Vince Pitelka on thu 25 mar 04
I am a little late in posting our schedule of summer workshops, but we have
some wonderful ones. If you want to receive a print brochure or wish to
register for a workshop, please call or email our secretary Shannon Terry at
615/597-6801 or sterry@tntech.edu. Email Shannon with your snail mail
address if you want to get on our mailing list. If you have questions about
workshop policy or specifics, call the same number or email our Workshop
Coordinator Gail Gentry at gdost@tntech.edu. If you have questions about
our wonderful clay studio facilities or any of our other programs, call or
email me and/or check out my website (hyperlink at the bottom).
- Vince
June 7-11
Useful Pots: Special Celebration & Everyday Use $300
Frank Martin and Polly Ann Martin
Explore two exciting approaches to creating pots: expressive wheel thrown
forms and the use of wheel thrown and handbuilt altered parts. Students are
encouraged to share their favorite cookbooks and recipes to act as a
springboard for ideas. Demonstrations will explore creative solutions to
recipes while addressing utility and specific function. Slides will enhance
discussions of contemporary and historic pottery types, gastronomy and
kitchen architecture. Intermediate-Advanced
June 14-18
Soda Firing $300
Stephen Robison and Kathleen Guss
Focus on the process and aesthetics of cone-10 soda firing. Using slips and
glazes students explore a variety of surface techniques. Demonstrations of
both handbuilt and wheel thrown forms are enhanced with slide
presentations/discussions on historical and contemporary ceramics. All
skill levels
June 21-25
Pouring and Drinking Vessels $300
Mark Peters
Wheel thrown pitchers and tumblers, teapots and teacups are the focus of
this class, with special attention to handles, spouts and lids. Slides and
demonstrate of fun throwing and altering techniques are provided. Learn how
to use form, surface and texture to make cohesive sets; pieces will be
bisque-fired.
Intermediate-Advanced
June 28-July 2
17th Century English Slipware Pottery $300
Irma Starr
Students learn the technique and aesthetics of 17th Century English slipware
patterns. Get a feel for different slipware techniques, including marbling,
combing and slip trailing. Demonstrations, slide lectures and critiques and
plenty of practice time are provided. All skill levels
July 12-16
The Object Transformed:Simple Molds, Complex Pieces $300
Debbie Kupinksy
Gain an understanding of the mold making process by casting common objects
and using them to build more complex pieces. Create spouts, handles and
feet from plasticine or clay and cast these pieces in molds to replicate
them. Take a second look at everyday objects and enjoy the experimental
playfulness while changing and redefining their use. Intermediate
Raku: Colors & Crackles $300
Wesley Smith
Experience the process of raku firing from start to finish while learning
both building and finishing techniques. Raku is an awe-inspiring process
full of flash and fire. Students will leave with finished raku pots and
bisque ware. (Students should bring at least 5 bisque-fired pieces to start
the class.) Intermediate
July 19-23
Ceramics: Handbuilding with Soul $300
Thomas Kerrigan
Create vessels and sculptural forms using pinch, slab, coil and other
forming methods. Double-wall construction and building upside-down are
explored as well as various approaches to surface treatments. Slide
lectures, assigned projects, individual investigation and group critiques
allow participants to explore what gives objects "soul." All skill levels
A Passion for the Figure $300
Catherine Merrill
A workshop for painters who want to work with clay, sculptors who want to
work with a model and potters who want to get off the wheel. Working from a
live model, focus is on techniques for making dynamic/expressive figurative
clay forms. Draw/paint on clay slabs, build freestanding figures with and
without armatures while working with polychrome terra sigilattas and colored
clay, glazes and non-ceramic finishes. A raku firing will conclude the
workshop. All skill levels
July 26-30
Creative Problem Solving & Construction Techniques $300
Paula Winokur
Investigate ceramic form and surface through numerous construction
techniques; experiment with porcelain and stoneware clays. Experience
journal keeping, investigating source materials and completing a series of
challenging exercises. Discussions include glazing techniques/information
and slides of contemporary and historical work. Students wishing to pursue
large-scale work can develop maquettes to work from at home.
Intermediate-Advanced
The Self Portrait $300
Robert Winokur
Experience an opportunity for personal exploration and discovery while
constructing a self-portrait that addresses autobiographical issues.
Incorporate elements such as personality, family relationships and ancestry.
Intermediate-Advanced
August 2-6
Potter's Wheel and Handbuilding Skills: Reassembled Hollow Ring Teapots
$300
Ray Bub
Expand your creative use of clay while viewing demonstrations of the
throwing and handbuilding skills necessary to create reassembled hollow ring
teapots. Learn to produce a wide range of functional pottery shapes;
detail-rich demonstrations stimulate discussion of new directions for
ceramic artists of all levels. All skill levels
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
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