Catherine White on wed 6 aug 03
I had a small class for my daughter and her friends when she was around 14
yrs old. Prior to the class, I made up "urns" , consisting of a slab
cylinder with a base- fast & very rough construction. The kids were given
the leather-hard urns turned on their sides. I told them to make monsters by
attaching legs, tails, heads, scales, ears, whiskers, whatever they wanted.
They caught on quickly to slip/scratch procedures and had a glorious few
hours creating their wild and wooly critters. We did the glazes in the next
class. The results were impressive. My daughter still proudly displays hers
for all to see.
Regards,
Catherine in over-heated Yuma, AZ
ncwhite@adelphia.net
My inability to emulate occasionally results in originality.
----- Original Message -----
I was thinking of a small hand building demo and a basic theory lesson the
first night then the next 3 nights, 1 week apart, have them build what they
want and fire for them. I don't plan to lug my wheel over there every week
and try to get 12 or so people to share it, so hand building will have to
do. Any Ideas from any or all of you would be great.
Tony Olsen, Galveston TX
neslot@houston.rr.com
John Norris on wed 6 aug 03
Tony,
I think a good first lesson is making a beads for a necklace. (You can
see some reasons and ideas here: http://radio.weblogs.com/0114670/2003/06=
/19.html)
Feel free to grab any of my on-line handouts! (http://home.comcast.net/~j=
ohn_norris_net/handouts/handindex.html)
Sounds like a great time!
Nice site, by the way!
John
http://john-norris.net
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Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:27:04 -0500
From: Tony Olsen
Subject: teaching a class
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OK Gang,
I have been 'volunteered' to teach a pottery/ceramics class at our =3D
church's "Wednesday night Live". We have a dinner then there are =3D
various classes a person can attend for free or cost of materials. =3D
These classes range from classical guitar to line dancing to bird =3D
watching, yoga etc.
I don't know if I am qualified for this, but guess I know more about it
=3D
than those attending. The age range is expected to be 12 to 80 with the
=3D
16 yr. and younger accompanied by an adult. What I need is ideas on =3D
what to suggest that they make. Where do I start? Give a little =3D
theory? I will provide the clay and some tools also the firing. I will
=3D
need to charge the cost for the materials and firing(s) to the students
=3D
but that's not really a problem.
I was thinking of a small hand building demo and a basic theory lesson =3D=
the first night then the next 3 nights, 1 week apart, have them build =3D=
what they want and fire for them. I don't plan to lug my wheel over =3D
there every week and try to get 12 or so people to share it, so hand =3D
building will have to do. Any Ideas from any or all of you would be =3D
great.
Thanks in advance.
on another note, I was making a small batch of glaze to test today and =3D=
couldn't find my talc. Wifey says haw about baby powder? The =3D
ingredients on the bottle said talc, scent. This is some of the =3D
sweetest smelling glaze you'd ever want, but do you think it will work?
=3D
The amount was 6%. I guess life is a continuing experiment.
Take care, Stay muddy!
Tony Olsen, Galveston TX
neslot@houston.rr.com
http://tonyolsen.com/up/
*****
Art, Information, and Ceramics.
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Tony Olsen on wed 6 aug 03
OK Gang,
I have been 'volunteered' to teach a pottery/ceramics class at our =
church's "Wednesday night Live". We have a dinner then there are =
various classes a person can attend for free or cost of materials. =
These classes range from classical guitar to line dancing to bird =
watching, yoga etc.
I don't know if I am qualified for this, but guess I know more about it =
than those attending. The age range is expected to be 12 to 80 with the =
16 yr. and younger accompanied by an adult. What I need is ideas on =
what to suggest that they make. Where do I start? Give a little =
theory? I will provide the clay and some tools also the firing. I will =
need to charge the cost for the materials and firing(s) to the students =
but that's not really a problem.
I was thinking of a small hand building demo and a basic theory lesson =
the first night then the next 3 nights, 1 week apart, have them build =
what they want and fire for them. I don't plan to lug my wheel over =
there every week and try to get 12 or so people to share it, so hand =
building will have to do. Any Ideas from any or all of you would be =
great.
Thanks in advance.
on another note, I was making a small batch of glaze to test today and =
couldn't find my talc. Wifey says haw about baby powder? The =
ingredients on the bottle said talc, scent. This is some of the =
sweetest smelling glaze you'd ever want, but do you think it will work? =
The amount was 6%. I guess life is a continuing experiment.
Take care, Stay muddy!
Tony Olsen, Galveston TX
neslot@houston.rr.com
http://tonyolsen.com/up/
Lily Krakowski on thu 7 aug 03
Tony:
As you plant to teach a church class, I do not know (consider first) cleanup
time. If this is not a full time studio you must allow PLENTY of time to
return the room to normal status. You do not want the janitors quitting.
My first "lecture" to students is safety. Change your shoes, bag your
studio shoes, if you can wear rubber shoes you can wash off, etc. DO NOT do
this and that which creates dust.
A little history helps. And the Bible certainly provides enough pottery to
keep them busy!
PROJECTS also depend on what storage space you have. I will not enquire
what denomination this church is, but a collectively made crêche is
fun--donate it to some children's wing at a hospital or something; a tile
with a personal message on it (MY room) "Use backdoor in bad weather" [on my
front door]; dried flower vases (don't matter if they leak)
Lili Krakowski
P.O. Box #1
Constableville, N.Y.
(315) 942-5916/ 397-2389
Be of good courage....
Imbolchottie@AOL.COM on thu 7 aug 03
My favorite teacher taught us pinch pots, coil building, then hand building
(slab work). Different teachers took different approaches -- one went
architectural, one went with boxes. Another teacher gave the Animal-Morph assignment --
great fun taking different characteristics of animals and making a sculpture.
Another idea I liked was making postcards -- using engobes and glaze.
Generally all low fire. The coil pots had to incorporate some sort of animal motif
-- those I recall were high fired in order to show the difference between
red. and ox.
Another teacher has his students throwing on the wheel. Little two inch high
cups, with texture, in order to test glazes and oxides.
Lesson here is the first teacher had the students leaving the class with
something they made and they liked well enough to keep. Second teacher had
students make worthless cups that were left behind and thrown out.
Have fun with the students, they need fun.
I teach sed kids and some of these teaching stories are spooky.
I do ceramics with my kids -- I buy the clay haul it in, take it out
leatherhard to fire, bring it back to glaze, haul it out to be fired, and bring it
back again. It's a pain, but well worth it. I even have had therapists sit in
and work beside their clients -- they're just big kids.
Spooky side story -- one day 90% of our therapists showed up all wearing
BLACK. weird. The 10% who didn't -- most of them worked with my students.
As the children use to say -- kewl.
Jonathan in la, practicing my craft to pursue my art
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