Posts Tagged ‘Hand-Building’

Create a freestanding forest to decorate your favorite place for the holidays. A variety of tree styles will be explored, including luminaries. Handmade ornaments will also be made. All work will be glazed and fired and available for pick up before Christmas.

Create a freestanding forest to decorate your favorite place for the holidays. A variety of tree styles will be explored, including luminaries. Handmade ornaments will also be made. All work will be glazed and fired and available for pick up before Christmas.

Create a freestanding forest to decorate your favorite place for the holidays. A variety of tree styles will be explored, including luminaries. Handmade ornaments will also be made. All work will be glazed and fired and available for pick up before Christmas.

Finding the foot in clay.  This course will explore the foot as a metaphor in clay.  Each student will make a single foot or pair of feet. Students will learn the anatomy of the foot and how to construct the form out of clay.  All feet will be fired and glazed. 

Narrative use of the hand in clay.  This course will explore the hand as a metaphor in clay.  Each student will make a single hand or a pair of hands.   Students will learn the anatomy of the hand and how to construct the form out of clay.  All hands will be fired and glazed. 

Learn to build a wall-mounted human figure in clay, using source material and soft slab process.  This quick building method employs a series of specifically shaped slabs to create the volumes of the human body.  Students can expect to cover the torso, head, and hands in this class.  All work will be glazed and fired. 

Learn to build a wall-mounted bust made from soft slab hollow built process.  This process builds on the Human Figure workshop, but will leave you with a larger, ½ life scale sculpture.  We will discuss methods for hanging wall sculptures as well as finishes.  All work will be glazed and fired. 

Take your throwing skills to the next level!  Wheel throwing workshops are designed for experienced clay artists who want to increase their skill level by learning new and more advanced forms.

Narrative use of the hand in clay. This course will explore the hand as metaphor in clay. One or pair of hands will be made by each student. Students will be taught the anatomy of the hand and how to construct the form out of clay.