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The Castle Hill Train Wood Kiln
Malcolm Davis: Vase - carbon trapped shino Summer 2010
Mark Shapiro
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Clay 2010 Raku Extravaganza on Memorial Day Weekend
May 29 & 30
Huge Show of many artist of the Cape Cod Potters and faculty of Castle Hill. Building a Salt Kiln Workshop Donovan Palmquist May 31 - June 6 Learn the subtle--and not-so-subtle--craft of bricklaying and kiln construction while building a salt kiln at Castle Hill. Veteran potter and kiln builder Donovan Palmquist will lead an eye-opening discussions about kiln design and firing theory. Techniques learned in this 5-day workshop can be applied to kilns of any size or style.
This workshop is open to all. No previous kiln building experience is necessary. Donovan Palmquist founded Master Kiln Builders in 1996. He built his first kiln while a college student in Wisconsin, and has since built over 200 kilns. More than 40 of those have been custom-designed soda kilns. He has led workshops in both kiln building and pottery making throughout the US. Wood
Kiln Firing at Highlands Center
with Linden Gray June 7, 8, 9 & 12
Glaze your pots and then be part of the exhilarating firing of Castle
Systems of Function June 7 - 11 $380 This is a five-day hands-on workshop to guide participants through studio processes, beginning with making and thinking about wheel generated pottery forms. Notions and systems of function, such as containing, pouring, serving, and displaying, will be included as will processes that involve off-wheel construction, and surface embellishment such as sgcafitto, sprigging, carving, and pattern making/glazing.
June 14 - 18
Andrea Gill received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and her MFA from the New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1976. She's been teaching at Alfred since 1984. Gill has won fellowships from the NEA and the New York Foundation for the Arts, as well as the Ohio Arts Council. Her works are in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Rhode Island School of Design. Glaze Calc: Rumor Milling Mathew Katz June 14 – 18 $380 This class aims to familiarize ceramicists with the chemistry of clay
and glazes, and how these systems work. Glaze calculation is a daunting
subject for the ceramicist: most potters and sculptors are not trained
in chemistry and ceramic science. But while clay and glazes are complex
chemical systems, they don’t have to be scary or difficult. The
course is designed to help the ceramicist Matthew Katz is a ceramicist and educator who lives
in Alfred, NY. Educated in ceramic arts and science, he takes it as a
personal responsibility to make ceramic science accessible for the artist.
THE JOYCE JOHNSON CHAIR HONORS: THROWING Val Cushing June 21 - 25 (open studio 1 - 4pm) $495
Val Cushing was born in Rochester, New York on January 28th, 1931. He received his BFA in 1952 from the School of Art & Design in the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. After serving two years in the Army, during the Korean War, he returned to Alfred and received his MFA in 1956. His full-time teaching career began that year at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. The following year, 1957, he returned to Alfred where he taught pottery and technical courses concerning clays, glazes and related subjects. He retired from Alfred in 1997, after forty-one years of teaching and was designated “Professor Emeritus”. The Cushing Handbook, concerning clays and glazes relates to the material provided in those courses. His pottery has received many awards and honors, has been seen in well over 200 exhibitions, and in numerous one-person shows. Tile Making Kala
Stein $380 This course explores ceramic tiles as vehicles for image, texture, pattern,
decoration, repetition, and modulation. We will explore the individual
tile as an interesting and aesthetic object in addition to tile as a repeated
component for installation. Kala Stein’s work spans the diverse possibilities of clay: she makes tiles; throws a unique variety of functional pottery; and hand builds art tiles. While a ceramist at Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Kala made historical tile while teaching others the art of tile making. After receiving her Master in Fine Arts degree from Alfred University, she accepted an associate professorship there, and she now teaches and creates her ceramics full time. Her tiles are featured in the Lark Publication 500 Tiles. For more information, please visit www.kalastein.com Beginning Throwing Paul
Wisotzky
Students will start at the very beginning from wedging and centering to learning how to throw basic forms such as bowls, cups, and vases. Work from this class will be bisque fired only. Those who are interested in glaze firing their work, should discuss options with a studio manager.
High Fire Glaze Days Ceramics Studio Managers June 29, July 27, August 10, 24 $50 for each session
Beastly and Fowl: A Sculptural Exploration in
Clay
Hannah received an MFA in ceramic sculpture from Alfred University in Alfred, New York. As an undergraduate she attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut where she received a BA in studio art. She has taught courses in ceramics at a number of schools, including Harvard University, MassArt in Boston, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. She regularly exhibits her work at galleries and craft shows nationwide. She lives in Winchester, Massachusetts with her husband, 3 kids and Elijah the dog. You can see her work at: www.hannahniswongerceramics.com Woodfiring Steve
Wicklund $325
Steve Wicklund is a functional potter who received his
BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in 2004. With the objective
of making daily use pottery for a wood kiln, Steve set up a studio out
side of Duluth, Minnesota and continued to study the aesthetics, methods,
and philosophies of wood fired pottery. In 2006 wanting to fully commit
to ceramics, Steve moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where he found studio
space and employment with the Northern Clay Center. Accepting a yearlong
residency at the Clay Studio of Missoula in 2008 he turned his attention
to studying large community anagama wood kilns. Currently Steve is an
intern at Gustin Ceramics in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts where he continue
to study large anagama wood kilns while developing new form that collects
ash fall and records the flame pattern. Modeling a Portrait in Clay Elsa (Tina) Tarantal July 12 – 16
Students in this class will focus on the structure of the head and face of the model to create a sculpture that captures an individual likeness. The class will explore methods of seeing and translating the forms that are responsible for the unique appearance of each person. Working with traditional tools and materials, the group will use techniques that sculptors find indispensable when working from life. Elsa (Tina) Tarantal is a graduate of the Cooper Union in NYC and the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned an MFA in sculpture. She is a Professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where she teaches Three-dimensional Design and Figure Modeling. She has also taught portraiture at the New York Academy of Figurative Art. Her sculptures and paintings can be seen at the Kendall Gallery in Wellfleet, where she has exhibited her work for over twenty-five years. She is a member of the National Sculpture Society.
Drop-in $75 At Castle Hill
Linden is currently working as our Clay manager; this will be her third year with us. She holds a BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and has been throwing pots for the past 9 years. Most recently her work has primarily consisted of wood fired functional pots. In her work, Linden is interested in exploring the impacts of the process, either thru wet altering or focusing on forms that highlight the effects of wood firing. Glaze Firing Workshop Linden
Gray 3 Sessions $200 This workshop will cover a variety of glazing techniques and the firing of a gas reduction kiln. Day one will be a 4 hours of glazing with the loading of the kiln in the afternoon. Day two will be a day of firing and discussion of how a down draft kiln works. Thursday afternoon we will unload the kiln and talk about the results! Linden Gray has been a studio manager at Castle Hill for the past year and has been very involved in the building and firing of the new wood kiln. She has been throwing pots for 9 year and holds a BFA from Alfred University. In her work, she is interested in the material nature of clay, which is often reflected in her wet altered work. Primarily working with functional forms she is interested in exploring notions of use. Making
Better Pots
Mark Shapiro
Mark Shapiro has made wood fired pots in Western Massachusetts for the past twenty years. He is a frequent workshop leader, panelist, writer, and curator. He is interested in early American stoneware as a source of inspiration for contemporary potters, apprenticeship, and documentation of the field. His work was recently featured in the 4th World Ceramic Biennale in Korea, is shown by the Ferrin and Lacoste Galleries in Massachusetts, and is included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the Racine Art Museum, the Mint Museum, NC, and the International Museum of Ceramic at Alfred, NY, among others. Finding Form and Surface: Earthenware Michael Connelly July 19 - 23 In this five-day workshop, participants will explore the potential approach to form and surface of utilitarian earthenware pottery.
Michael Connelly is a studio potter in Philadelphia,
as well as the Head of Ceramics at Montgomery County Community College
in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. He received his M.F.A from Alfred University.
Connelly has taught and presented lectures and workshops at various venues
nationally and internationally, including classes at Alfred University,
Haystack School for Crafts, Alberta College of Art and Design, Archie
Bray Foundation and Penland School of Crafts. His utilitarian pottery
is in the permanent collections of the China Yaoware Museum, the Schein-Joseph
International Museum of Ceramic Art, Asheville Art Museum. Beginning / Intermediate Throwing Linden
Gray
Linden is currently working as our Clay manager; this will be her third year with us. She holds a BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and has been throwing pots for the past 9 years. Most recently her work has primarily consisted of wood fired functional pots. In her work, Linden is interested in exploring the impacts of the process, either thru wet altering or focusing on forms that highlight the effects of wood firing. Image and Narrative in Clay Rebecca Barfoot July 26 – 30 $380 This class explores the theme of personal narrative in clay with the
use of images and text. Students will be introduced to a variety of basic
image-making processes which occur during different stages of making and
firing, including a lithographic technique adapted for use on greenware,
as well as working with china paint and decals over glaze. The significance
of content in ceramic work will be the focus of class dialogue. Students
will share sources of artistic inspiration, and discuss how history and
memory inform contemporary work. Participants will create either wheel-thrown
or hand-built forms, and are welcome to bring their own personal selection
of high-contrast black and white photocopied images for use with the lithographic
process. Rebecca Barfoot is a self-taught artist from Durango, CO. Her work combines ceramics, printmaking, and painting in a contemporary fusion of old and new, past and present. She has received awards for her innovative works, and is a recent fellow of Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark. She has also been a ceramics resident at Women's Studio Workshop in New York, and received a painting fellowship at Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass, CO. Her work has been featured at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, and BoxHeart Gallery in Pittsburgh. She is currently artist-in-residence at the Tin Shop in Breckenridge, CO, where she is teaching and developing techniques with alternative photographic processes and ceramics. Her next art adventure is teaching ceramics at sea for Princess Cruises in the Caribbean. Making Pots Come Alive August 2 – 5
Gay Smith, aka Gertrude Graham Smith, is a studio potter who single fires porcelain ware in a soda kiln near Penland School in Western North Carolina. Artist-in-residencies include the Archie Bray Foundation and Penland School. Teaching credits include workshops at Penland School, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, the Harvard Ceramics Studio, and the Findhorn Foundation. Her work is shown internationally, included in collections such as the Mint Museum, Taipei County Yingge Museum, and can be viewed in numerous publications including Functional Pottery, Mark Making by Robin Hopper, Working with Clay by Susan Peterson, and as a cover feature of Ceramics Monthly. Grants include a 2006/7 North Carolina Arts Council Visual Artist Fellowship award, and a 2010 NC Regional Arts Project Grant. Burning Expectations: Wood Firing and More Kevin Crowe August 9 – 14 Thursday and Friday (demo) 10 am – 4 pm; Saturday, 12 noon - unload 6 sessions $500
Kevin Crowe is the founder of the Tye River Pottery
in Virginia. He has 28 years of experience as a studio potter, and conducts
workshops throughout the United States on throwing large pots, and on
the design and construction of wood-fired kilns.
5 sessions $495 Potters often feel there is nothing livelier than a wet pot. Vapor glazing,
which makes a transparent coating on the fired clay gives the pot that
wet look liveliness. Textures, even subtle ones, can be an important factor
in forming. Clay which has been beaten, folded, fluted or stomped will
yield advantageous surfaces for salt glaze. Architectural Law Pertaining to the Wheel Guy
Wolff $495 A Conversation on traditional throwing and how its structural laws relate to you at the wheel. This will be a class open to all interested in the wheel and will be a one on one response to giving traditional directions to your throwing ; a class about learning how to move clay under compression and the use of ribs . Working larger and clay joinery will be addressed. Guy Wolff is a potter trained in Briton and America
and has been making pottery since 1966 . His life's work has been a study
of how clay moves . His pots are at Monticello, Mt Vernon, The White House,
Winterthur Museum, and the Mingai Kon Tokyo. Guy Wolff has been a frequent guest on Martha Stewert Raku Firings Jim
Brunelle $380
FALL CLAY INTENSIVE
Extruded Pots: Hayne Bayless September 6 - 10 Happiness Is A Warm Extruder: We will focus on the extruder, a marvelously expressive but often misunderstood tool that can foster a personal aesthetic. Even though it’s a gizmo, it can produce a very fresh and direct approach to clay. The course is not just for hand-builders; it will offer insights to throwers who want to expand their clay horizons beyond the wheel. Hayne Bayless is a studio potter in Ivoryton, CT. Other than lessons from a potter in Tokyo when he was 19 and later a handful of classes and workshops, he managed to avoid formal instruction in ceramics. He abandoned wheel-throwing early on, preferring the freedom of handbuilding afforded by slabwork and extrusions. Hayne has had the great fortune to be awarded the top prizes at two of the country's most important craft shows: the Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington, D.C. and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. High Fire Glaze Days Ceramics Studio Managers June 28, July 27, August 10, 24 $50 for each session
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