ONSITE: Slab-Constructed Folded Forms: Bowls and Boxes

ONSITE: Slab-Constructed Folded Forms: Bowls and Boxes

Adult Multi-Week | This class is completed

1812 West Main Street Richmond, VA 23220 United States

Clay I

Beginner

9/21/2022-11/16/2022

1:00 PM-3:30 PM EDT on Wed

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$225.00

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Starting with basic slabs, we’ll learn how to cut, bevel, dart and fold clay into soup bowls, planters, boxes, salt and pepper shakers, etc. We’ll explore texture as an integral part of the construction process. Plan to leave the course having created matching sugar and creamer bowls.

  • Al's classes are formatted so that the first 15-20 minutes is a critique of work in progress, the next hour is a demonstration, and the rest of class time is work time. Practice is expected outside of class, but not required.

    This is an ONSITE course. All onsite students are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Students are expected to adhere to our COVID-19 policies. Onsite courses do not come with studio access outside of class time. Paid open studio access is available through our Studio Access Program. For more info please visit visarts.org.

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Pellenberg, Al

Al has been been playing and working with mud since he was a kid, his “Play-Doh Fun Factory” was just the best toy Al ever had. Al believes he became an architect and space designer as a result of all those things that he built in my “first childhood." Over the years he have been in and out of the clay studio. He worked on the wheel for many years making bowls, cups, teapots and the lot, but the move to hand-building has been very rewarding and offering a set of challanges that combine both his architectual training and creative side in new and different ways newgeorgiaclaywork.com