Have you experienced the pleasure of putting your own handmade functional pottery into use?
Have you experienced the pleasure of putting your own handmade functional pottery into use?
Discover the joy of creating in clay and explore the vast array of possibilities of visual and tactile expression through the medium of ceramics during Sunday Clay – High Fire!, a nine-week workshop beginning Sunday at the Volcano Art Center.
All skill levels are welcome. Participants will work with stoneware clay to be fired in a high-temperature propane kiln. Those new to clay will be guided step by step through the basics of using the potter’s wheel or hand-building techniques. Continuing students and those with previous experience are encouraged to develop their skills and are welcome to pursue more advanced directions with the instructor’s helpful input.
Teaching artist Erik Wold will provide instruction for this class, including demonstrations of wheel-throwing methods and be available for individualized assistance.
Wold is a full-time potter living in Volcano Village. He is a member of the Volcano Village Artists Hui and sells his wares regularly at the Saturday Hilo Farmers Market and Sunday Cooper Center Farmers Market in Volcano. Wold studied ceramics at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, graduating in 1993.
Eight registration slots are open to “wheel throwers” and two additional places will be open to “hand builders.”
Sunday classes are from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. or 2:45-5:45 p.m. The classes culminate Sept. 10 in a gathering over completed work with a potluck.
Cost for either session is $185 for VAC members or $200 for nonmembers, plus a $15 materials fee for 6 pounds of clay, which includes glazes and firing for that material. Additional clay will be available for purchase.
For more information, visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.