Ceramic Foundations
11 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: $530 + Material Fee: $55 = $585 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
- - Throwing on the potters wheel
- - Surface decoration methods and techniques for all stages of making
- - Ceramic studio and materials health and safety
Natalie Waddell
Natalie Waddell is a Canadian ceramic artist and educator based in Toronto. Her practice is driven by the love of process and the exploration of heritage and memory through clay.
A student of the Sheridan College Ceramic Craft and Design program (2003), she is known for her functional and sculptural work and active participation in local ceramic and arts communities and associations including the Toronto Potters Association, the Potters Guild of Hamilton and Region, FUSION: Ontario Clay and Glass Association and NCECA - the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts and Craft Ontario. She was featured as one of the two judges on CBC's Great Canadian Pottery Throwdown.