Summer 2009Slip Slidin' with Clay (Grades: 6-9)Come explore the world of clay and spend a miraculous week rolling, pinching, pounding, and wedging clay into all sorts of shapes and forms. Learn to "drive" the potters wheel and discover how you and this spinning mechanical circle can turn lumps of mud into beautifully proportioned bowls, cups, vases and vessels. Explore a variety of hand building techniques and invent fanciful sculptural and functional pieces. Embellish the surface of your masterpieces with texture and special decorative stamps and perfect the techniques of glazing and underglazing. Be a part of a Raku firing at the end of the session and join your teammates as you compete in the Clay Olympics. Everything will be fired for you to take home. Please bring an apron or old clothes and a towel or two for clean-up. Due to time restraints, some pieces will not be fired by the end of class. Please plan to pick up additional pieces the following week. Prerequisite(s):
Instructor: Nancy Morgan
Nancy Morgan studied art at Humboldt State University and has worked as an instructional aide and lab tech with the ceramics instructors at SRJC since 1990. She has taught clay projects in elementary schools, through the Girl Scouts and privately. She maintains a clay studio and has participated in Artrails since 1999.
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