The Clay Centre
Winter Session
January 23-March 6


Advanced Wheel ~
This class will focus on form, making pots that are based on good design and functional qualities. Susan will give weekly demonstrations to help develop throwing skills and the concepts of form. Students must be able to center clay competently for this class. This class will last 7 weeks.

Mondays, 1:00-3:00 pm + ˝ hr. for clean-up
Instructor: Susan Filley
Cost: $150 plus $40 supplies fee (Total: $190.00)


Wednesday Daytime Wheel ~
Students will learn to center and throw cylinders and related forms - tumblers, bowls, and mugs. Pots will be glazed and fired to cone 6. This class is for beginning or continuing students who have little experience on the wheel. This class will last 7 weeks.

Wednesdays, 10am-12noon + ˝ hr. for clean-up
Instructor: Carolyn Doyle
Cost: $150 plus $40 supplies fee (Total: $190.00)



Monday Beginner’s Wheel ~
Students will learn basic throwing skills including centering, as well as pulling handles and trimming. Shapes will include cylinders, bowls, and small vases, with a focus on altering forms after throwing. Pots will be glazed with cone 6 stoneware glazes. All skill levels welcome!

Mondays, 6:30 - 8:30pm + ˝ hr. for clean-up
Instructor: Amy Smoker
Cost: $150 plus $40 supplies fee (Total: $190.00)



Workshop: Surface Decoration for Clay ~
Students will learn to work with slips, sgraffito, underglazes, wax resist, stamps and texture, carving, and other ways of decorating their pieces. They will make and decorate tiles to explore each of these techniques. Tiles will be fired following the class. Some experience with clay desirable.

Saturday, March 3, 2012, 1:00-4:00 pm
Instructor: Amy Smoker
Cost: $45, includes supplies fee and firing



Day Use of the Studio (Ages 18+) ~
For advanced clay students only, an opportunity to use the clay studio for their own projects. Day use of the studio is limited to times when the studio is not in use for classes. No instructor is present; evening use is available when studio is not in use in the evenings. Day Use is not for production, and is available to those who have taken a class at the Clay Centre. Mondays-Sundays, except as noted above and on schedule provided. See Barbara for eligibility and cost.



Open Studios will be held Saturdays from 11 am - 1 pm.
Missed classes can be made up during open studios—No make-up classes will be held.



For more information on classes and workshops, contact the Clay Centre at 967-0314. If you leave your email address on the answering machine, you will be sent an e-brochure, including policies and other details.

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