Intro to Clay

Intro to Clay

Ceramics | Available

Bruce House | 171 Cedar Street Corning, NY 14830 United States
Ceramics Studio | Whole
18+
9/17/2024-10/22/2024
6:00 PM-8:30 PM EDT on Tue
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$302.00
$252.00

Intro to Clay

Ceramics | Available

In this project-based class, students brand new to clay or still developing their skills will be guided through different techniques of making with clay. Led by 171 instructors Martha Manikas-Foster and Kirk Allen, each week students will tackle a project that explores a new mode of making, developing handbuilding and wheel throwing techniques along the way. At the end of this 6 week class, students will have a basic understanding of the possibilities of clay from start to end and be able to continue on with our other clay classes with confidence!

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Allen, Kirk
Kirk Allen

Kirk Teaches: Wheel Throwing, Teen Pottery, Thrown Together, and Wheel Workshops

Kirk has been a Ceramic Artist for 25 years.  He has a Bachelor of Art: in Art, Theater, and Recreation, with a focus on Ceramic and Print Making from Northwestern Collage, Orange City, IA. He was a ceramics instructor at Orange Street Pottery, Wilmington, NC, and is currently teaching at 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY. He has taken classes at both locations, as well as at John C. Campbell Folk Arts School, Brasstown, NC, Over the years he has also attended many other ceramic workshops and Talks.  He currently works in a small pottery studio at home, with a focus on wheel-thrown functional wear.  He also enjoys helping out with his wife’s basket making, brewing beer with friends, cooking, and woodworking projects.

The focus of Kirk’s work is to make beauty that supports the joy found in the everyday.  For Kirk pottery is a personal journey of self-exploration and problem-solving.  In clay we can find where we come from and who we are.  The potter can dig clay from the ground, form it into a vessel, fire it with discarded brush, then add fresh vegetables from the garden and you have a meal to enjoy with friends.




Manikas-Foster, Martha
Martha Manikas-Foster

Martha Teaches: Introduction to Clay and Handbuilding Workshops

Martha Manikas-Foster is a writer, broadcaster, and potter living in Corning, NY who uses slips, underglazes, and carving tools to decorate her thrown and hand-built ceramics. Martha’s work has been included in numerous art exhibitions and events in the area including the Arnot Art Museum’s Gallery Gala and the Museum’s Holiday Art Market, 171 Cedar Art Center’s Artful Exhibits, Summer Mosaic, and annual Student & Faculty Exhibitions. She is a member of the ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes where she regularly displays her work. Martha teaches one-day ceramics workshops in the art center’s ceramics studio. Her beautiful functional work is available for purchase on Corning’s Market Street at Finger Lakes Unique and the ARTS Council’s gallery shop.