Creative Handbuilding with Dani Lewis
Wednesdays, 6 classesÂ
12pm – 3pm
Offered for:
Fall Session Two (Nov. 4, 11, 18, 25, Dec. 2, 9)
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This all-levels hand-building class is designed to help students build on their existing skills while exploring the creative possibilities of hand-building with clay. Throughout the course, Dani will introduce a variety of hand-building techniques, which students will apply to projects based on their own interests and ideas. Students will receive personalized feedback and guidance tailored to their individual projects and creative goals.
Topics will include coiling and pinching, slab building, creating custom bisque molds and texture rollers, and exploring surface design. The class encourages experimentation and provides students with the tools and techniques to develop their own creative approach to hand-building.
Members: $215
Non-Members: $265
Purchase clay prior to your first class by calling 727-821-7162 ext. 2311 Please note that we are open Wed-Sat 10am-5pm
Brown Clays:
259 Stoneware – Buff colored stoneware. Smooth enough to throw on the potter’s wheel, but strong enough to withstand most hand-building techniques. Can be fired from Cone 6 to Cone 10.Â
112 Speckled Brownstone – Plastic clay for wheel and modeling. Granular manganese gives speckled surface. Good in oxidation or reduction firing. Can be fired to Cone 6.
306 Stoneware – Smooth throwing body. Orange-brown in reduction. Gray at Cone 10 oxidation. Can be fired from Cone 6 to Cone 10.
Red Clays:
308 Brooklyn Red – Rich dark red colored clay. Contains grog that makes it exceptionally strong for sculpting or throwing large vessels. Can be fired to Cone 6.Â
108 Red with Grog – A high fire red clay with medium grog and sand for surface texture and minimal cracking and warping. Designed for sculpture, slab, and coil work. Can be fired from Cone 6 to 10.
White Clays:
240 White – Made by Standard clay. Very smooth, plastic throwing body that fires to Cone 6.Â
213 Porcelain – A white body formulated for Cone 6 firing. Plastic and throwable.Â
130 Porcelain – A white firing, high temperature plastic body. Very fine white porcelain grog enhances strength and throwability. Reduction firing: Potentially yields black specks. Can be fired from Cone 7 to Cone 10
Purchasing a gift for someone? Consider a gift card! Call us at 727-821-7162 x2311 or drop in during business hours!
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Tuition Refund Policy:Â Full refund or credit will be issued for any class cancelled by the Morean Arts Center. A $25 processing fee is deducted for all other student refund requests. No refunds will be issued on or after the first day of class.
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All ceramic classes will be held at the
Morean Center for Clay
420 22nd St S
St. Petersburg, FL 33712