Skill Level: intermediate

This course will teach students how to sculpt various flowers and other vegetation out of clay. Students

will learn how to design a functional or nonfunctional piece that incorporates these sculpted elements.

Throughout this class, students will produce a piece that includes floral design elements and will learn a

variety of techniques for flower construction, including coiling, pinching, and using stencils. Students will

be taught strategic surface finishing techniques to best highlight the sculpted flora on their pieces.

Timeline:

Week 1) Students will be introduced to the variety of methods they can use to sculpt flowers, create small

tests, begin thinking about final piece

Week 2) Further demonstrations, students work on their pieces

Week 3) Workday, demonstrations as needed/requested, discuss glazing strategies and glaze test tiles

Week 4) Finish wetwork, dry pieces slowly, share test tiles as a class

Week 5) Glazing

Week 6) Post-firing assembly as needed, show and tell

We Provide:

15lbs Cone 6 clay

Shop glazes

all firings throughout the course

Outside of class access with the following schedule-

Mon-Thur 8:30am-9pm, Fri 8:30am-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am-4pm

You Bring:

Basic Pottery Tool Kit

Hake and/or Sumi brushes

Small takeout containers (to be used as wetboxes)