those wheel thrown pieces.

Weekly Schedule:

  • Monday - Guided Practice on the wheel - Bowls

  • Tuesday - Independent Practice on the wheel - Mugs, bowls, cups

  • Wednesday - Handbuilding attachments/sculptural additives and details

  • Thursday - Finish handbuilding attachments, Glaze Day 1

  • Friday - GLAZE DAY 2

* ALL STUDENT WORK WILL BE FIRED AND RETURNED 2 WEEKS AFTER THE LAST DAY OF THEIR CLASS. PARENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL.