Thrown + Altered Forms

Thrown + Altered Forms

Adult Multi-Week | This class is completed

1812 West Main Street Richmond, VA 23220 United States

Off Site

Intermediate

10/6/2020-11/10/2020

5:30 PM-7:00 PM EDT on Tue

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$130.00

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Learn to create expressive ceramic pots by altering thrown forms. In addition to demonstrating the basics of wheel throwing, we'll cover a variety of techniques used to alter forms like cups, vases, bowls, etc. We'll also cover creative surface strategies.

  • This class comes with a full bag of clay which can be picked up at our front entrance. Pick up days are Mondays 10am-12:30pm, and Wednesdays + Fridays from 2pm-4:30pm. This class includes bisque firing for objects made during class, and a two hour glaze day that students may sign up for at a later date. Glaze days will be Mon 11/23: 3-5, 6-8, Tues 11/24: 10-12, 1-3, 6-8, + Wed 11/25: 1-3.
  • Students must have a wheel at home and be able to throw on it. Students enrolled in this class are eligible to rent a wheel from VisArts.
Shell, Tracy

Tracy Shell received her Masters of Fine Arts Degree from The School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York state, and Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of Montevallo in Alabama. She also apprenticed with Echizen potter, Juroemon Fujita, in Japan for three years. Ms. Shell was Professor of Art and department chair at Midland University in Omaha, Nebraska from 2007-2018. Currently Tracy is a studio potter at Shockoe Bottom Clay. “As a maker of utilitarian pottery I feel it is a privilege to make work that will transform routine activities into aesthetic experiences. I am curious about what characteristics of hand-made pottery elevate these objects to treasured possessions while embracing their utilitarian characteristics. My investigative process is fueled by a desire to explore the relationship between engaging form and practical function.”