Thursdays, May 15, 22, 29 and JUNE 5, 12, 19
6 PM - 8 PM | *choose $140 | $180 | $220
Make functional coil-thrown vessels using surface decoration techniques to illustrate imaginative narratives.
Learn how to build textured mugs with coils as well as throwing on the wheel. Water carving, sgraffito, and glaze inlay techniques will demonstrate layering to achieve surface depth on pottery. Materials such as slips, oxides, matte and glossy glazes will provide multi-textured interfaces to experiment with achieving blurred and whimsical effects. With interactive image building through drawing and stencil making, students will develop dreamy designs that respond to form. This course is an accessible way to engage with ceramic surface decoration, especially for those who feel stumped by glazing.
Class fee includes materials, firings, instruction, and five optional open studio sessions on Saturday mornings. Advance registration is required.
Location: Meet in the parking lot of the farm store. Google Maps Link
PLEASE REGISTER
*PROGRAM FEE STRUCTURE
While many of our programs are free, we also offer classes and events with a fee. There are three prices to choose from on a sliding scale:
subsidized $140 | regular fee $180 | help others $220
Upon registration, we trust you to choose the right fee that matches what you can afford. Do you need financial assistance? Can you pay the regular rate? Do you have the ability to pay a bit more and make funds available for others?
If in doubt, give us a call at 518.242.6535
Macayla Sandusky is a Brooklyn-based ceramic artist and educator whose work is a practice of self-reflection and translation of memory. Through the fuzziness of recollecting, a stretching and blurring of imagery emerges. Layering, laboring, and repetition as part of the making process provide a foundation to convey how clay records information.
Mako received a BFA from The University of Arkansas in 2018 and currently teaches ceramic classes to adults at community studios in New York City.