bebe_a on mon 4 jun 01
I have been asked to teach a 3 hour clay workshop for a group of 25 =
adults, and need some ideas!
This is a group of bank employees, out for a field trip to our Art =
Center. A "corporate arts day". They have no previous clay experience, =
and probably very little general arts experience.
Any ideas out there on how to make this a positive experience for them? =
Three hours is going to seem very long if I don't hold thier attention.
Anita Swan on tue 5 jun 01
The problem is that you won't be able to fire the work - they will go home
empty-handed. I would consider slab or coil masks. Show some slides or
samples, have some drawings available for those who need ideas, have them
sketch out some rough ideas and then demonstrate a few techniques and let them
start building. Be sure to have lots of texture making tools around and show
the students how to use them. Just an idea. Nita
Julie Holmes on tue 5 jun 01
Here are just a few ideas for your 3 hour clay adventure for corporate
types:
1) Ask paricipants what they hoped to experience during their three hour
time away from the grind.
2) Is there a raku kiln available at your studio? If so - make and bisque
some small votive candle holders and have them glaze and fire them. Have
them handbuild some of their own votive candle holders on the slab roller,
too.
3) Have some bowl forms available. Roll out some slabs before hand and
have them make some simple bowl shapes. Have them use some slips on the
bowls at the end of the session. If you have the time and inclination, you
could bisque and clear glaze the bowls for pick up at a later date.
3) Most people are mesmerized watching a potter throw on the wheel. During
the three hour session, sprinkle in a wheel throwing demo and use the making
of the pot as a metaphor for life, projects at work, etc.
Not sure if any of these ideas will work but I hope you have fun - and
perhaps recruit a few new potters, too!
Julie
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Subject: workshop ideas
I have been asked to teach a 3 hour clay workshop for a group of 25 adults,
and need some ideas!
This is a group of bank employees, out for a field trip to our Art Center. A
"corporate arts day". They have no previous clay experience, and probably
very little general arts experience.
Any ideas out there on how to make this a positive experience for them?
Three hours is going to seem very long if I don't hold thier attention.
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the art farm on tue 5 jun 01
i would keep it pretty simple so that everyone can get a good
introduction to clay and have a finished product at the end of the
workshop. maybe you could describe the properties of clay, do a little
wedging, make a pot with a slump mold and decorate with underglaze. you
wouldn't be able to go through the firing and glazing, but with only 3
hours and 25 people, that would give everyone good clay exposure and
keep everyone busy without being overwhelmed.
maybe you could describe the firing process between working with the
clay and underglazing while the pots dry?
have fun...whatever you do!!!
ken
in kentucky
Karen Lookenott on wed 6 jun 01
You might try using extruded coils to let them make coil pots. This is
simple, yet teaches a lot about the clay.
Or, you could have bisque pots and let them decorate them.
Or, you could have bisque tiles and let them decorate them.
Or, you could slab tiles and let them make designs on them.
Or, you could teach them to make clay whistles. They would have something
to give their children.
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