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Figures in Clay

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Minimum age:
Skill level:
Total cost:
Start date:
End date:
Time:
18+
All Levels
250
June 27, 2022
June 28, 2022
10:00 - 4:00

                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Workshop Overview

Participants will sculpt small-scale stoneware clay figures with an average size of eight inches. Instruction and demos will help with proportions, balance and expressive poses. Small, flexible, wooden mannequins will be used to help guide our sculpting. We will also roll out slabs for hand-building clay boxes or textured ledges. These will support figures suitable for wall hangings or desktop displays. Participants will leave their pieces to be bisque fired by Sitka staff and will return at a later date to pick up their pieces ready to take home for glazing.

About the Instructor(s)

Jeff is a retired science teacher turned studio potter. Creating, experimenting and playing with clay for 25 years, he is a thrower and hand-builder. Jeff has taught ceramics classes and workshops at Oregon State University and in his own studio near Philomath, Oregon. His focus is on clay figures and vessel forms with surface textures, decorative slips and inlays. Enthused about atmospheric firings, he uses a soda gas kiln and typically fires pieces more than once.

gunnpottery.com

Materials List: Students Bring

• Pastry roller

• Assortment of small sculpting tools

• Small cutting tool for clay

• Small sponge

• Ruler

• Scoring tool (toothbrush works fine)

• Small spray bottle (mister works well)

Optional:

• Banding wheel

Materials List: Provided by Instructor(s)

• Stoneware clay

• Sculpting tools

• Small wooden mannequins

• Bats

• Banding wheels

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Figures in Clay
Instructor(s):
Jeff Gunn
Date and Time:
6/27/2022
-
6/28/2022
10:00 - 4:00
Tuition:
$230 plus $20 Materials Fee
Total Cost:
$
250
Minimum Age Level:
18+
Skill Level:
All Levels
6
available

Workshop Overview

Participants will sculpt small-scale stoneware clay figures with an average size of eight inches. Instruction and demos will help with proportions, balance and expressive poses. Small, flexible, wooden mannequins will be used to help guide our sculpting. We will also roll out slabs for hand-building clay boxes or textured ledges. These will support figures suitable for wall hangings or desktop displays. Participants will leave their pieces to be bisque fired by Sitka staff and will return at a later date to pick up their pieces ready to take home for glazing.

About the Instructor(s)

Jeff is a retired science teacher turned studio potter. Creating, experimenting and playing with clay for 25 years, he is a thrower and hand-builder. Jeff has taught ceramics classes and workshops at Oregon State University and in his own studio near Philomath, Oregon. His focus is on clay figures and vessel forms with surface textures, decorative slips and inlays. Enthused about atmospheric firings, he uses a soda gas kiln and typically fires pieces more than once.

gunnpottery.com

Materials List: Students Bring

• Pastry roller

• Assortment of small sculpting tools

• Small cutting tool for clay

• Small sponge

• Ruler

• Scoring tool (toothbrush works fine)

• Small spray bottle (mister works well)

Optional:

• Banding wheel

Materials List Provided by Instructor(s)

• Stoneware clay

• Sculpting tools

• Small wooden mannequins

• Bats

• Banding wheels