Ceramic Foundations
12 Week Class | This course is currently not open for registration.
In this course, learn techniques for hand building and throwing on the potter's wheel. Suitable for absolute beginners as well as those with more clay experience, students will become acquainted with and learn to refine hand building techniques such as pinching, coiling, slabs building (both soft and hard). Fundamental wheel-throwing techniques for cylindrical and bowl forms will be demonstrated with ample opportunity to practice them afterwards in a supportive environment on a pottery wheel. Explore surface decoration through removal and addition of clay as well as with underglazes and glazes.This course includes demonstrations, discussion of material and design theory, studio health and safety and constructive analysis
Base Tuition: $565 + Material Fee: $55 = $620 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- Thorough understanding of clay and it’s abilities as a material in art creation
- Development of form and function with clay
- Handbuilding techniques development
- Throwing skill development
- Surface decoration methods and techniques for all stages of making
- Ceramic studio and materials health and safety
Annika Hoefs
Annika is a Toronto based artist and educator, specializing in ceramics. She holds a Bachelor of Material Art and Design from OCADU where she initially began with a focus on textiles, but ended with a full concentration on ceramics. Alongside her studio practice, she has been teaching ceramic classes to students of all ages and skill levels since 2016. Annika’s functional and sculptural ceramics can be found in select gallery shops, restaurants and luxury hotels, locally and internationally.