Upcoming workshops
Upcoming workshops
Taller: Stacked forms-5/4
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Saturday, May 4th, 10:00-1:00pm
with Gina Inzinna
Want to make taller forms but struggle with the thought of throwing a 6-pound cylinder? In this workshop Gina will show you how to throw smaller 1-3 lb cylinders and stack them to make taller forms! Students will cover throwing even-walled cylinders as well as shaping, tips for optimizing your clay use, throwing bottomless forms, and attaching these forms during the optimal stage of moisture to ensure success! This workshop will be about ⅓ demonstration and ⅔ student practice!
Clay will be available to purchase from the instructor upon registration, if needed.
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$95.00
Cancellation Policy: 72- hour before class partial refund, no refund within 72 hours of class starting.
Email Gina to register:
ginabeena23@gmail.com
demystifying ribs-5/18
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Saturday, May 18th, 2:00-5:00PM
with Christie Goodfellow
Have you been wondering how to use ribs to enhance your ceramics practice? Join Christie to explore the wonderful world of ribs! This workshop will include discussion and demonstrations with multiple types of ribs, time for hands-on practice, and two ribs for you to keep. Wheel-throwing and altering processes will be used during the demonstrations, though the techniques can also translate to handbuilding. Previous experience with clay is recommended, although all skill levels are welcome.
Please note: pieces made during this workshop are for exploration only and will not be fired.
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$80.00
Materials Fee: $15 (students will receive a mudtools rib and a kemper tools rib to take with them)
Email Christie to register:
info@cg-ceramics.com
get centered-6/1
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Saturday, June 1st, 10:00-12:00
with Gina Inzinna
Are you having trouble getting centered? In this all levels class students will practice centering on the wheel in a relaxed open minded style. The approach will be to improve centering technique by improving body mechanics, using repetition, and relaxing the mind. Students will begin the class with some gentle stretches and movement geared towards better body mechanics on the wheel. While practicing Gina will encourage you to give yourself to the process and just enjoy the present moment with clay, water and wheel. Come to skill build, and de stress pottery style!
For ages 16 and older.
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$65.00
Clay will be available to purchase from the instructor upon registration, if needed.
Email Gina to register:
ginabeena23@gmail.com
Accent Lamp-Making Workshop
with Julia Dean and Micki Volpini
2 part workshop:
Saturday, June 8th, 9:00am-12:00pm
Saturday, June 29th, 9:00am-11:00am
Cost: *$200 (Registration is for both days)
In the first part of the workshop, you'll learn the basic components of a small accent lamp. From there, you will design your lamp and begin the making process either by hand-building a form or creating a wheel-thrown form. Experience on the wheel is necessary if you want your lamp form to be wheel-thrown. No experience is necessary if you want to hand-build your lamp.
Between the two sessions, you'll have access to the studio during a Lab time to glaze-finish your form. Labs are Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and pre-registration is required. Click here to sign up for a Lab.
For the second part of the workshop, you will have your finished form and learn to assemble your lamp, including a bulb and lamp shade!
*Materials included: 8lbs of clay, glaze and firing, and all required lamp parts.
out of round: altered forms-7/13 & 7/14
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Saturday, July 13th (9:00am-12:00pm)
& Sunday, July 14th (10:00am-12:00pm)
with Tess Lawlor
Learn all about the thrown, altered and composite options for the differently shaped pot, extending what wheel throwing can offer. You will learn the fundamentals of adding and subtracting clay, re-shaping pieces off the wheel and joining separate pieces to change the look of your pots and find out how subtle changes in these adaptations can markedly alter the structure of your pottery. Prepare to enhance your pottery in ways that will allow you to break out of the usual round limitations found in wheel throwing and have your pots resonate with your unique artistic vision.
First session (7/13)-Tess will demonstrate the techniques students will be covering, together you will work out what you want to create using these techniques then you’ll have time to throw pieces that fit your vision, which will be worked on at the second session.
Second session (7/14)- Tess will cover further details and working with you to deconstruct and reassemble those pots into the shapes you envisioned on the first night.
Basic throwing skills are required to take this class.
Firings are included for actively enrolled students and studio members only. If you are not a member you can still take the workshop, but anything you make cannot be fired.
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GEL PLATES: a more flexible approach to surface decoration- 8/9
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Friday, August 9th, 6:00-8:00PM
with Tess Lawlor
If you’ve tried stencils, screen printing, paper monoprinting, underglaze transfers, painting or any other surface decoration techniques there are some common problems that arise:
-How to get a flat piece of paper, stencil or transfer to conform to the round surfaces we encounter in the world of clay. Having stencils leak under the edge and mess up the image .
-Pulling a screen print off your pot only to find that the print is too light, images are blurred or inconsistent.
-Trying to paint on curved and vertical surfaces and struggling to control drips and runs that can ruin your design.
Students will cover how Gel plates give you the freedom to make your mark on the curves of your pottery by conforming to the surface in a way other techniques fall short on and show you how you can stencil, screen print, transfer, paint directly or layer them onto the Gelli plate, before you commit to putting it on the pot.
Leather hard and bisqued tiles, underglazes, stencils, screen prints, transfers and of course Gel plates, will be available to practice with. You're welcome to bring your own pots and any surface decoration materials/underglazes you’d like to practice with. Firings are not included in the price of this workshop for non-members.
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$85.00
Click HERE to register.
big, bigger, biggest!-9/21
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Saturday, September 21st, 10:00-12:00PM
with Tess Lawlor
Learn how to throw larger pots on the wheel in this workshop. The desire to throw large pots is something that just about every potter has had at one time or another. And it’s often met with frustration. You may think you don't have the strength for throwing large pots.
In this workshop, Tess will show you how you can work smarter, not harder. There are all sorts of ways to throw large without breaking your back. You will learn what to do every step of the way and discover that these new techniques will help you in throwing pots of any size. Basic throwing skills are required to take this class.
Purchasing clay (through the school) prior to the workshop is required for non-members.
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$75*
*$15 material fee at checkout for clay (optional for members, required for non-members).
Click HERE to register.