Altering Thrown Forms: Faceting and Fluting
Start
June 10, 2023 10:00 am
End
July 8, 2023 1:00 pm
Address
71 Main St, Ware, MA 01082, USA
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Phone
413-277-6072
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Instructor: Natania Hume
Dates: Saturdays
June 10th, 10 am – 1 pm
June 17th, 10 am – noon
* 2-week break for bisque
July 8th, 10 am – noon (glaze day)
July 15th, 10 am – 11 am or another day decided by group for pick up and critique
NOTE: Wheel-throwing experience is required for this class. 8 student limit
Tuition: $165, includes clay, firing, glazing, and your own set of faceting tools ($28 value).
Altered Thrown Forms: Dividing the exterior surface of a pot into individual planes imposes an architectural structure to it—the faceted surfaces interact with light to create an exciting element of formal drama, simplicity, and elegance. Adding texture like fluting or carving can similarly activate the interaction of light and surface. In this workshop, Natania demonstrates how to create a variety of faceted and fluted surfaces. There are many considerations, both technical and aesthetic when creating altered surfaces on ceramic forms. Planning for facets entails throwing forms slightly more thickly to allow for removing material, and we will discuss considerations like foot design and how to resolve overlapping facets at the narrow top of a vase or bottle. Focusing mostly on bottle and tumbler forms I will demonstrate faceting both in the wet, freshly thrown state with several wire-type tools, as well as creating facets in the leather hard state with spokeshave tools.
Meet your instructor:
Natania Hume is a trained studio potter who has been working in clay for more than 20 years. The natural world provides her with endless color, form and texture ideas which informs her work in clay. She believes the design of each piece should reflect the method of making. Her process is pared down to essential elements to convey an integrated unity of process and design. Authentic communication between maker anduser is the result of this transparency. When not in her studio she can be found teaching art and ceramics at an independent boarding and day school in the countryside of New England. She produces the Slow Studio line of ceramic tableware at my farmhouse studio in Vermont. www.slow-studio.com
Altering Thrown Forms: Faceting and Fluting
Instructor: Natania Hume
Dates: Saturdays
June 10th, 10 am – 1 pm
June 17th, 10 am – noon
* 2-week break for bisque
July 8th, 10 am – noon (glaze day)
July 15th, 10 am – 11 am or another day decided by group for pick up and critique
NOTE: Wheel-throwing experience is required for this class. 8 student limit
Tuition: $165, includes clay, firing, glazing, and your own set of faceting tools ($28 value).
Altered Thrown Forms: Dividing the exterior surface of a pot into individual planes imposes an architectural structure to it—the faceted surfaces interact with light to create an exciting element of formal drama, simplicity, and elegance. Adding texture like fluting or carving can similarly activate the interaction of light and surface. In this workshop, Natania demonstrates how to create a variety of faceted and fluted surfaces. There are many considerations, both technical and aesthetic when creating altered surfaces on ceramic forms. Planning for facets entails throwing forms slightly more thickly to allow for removing material, and we will discuss considerations like foot design and how to resolve overlapping facets at the narrow top of a vase or bottle. Focusing mostly on bottle and tumbler forms I will demonstrate faceting both in the wet, freshly thrown state with several wire-type tools, as well as creating facets in the leather hard state with spokeshave tools.
Meet your instructor:
Natania Hume is a trained studio potter who has been working in clay for more than 20 years. The natural world provides her with endless color, form and texture ideas which informs her work in clay. She believes the design of each piece should reflect the method of making. Her process is pared down to essential elements to convey an integrated unity of process and design. Authentic communication between maker anduser is the result of this transparency. When not in her studio she can be found teaching art and ceramics at an independent boarding and day school in the countryside of New England. She produces the Slow Studio line of ceramic tableware at my farmhouse studio in Vermont. www.slow-studio.com
Altering Thrown Forms: Faceting and Fluting
$165.00
Instructor: Natania Hume
Saturdays
June 10th, 10 am – 1 pm
June 17th, 10 am – noon
July 8th, 10 am – noon
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