Extended Education — Ceramics
Wheel Throwing
OAK 200
Instructor: Craig Petey
Tues., 6:30–9:30 p.m., September 30–December 9 (no class November 11)
10 sessions. $300. Noncredit. Prerequisite: none
Designed to promote individual expression and ideas while gaining an understanding of the nature of clay and the ceramic process, students use wheel throwing, glazing techniques, and firing methods to foster and enhance their artistic perspectives. By looking at examples of historical and contemporary work alike, students are encouraged to create such pieces as bowls, mugs, plates, and vases that operate in ways that are alternative, as well as functional.
Class sessions are divided among demonstration, theory, and application. Students learn how to mix glazes in addition to receiving recipes for various high-fire reduction, tenmoku, celadon, and shino glazes. Suited to beginning-through-advanced students.
One student per electric pottery wheel. Class size limited to 8 students. Bring to class: a basic wheel-throwing tool kit (beginners); preferred tools (more experienced students). Clay can be purchased from the Ceramics Program for $8/bag.
