BEGINNING THROWING |
Sam Dowd |
| Course Description |
| This 6-week class will focus on basic wheel forming skills and hand-building techniques, combining them to alter your creations into functional and sculptural artwork. Learn how to make a lid for your cookie jar, handles for cups, and spouts for your tea party. Get creative with sculptural aspects of hand building and decorating. All supplies and firings included.
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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 |
February 4 – March 11, 2010 |
| Times |
Thur: 4:00 - 5:30pm |
| Tuition |
$145 ($120 members) |
| Skill Level |
Grades 6 - 9 |
| Registration Deadline |
January 28 |
| Register by Phone |
(307) 733- 6379 |
THIS CLASS IS CANCELLED
Registration is closed. |
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