Instructor Lynn Trott

16 yrs & up

Experience the fun and satisfaction of enhancing your wheel-thrown vessels with carved designs. Edges, grooves, and curves emphasize form, give depth to a surface, and provide places for glazes to pool and thin. Students will learn how to plan for carving when throwing a vessel, mark their own thrown vessels using design elements that are effective in carved clay, and model surfaces to create ridges, highlights, and shadows. The first class will include explanation, demonstration, and time to throw your vessels. The next two sessions will be devoted to marking and carving your leather-hard vessels. The final session will cover glazing techniques and application of glaze to the bisqued vessels. Finished pieces will be available for pickup after their final firing. Students should have the skill to throw and shape a two-pound vase.

minimum 4/ maximum 7 students

Bring to Class:

- Throwing tools

- Sponge

- Small carving tools (such as: Kemper MRS Mini Ribbon Sculpting Set SKU#: C-090-001 www.baileypottery.com)