I will be teaching two online courses for adults on clay building techniques that can be done at home.
The courses are offered by the Waterloo Potters Workshop. The firings will be done at the Workshop.
Experience making pottery is not required. The courses are for people ages 16 years and up. Registration is limited to 12 students to ensure individualized attention.
Questions? Drop me a line at hello.claire.nicole@gmail.com.
Register for the courses on the Waterloo Potters’ Workshop website.
Handbuilding Basics: Carve and Squeeze
SIX WEEK ONLINE COURSE
Wednesdays 6:30 to 9:00 pm on Zoom
May 5th to June 9th, 2022
$300 for Non-Members
$250 for Members of the Waterloo Potters’ Workshop
$60 Tool Kit (Optional)
Make functional dishes and decorative objects with clay safely at home. Learn the handbuilding techniques of carving, pinching and joining coils. And, learn to decorate the pottery with coloured slips, including mishima (coloured slip inlay). Lessons will cover making lidded containers, planters, decorative birds and fruit, plus vases.
Handbuilding Basics: Flatten and Join
SIX WEEK ONLINE COURSE
Thursdays 6:30 to 9:00 pm on Zoom
May 6th to June 10th, 2022
$300 for Non-Members
$250 for Members of the Waterloo Potters’ Workshop
$60 Tool Kit (Optional)
Make functional dishes with clay safely at home. Learn how to handbuild with clay slabs using flat patterns, slump molds and hump molds. And, learn to decorate the pottery with coloured slips, including transfers, stencils and sgraffito. Lessons will cover making vases, plates, bowls and mugs.
More Information
The course fees include clay, coloured slips, glazing and kiln firings. Finished pottery will be safe for food, the dishwasher and microwave.
The courses will be conducted over Zoom. The lessons will be a combination of prerecorded videos and live demonstrations. Students will be invited to join a private online discussion group to share photos of works-in-progress and get individualized feedback from the instructor.
These online courses are possible thanks to a grant from the
Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation (KWCF).
