Session Dates:
Spring: March 3 - April 26 (8 weeks)
Late Spring: April 28 - May 24 (4 weeks)
Summer A: June 2 - June 28 (4 weeks)
Summer B: July 7- August 2 (4 weeks)
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Level:
All Levels Welcome
Location:
395 Seabrook Road - Studio F
Instructor:
In this 3-day workshop, each person will make a 20-30lb sculpture or planter.
Day 1 – We dry mix sand and cement together and set it aside in 5 gallon buckets. We prepare our forms and turntable workstations then have a computer slide show presentation of the technique and my work.
Day 2 – 9AM – 6PM. We start immediately upon arrival where we mix water into our dry mix and get it into the forms. We wait until it is set and, usually right after lunch, we carve our soft, setting (slowly getting harder) matrix until we are finished.
Day 3 – Now that our work has set overnight it has cured enough to move. We remove it from our workstations, trim the foot, hose it off and clean up the area.
View Elder Jones’s work at SandPudding.com
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Level:
All Levels Welcome
Location:
395 Seabrook Road - Studio E
Instructor:
Use your wonderfully skilled mark making techniques on clay and learn the secrets of combining your drawing and sculpting skills to make a relief sculpture. Each student will construct a clay rendering from a live model in the classroom. We will discuss the difference between a low, medium and high reliefs and the technical issues involved with each. Within the class structure we will also look at and discuss some famous relief artworks and how they used foreshortening/perspective successfully. No previous sculpture experience required, but some drawing proficiency is recommended. This workshop includes 25lbs of low fire clay and one firing.
** A separate finishing workshop (not included) will be held at a later date after first firing.**
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Level:
All Levels Welcome
Location:
395 Seabrook Road - Studio E
Instructor:
Working from an image, the student will develop a sculpture of their favorite animal. This can be accomplished as a 3D sculpture or as a relief sculpture depending on the animal pose and the final destination of the sculpture. Students will study the basic anatomy of the animal with reference anatomy books provided by the instructor. There will also be a discussion on sculpture design as well as finishing and mounting. No previous sculpture experience required. This workshop includes 25lbs of low fire clay and one firing.
** A separate finishing workshop (not included) will be held at a later date after firing.**
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Level:
All Levels Welcome
Location:
395 Seabrook Road - Studio F
Instructor:
In this course, students will work closely with figurative sculptor Kelsey Bowen to create clay figures that tell a story. Techniques covered in this workshop will include coil building, gesture, expression, and the use of objects to build a narrative within a 3-dimensional sculpture. The workshop will begin with the introductory techniques of sculpting the human figure in clay and move through the process of adding details to develop meaning. Kelsey will demonstrate the wet clay processes used to create her own work including anthropomorphic figurative sculpting, texturing, creating clothing with clay, and other detail-oriented sculpting techniques.
Days & Times:
Level:
All Levels Welcome
Location:
373 Tequesta Dr. Studio C
Days & Times:
Level:
All Levels Welcome
Location:
395 Seabrook Road - Studio F
This workshop will overview AMACO’s mid-range (cone 5 / 6) glazes & underglazes! Including Potters Choice, Potters Choice Flux, Celadons & Velvet Underglazes. Images, features & benefits, application and firing tips will be shared. Attendees can test and experiment with new PCs, PCFs and UGs on their own wares or test tiles. Participants should bring up to 6 small bisque pieces (no more than 5” tall 4” wide), bisque test tiles (must be cone 6 or cone 10 clays) brushes and a notebook.