Please join us in celebrating 30 years in mud! We want to show our appreciation for all the people that have supported us and allowed us to stick around so long.
To reserve your spot, scroll down to the bottom of this page!
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
AMACO WORKSHOPS: Taught by Noel Hoover
Tuesday December 1st 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Class Size - 20 Cost: $20.00
LOWFIRE TEXTURES & PATTERNS
Explore a range of color techniques including: • Color layering using glaze and underglaze combinations • Depth Techniques through masking and resisting • Color texturizing with glaze modifiers
Come learn how to expand the look of your low-fire glaze pallet!
Wednesday December 2nd 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Class Size - 20 Cost - $20.00
COMBINATIONS & ALTERATIONS WITH Δ5/6 GLAZES
Come learn how to manipulate mid-range stoneware glazes with layering, masking, texturizing and blending effects. See the secrets of flashing and low-fire products used at high-fire temperatures. A new world of creation awaits discovery!
MAYCO WORKSHOPS: Taught by Pauline Wyndham
Thursday December 3rd 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Class Size - 20 Cost - $20.00 A BLENDING OF RANGES: LOWFIRE & HIGHFIRE MIXTURES
Craziness! Lowfire glazes at stoneware temperatures? That's right, learn how to blurr the line bewtween glaze ranges and expand your color and effects' options through the addition of low-fire texturizers and modifiers. Bring your own small bisqued stoneware vessel to see how these techniques will react on your forms or we can provide a form.
Friday December 4th 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Class Size - 20 Cost - $20.00
A GOOD FOUNDATION: ALTERNATIVE FOUNDATION & STROKE & COAT TECHNIQUE
Take the materials you already have and learn to push them in new directions. Topics to include:
• Organic material design techniques • Texturizing & modifying with specialty products • Alternative application techniques
Saturday December 5th 9:00 am - 12:00 pm THIS CLASS IS FULL Class Size - 20 Cost - $20.00
GLASS & CLAY TEXTURES: A RUBBER STAMP APPROACH Raised textures and impressed textures, glaze textures and fused textures, clay textures & glass textures...one process, many possibilities.
Sign-up and help us further our latest obsessions: stamps, clay & glass! (glass firing included)
Bridget Hauser:
Saturday December 5th 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Class Size - 20 Cost - $20.00
SURFACE: IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS!
Bridget Hauser of Sunset Canyon POttery (A production pottery & teaching studio) will demonstrate three different surface enhancements used in the creation of her personal line of decorative ware.
• Chattering & Carving • The "Steve Tool" • The effects of expanding a pot with sodium silicate on the surface
Each of these techniques she uses as the base or background for the applique's that turn a pitcher, vase or teapot into a canvas for "nature collages".
"Throwing and creating beautiful forms was just the beginning. There came a time when the surface of my vessels just started begging for more and my soul just had to answer. What ends up on a form: leaves, sticks, nuts, lichens, bits of bark and fungi are all icons of cycles. The textures represent the rich mulch of natures history, a medium for growth and seasonal change. - Bridget Hauser
SKUTT WORKSHOPS
Clay Kiln Workshop:
Thursday December 3rd 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm or Friday December 4th 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Class Size - 20 Cost - $20.00
The Ins & Outs and Dos & Don'ts of Skutt Kilns:
• Kiln Basics - loading & programming • Maintenance - mechanical, electrical & preventative • Troubleshooting • Q & A Session • Hands-on KS overview for those interested