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Ceramics 73 Events
Other Mediums 1 Event
Resident Artist Series: April Beginner Throwing and Horsehair Firing
All the basics of wheel throwing making small shapes to then be fired using horse hair and feathers.
Class Meets:
April 15th, 16th, 17th, and 23rd
Youth Homeschool Pottery: Coil Pots
Make a personalized coil pot masterpiece.
Class meets:
April 16, 23, and 30 and we will glaze our work the last day
Ages:
5-18
Youth Afterschool Pottery - Coil Pots
Make a personalized coil pot masterpiece.
Class meets:
April 17, 24, and May 1 and we will glaze our work the last day.
Ages:
5-18
Youth Pottery - Earth Day Wall Vase
Learn to use the slab roller and make an Earth wall vase.
Ages:
5 and up
Intergenerational Pottery - Earth Day Wall Vase
Learn to use the slab roller and make an Earth wall vase.
Ages:
5 and up
Out of the Round and Into the Fire : A Handbuilding and Soda Firing Exploration
Explore handbuilding techniques and atmospheric soda firing in this intensive five-day workshop. Participants will create original bisque molds, explore slab, coil, and pinch methods, and develop handbuilt forms in stoneware clay. The class also covers kiln loading, firing cone 10-11 soda pieces, and glaze/slip techniques. Bring cone 10 stoneware or porcelain pieces to fire, and gain hands-on experience with The Bascom’s new soda kiln. Open to handbuilders and wheel-throwers alike.
Youth Pottery - Stump Cups
Make a clay stump and decorate it with mushrooms, flowers, butterflies and other natural elements.
Ages:
5 and up
Intergenerational Pottery - Stump Cups
Make a clay stump and decorate it with mushrooms, flowers, butterflies and other natural elements.
Ages:
5 and up
Youth Pottery - Treasure Shelf
Make a shelf with nooks for all your tiny treasures
Ages:
5 - 18
Intergenerational Pottery - Treasure Shelf
Make a shelf with nooks for all your tiny treasures.
Ages:
5 and up
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Visit: 323 Franklin Road
Highlands, NC 28741 (Map It)
Call: 828-526-4949 (Main)
828-787-2892 (Ceramics Studio)
This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Learn more at NCArts.org
Funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Learn more at SouthArts.org.
Funding is due in part to a Tourism Grant with Visit Highlands, NC. Learn more HighlandsChamber.org