FOOD & CLAY:
HAND BUILDING TECHNIQUE |
Sam Dowd |
| Course Description |
| Explore using hand-building methods to make utilitarian tableware. Beginners will be introduced to hand-building skills and advanced students will be given more complex challenges. We will work with slabs to fabricate forms, while adding additional parts with coils and extrusions. We will learn about making and using templates to develop and duplicate shape design, make handmade stamps and use other decoration techniques such as silk screens to print on clay. Class will be completed with a dinner potluck, using serving ware that we have made. This class is for students of all levels. 25 pounds of clay included. |
| 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 |
January 20 – March 10, 2010 |
| Times |
Wed: 6 – 9pm |
| Tuition |
$225 ($200 members) |
| Skill Level |
All Levels |
| Registration Deadline |
January 13 |
| Register by Phone |
(307) 733- 6379 |
| Register using Google Checkout |
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