Resource person: artschool@artscenterlive.org

Location: 400 Ceramics Studio | 400 Roberson Street, Carrboro, NC, 27510

Description:

In this class we will seek to further explore wheelthrowing and related skills. Topics will include: getting more height out of three pulls; throwing off the hump; altering freshly thrown and leather hard pots; vases, bottles, & flasks; lidded pieces; teapots; and creating surface treatment by layering slip and glaze decoration, including Jason’s top secret image transfer technique. Intended for students who have taken a pottery class, or made pottery, in the last year. 

Note that this class DOES meet on Memorial Day, May 26.

About the Instructor: Jason Abide has been learning and making pottery since about 2002. His first experience with pottery was at Delta State University, in Cleveland, Mississippi. He learned an appreciation for well made pottery through a fascination with the process for making it, particularly the potter’s wheel. He finds the transformations that clay undergoes, and the different possibilities for creation and alteration in each phase to be fascinating and inspiring. He endeavors to share his enthusiasm for this medium and this craft through the pottery he makes and the classes he teaches for children and adults. His pottery is called Really Pretty Cardinals and can be found at www.reallyprettycardinals.com.

Available spots: 3

Price: $246.00 Taxes waived

Notes: Students should bring a basic 8-piece clay tool kit.

Prerequisites: Designed for students who have taken a pottery class or made pottery in the last year. $45 fee for clay, glazing, and firing.

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