An expansion of this summer’s skill-building workshop, we’re moving from three hours of running the loop once - sketch, build, sketch again - to running it all the way through. 

Over four classes, one piece travels from an observed shape to a built form to a fired object to a finished, painted surface — we’ll keep returning to drawing as the object changes. Starting with drawing, moving to hand-building, then a two-week break while the clay pieces are dried and fired. 

When we meet again, the object has changed a second time, fired hard and pale, and we draw it again but this time slower and with more detail than the first pass. In the final class, students paint their bisque piece by hand with acrylic and/or watercolor for a final transformation, no second firing required. 

Open to returning skill-builder students and to newcomers alike — Class 1 rebuilds the same foundational exercise from the ground up, so no prior experience in this specific workshop is required. Prior hand-building experience is helpful but not necessary.

Four classes, meets once a week for three hours; note that there is a two-week break in between the first two classes and the last two classes.