ATMOSPHERIC FIRING: RAKU, SAWDUST & SODA |
Sam Dowd |
| Course Description |
| This class concentrates on the production of hand built and/or wheel thrown work in order to be fired by the random effects of raku, sawdust and soda firing methods. Soda firing is an atmospheric firing that produces flashes of color, a textured orange peel surface and reacts in a variety of ways with different slips, glazes and clay bodies. The low fire techniques of Raku and sawdust or pit firing will also be visited. Kiln loading will be taught and all students are required to share loading and unloading of kilns on evenings outside of class. Students will also have the opportunity to experience a soda firing, start to finish. Previous clay experience is helpful. |
| Instructor |
| Sam Dowd was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1973. He got into art at an early age and was turned on to ceramics in seventh grade and has pursued that medium up to the present day. He earned a BFA from the University of Nebraska Kearney in 1996 and a MFA in ceramics from Kansas State University in 2002. Dowd currently works for the Art Association of Jackson Hole where he coordinates and runs the ceramics, sculpture and Y.A.R.D. Art programs. Dowd works primarily in clay, pouring handmade slip cast molds, altering the forms and making quirky robots and airships from them. He also welds and casts in metal. |
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| Dates |
June 15 – Aug 3, 2010 |
| Times |
Tues: 6 – 9pm |
| Tuition |
$225 ($200 members) |
| Skill Level |
All Levels |
| Registration Deadline |
June 8 |
| Register by Phone |
(307) 733- 6379 |
| Register using Google Checkout |
THIS CLASS IS CANCELLED
Registration is closed |
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