Intro to the Wheel

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Description

Instructor: Jake Boggs
Schedule: Wednesday, March 3 - April 7 from 10 am - 1pm
# of Sessions: 6
Location: DMAC Ceramic Studio
Level/Prerequisite: Beginner, ages 17+
Tuition/Admission: Member $215, Non-member $270
Supply Fee: $50
Class description: The Introduction to the Wheel class is a structured approach to achieving a foundational understanding of the potters wheel. In this course you will begin to build your repertoire of forms while learning to throw, trim, decorate, and glaze cups, bowls, cups with handles, and bottles.

Syllabus:

Week 1- Studio Policy, Introductions, Cylinder Demo

Week 2- Trimming Cylinder, Pulling/Attaching Handles, Bowl Demo

Week 3- Bowl Trimming Demo, Bottle Vase demo

Week 4- Bottle Vase Trimming, Glazing Talk/Demo-Last Day to Throw - Bisque Before

Week 5-Glaze Day, Glaze Fire Before Next Class

Week 6- Critique

Instructor bio:

Jake Boggs began making art from an early age in his home in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky. He graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Art from Eastern Kentucky University where he developed his craft, making functional utilitarian vessels, as well as forays into large scale sculpture. During his undergraduate studies he traveled to the Ecuadorian Amazon, Jingdezhen City in China, and the American SouthWest studying ceramic traditions of those areas. Shortly after graduation he moved to the O’ahu to enroll at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa to begin the Masters of Fine Arts program there. His art practice matured and after graduation he took on a lecturer position at his MFA alma mater for three years. Currently, he makes work wherever he can and exhibits throughout the United States and abroad.

Supply fee includes:

One 25lb bag of clay
DMAC glazes and underglaze products, bisque and glaze firing

Students should bring:

Tool List (Due to Covid 19 Safety precautions students will have to being their own tools)
Dress to get muddy!
A towel for wiping your hands
3 gallon bucket with lid if you want to save your clay
Notebook/Sketchbook
List of items you would like to make - your goals
Water bottle / Snack

Minimum Enrollment: 5
Maximum Enrollment: 6