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Educational Alliance Art School @ 197 East Broadway, New York, NY
Learn how to use the potter’s wheel and hand-building techniques to create decorative and functional objects such as bowls, cups, vases or plates. Discover pottery techniques such as slips, glazes and embossed surface decorations to finish and enrich the forms. Individuals with prior experience will learn new skills such as creating handles, lids, spouts and other finishing applications. Note: Price Includes $40 Materials Fee
Educational Alliance Art School
For experienced ceramic students to work on projects of their choice, while honing technical skills. Course allows for creative exploration within the medium and an opportunity for students to develop their own style and voice. For adults who have taken at least three beginning and/or intermediate ceramics courses. Prerequisite: At least four (4) beginning and/or intermediate ceramics courses
Mud On My Hand @ 13 Waverly Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Elevate your smoking experience with custom-made ceramic pipes and ashtrays and unleash your creativity in this hands-on workshop.
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Educational Alliance Art School
In this virtual five-week course, students will deepen their understanding of handbuilding with clay and create robust vessel forms from coiled clay. Students will explore a variety of techniques, focusing primarily on coil construction to produce functional tableware and decorative art objects. Students will learn how to embellish and adorn the surface of these vessel forms with stamps, etching, and underglaze. Anyone interested in pottery...
Greece, Egypt, Byzantium, Persia, Weiner Werkstatte and More Elisabeth Kley discusses her work and historical sources and influence Elisabeth Kley is a New York artist known for her black and white ceramic sculptures, drawings and site-specific paintings. She draws motifs from historic ornamentation found in cultures and styles including Roman, Egyptian, Byzantine, Islamic and Wiener Werkstate. Collapsing geography and history, she...
Educational Alliance Art School
In this five-week virtual pottery course, students will deepen their understanding of handbuilding with clay and decorating the surface of their ceramic forms. Students will explore a variety of techniques, focusing primarily on carving from a solid block of clay to produce functional tableware and decorative art objects. Through demonstrations, students will learn how to embellish and adorn the surface of these vessel forms with stamps, etching,...
Younger students will be introduced to the potter's wheel. Students will explore different methods of throwing, and altering. Students are given options to built functional wares, such as cups, bowls, and even more elaborate wares like teapots. They are also taught to use the wheel as a tool for sculptural pieces, where they can cut, and alter thrown objects to abstract forms.
At this level, we begin to explore the more advanced techniques of throwing. Personal development, and style is encouraged. Techniques such as sgraffito, and altering forms are introduced. Students also have the option of using specialty clay bodies. More complex forms are also introduced such as teapots, jars with lids, and much more! Clay included Prior experience on the wheel is recommended Glazing= 4 cents per cubic inch
Younger students will create functional, and sculptural objects by learning both basic, and advanced techniques. They will learn how to properly handle the material, and construct their ideas with clay. They build anything from head busts, to functional plant pots. We will assist them in building out their ideas.
The Jewish Museum @ Virtual Learning
Teachers, librarians, and school staff are invited to explore the work of renowned children’s book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, subject of the 2005 Jewish Museum exhibition, Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak. Arthur Yorinks, award-winning author and director, will speak about his collaborations with Sendak, including most recently, Presto and Zesto in Limboland, published after Sendak’s death, and will discuss how Sendak...
Newark Museum @ 49 Washington St, Newark, NJ
During an eight-session weekly course, participants will learn the foundations of hand-building and wheel throwing ceramic techniques. Starting with inspiration from the Newark Museum’s ceramic collections, participants will create functional and decorative objects using pinch-pot, slab-building, coil-building, and wheel throwing methods. The course will cover the basics of working with clay and allows participants to trim, embellish, and glaze...
MostRecklessly @ 355 Stockholm St, New York, NY
This Pipe Making Workshop will provide a great introduction on how to create your very own one of a kind ceramic pipe. During this session Nicole will teach you how to hand build a pipe. These techniques can then be applied to creating more pieces. Then we'll add some extra flare by painting your pieces. During the session you will learn hand building methods to create pipe. If you have something specific you’d like to make please let us...
Oxum NYC @ 67 West St, Brooklyn, NY
Well, there are many types and many uses; spoons can be units of measure – teaspoons, tablespoons, some people collect souvenir spoons, and they can even be used as musical instruments and yada yada yada. But primarily, spoons represent access to the most basic nourishment – a warm cup of soup, a hearty bowl of oatmeal, and a simple dish of rice and beans, all consumed with a spoon. And as we know, too many neighbors and families don't always...
Cesar Castro @ Virtual Class, Online, NY
Beginner lecture for those interested in learning about mold making methods to use for your specific needs. This course will help people acquire the necessary knowledge to make molds. This course is not meant for people who make molds; this is a course for people who want to know how to make molds. Know the pros and cons of materials such as silicone, resin, polyurethane, gypsum, fiberglass. Other topics that will be covered include mold types;...
Newark Museum @ 49 Washington St, Newark, NJ
Participants will learn techniques for wheel thrown pottery. Starting with inspiration from the Newark Museum’s ceramic collections, participants will create functional and decorative objects using throwing methods to stretch and bend clay as it spins on a potter’s wheel. The course will cover the basics of working with clay and allow participants to trim, embellish, and glaze their works. Registration includes instruction, use of studio equipment...
Newark Museum @ 49 Washington St, Newark, NJ
During a six-session weekly course, participants will learn techniques for wheel thrown pottery. Starting with inspiration from the Newark Museum’s ceramic collections, participants will create functional and decorative objects using throwing methods to stretch and bend clay as it spins on a potter’s wheel. Registration includes instruction, use of studio equipment and tools, and 25 pounds of clay along with glaze and kiln firings. Additional...
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