Ceramics: Handbuilding Fundamentals
10 Week Class | Registration opens 2025-10-15 12:00 PM
In this course, students will experience the versatility of hand-building with clay. Using three fundamental construction techniques that include pinch, coil and slab, students can build any type of object or form, including sculpture and/or pottery. Students will be encouraged to combine different building methods and develop surface detail using additive and reductive techniques. Instruction will also include various surface design techniques for glaze application.
Note: There will be no class on Monday, February 16 due to the Family Day Holiday.
Base Tuition: $530 + Material Fee: $60 = $590 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- Learn techniques to make pinch pots, coil building and slab construction
- Explore surface design techniques including carving & relief decoration, inlay, glaze painting and masking techniques
- Focus and testing with surface design process which includes relief and using molds
Julie Moon
Julie is an acclaimed ceramic artist, whose work is widely exhibited and collected. She brings her years of experience as a ceramic artist and educator to TSA with her unique focus on hand built ceramic art.