Kelly Averill-Savino on sun 17 jan 99
I'm a hobbyist potter, with a little backyard studio. I'm going to be
teaching half a dozen women the basics of coil, slab, handbuilding, and
let them play on the wheel if they want to in a three week (3 session)
class offered thru the local community services. I have some anthro
background and want to give them a little history and hands-on about
"primitive" techniques. Probably middle aged ladies, probably never
touched clay before. For the second session we'll make something that
will dry quickly to fire by week 3. (Beads, etc.) But what to do for the
last class? I could conceivably have them come back at a later date to
pick up fired work but in the past have ended up saving orphans for
years that were never picked up. I remember a wonderful grad ceramics
class at U of O where we did exercises that were squashed up after
class, but I can't remember what or come up with any specific ideas for
this group. I'm new here and this may be a pretty pedestrian question to
throw out to "the big dogs" of pottery, but here it is. Thanks. :0)
Kelly
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T Hazard on mon 18 jan 99
Kelli, I also have taught a short class like you describe. Since you are
interested in "primative ' techniques try a trash can Pit fire. Unless
you can dig a pit in your yard. A trash can works great in the city. You
can give the history to your students, they can fire a pot in a short
amount of time and still take their finished product home.
Theresa
Marcia Menuskin on tue 19 jan 99
Try decorating the fired pieces with bisque stain. This finish will only be
decorative and not functional, but it will be a way for your students to take
home finished pieces.
Marcia in Chattanooga
Chris Schafale on tue 19 jan 99
Hi Kelly --
There are some nifty suggestions for exploratory exercises in Paulus
Berensohn's book, Finding One's Way with Clay. It's a wonderful book
to have (back in print recently) in any case, with a rather joyful
and liberating philosophy about clay, good instructions/
illustrations about doing pinch pots and some colored clay stuff.
You can get it from the Potter's Shop (25% off sale is still on until
Feb. 13!).
Chris
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I'm a hobbyist potter, with a little backyard studio. I'm going to be
> teaching half a dozen women the basics of coil, slab, handbuilding, and
> let them play on the wheel if they want to in a three week (3 session)
> class offered thru the local community services. I have some anthro
> background and want to give them a little history and hands-on about
> "primitive" techniques. Probably middle aged ladies, probably never
> touched clay before. For the second session we'll make something that
> will dry quickly to fire by week 3. (Beads, etc.) But what to do for the
> last class? I could conceivably have them come back at a later date to
> pick up fired work but in the past have ended up saving orphans for
> years that were never picked up. I remember a wonderful grad ceramics
> class at U of O where we did exercises that were squashed up after
> class, but I can't remember what or come up with any specific ideas for
> this group. I'm new here and this may be a pretty pedestrian question to
> throw out to "the big dogs" of pottery, but here it is. Thanks. :0)
> Kelly
>
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Clark & Julie Kent on tue 19 jan 99
Kelly,
I have solved "last class" syndrome with mosaic tiles. You can either have
them make their own tiles to put together on the last day, or you can use
commercial tiles if you don't have enough class time. The range of
possibilites for mosaic work is pretty large, and technically, it is clay.
One other solution is to fire unglazed pieces and let them experiment with
painting clay with acrylics, etc. There are also non-firing finishes
available from a lot of craft suppliers.
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I'm a hobbyist potter, with a little backyard studio. I'm going to be
>teaching half a dozen women the basics of coil, slab, handbuilding, and
>let them play on the wheel if they want to in a three week (3 session)
>class offered thru the local community services. I have some anthro
>background and want to give them a little history and hands-on about
>"primitive" techniques. Probably middle aged ladies, probably never
>touched clay before. For the second session we'll make something that
>will dry quickly to fire by week 3. (Beads, etc.) But what to do for the
>last class? I could conceivably have them come back at a later date to
>pick up fired work but in the past have ended up saving orphans for
>years that were never picked up. I remember a wonderful grad ceramics
>class at U of O where we did exercises that were squashed up after
>class, but I can't remember what or come up with any specific ideas for
>this group. I'm new here and this may be a pretty pedestrian question to
>throw out to "the big dogs" of pottery, but here it is. Thanks. :0)
>Kelly
>
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Carol Seidman on wed 20 jan 99
Hi Kelly: You'll enjoy teaching those classes. I have been teaching
adult ed type classes for over ten years. Three sessions is kind of
short but doable. How about this? Give out a schedule at the first
class that reads: Session one and two, creating with soft clay
Skip one week to allow for drying and bisque firing
Session three - glazing
Session four- pick up of finished projects. I give a
time slot of 1/2hour for the pick up, the same time as the regular
classes were held. My students are there to get their stuff. They're so
excited to see the finished ware. Many sign up for additional classes.
Hope this helps. Carol Seidman cseidman@home.com
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