Workshop: Hand Building for Beginners (8 classes)
April 9, 2025 May 1, 2025
with Spandana
SERIES OF CLASSES
Total # of Classes
8
Class length
120 minutes
Location
The Mud House Studio
In the first session, students will learn how to prepare and wedge their own clay. They will be taught the "Bull's/Ram’s head" wedging technique. Then, they are introduced to Pinching technique and are required to explore multiple forms using the same.
In this session, students are introduced to Coiling technique that also includes merging coils together and exploring multiple forms that are more dynamic.
Students will be taught how to make their own slabs using rolling pins and the slab roller. Then they can explore various stages of working with a slab, that is leather hard or soft. They will be taught to build various forms, geometric and organic.
Students are required to come up with ideas for a pinching project, the instructor will guide and help them with the execution.
Students are required to come up with ideas for a coiling project, the instructor will guide and help them with the execution.
Students are required to come up with ideas for a slab project, the instructor will guide and help them with the execution.
For the final project, the students are required to come up with ideas for a challenging project that combines all three techniques. Thereafter, they work on ideation and execution.
The following are included in the package:
- Pottery INSTRUCTORS
- CLAY required for the session
2 kgs per session.
3 kgs for the final project
- All necessary TOOLS
- Individual APRON
- Quality GLAZES to colour your respective pcs.
- 2X CLAY FIRINGS (Bisque-firing & Glaze-firing)
Ages: 14 y/o and above
Capacity of the Workshop: 6 Maximum
Hand Building Workshop Guidelines
GLAZING
Students will be contacted 2 weeks after their last session for a glazing demonstration, scheduled according to the instructor and studio availability, which they are expected to be present for.
In this session, you also get a demonstration of how to apply glazes, which is the last step of the process.
Students are expected to complete their glazing within 2 weeks from the demonstration.
FIRING
Students’ pieces will be bisque fired post 2 weeks from the end date of the workshop.
After glazing their work, students can collect their glaze fired items 2 weeks from the day they finish glazing.
Bisque fired pots will be discarded post two months from the date of the Glazing demo.
MAKE-UP SESSIONS
No Make-up classes provided.
GENERAL STUDIO DECORUM
- Students are required to respect the community space at the studio.
- Students are expected to prepare their own clay, manage used clay and discard clay- as guided by the instructor for each class, which remains constant for all sessions.
- Students will be cleaning up after themselves, after every session, as guided by the instructor in the first session. Please follow the same.
- Students are to keep the tools and equipment in their designated place after usage.
The class takes place on...
- April 9 at 3:00 pm (Wednesday)
- April 10 at 3:00 pm (Thursday)
- April 16 at 3:00 pm (Wednesday)
- April 17 at 3:00 pm (Thursday)
- April 23 at 3:00 pm (Wednesday)
- April 24 at 3:00 pm (Thursday)
- April 30 at 3:00 pm (Wednesday)
- May 1 at 3:00 pm (Thursday)
Reservations
This class series has already started. Please contact us directly to register.