Diving Deep and Blasting Off: From Rocket Kilns to Rockin' Pots!
This course will serve as an online deep-dive series of lectures and round table discussions covering everything from rocket kiln design and construction to approaches in the use of soda and salt, slips and glazes and the myriad of techniques, possibilities and considerations that might guide or inform rocket and other alternative wood fire processes, to enable the achievement of your desired results.
Slab Built Pottery: Boosting Confidence in Creating and Reproducing Unique Designs
This comprehensive course is designed for individuals seeking to refine their slab-building techniques and confidently develop unique, functional forms.
The Architecture of Surface: Glaze Development, Digital Craft, and Studio Practice
This twelve month intensive course is designed for makers seeking to learn about glaze chemistry, build better studio practices, learn about mixing, testing, and growing with your glazes while cultivating individualized surface vocabulary. Move beyond blind recipe following and understand the why so you can create with intent through active research.
PLAY-Surfacing Galore! Mid-range electric fired surfacing techniques
Join Didem Mert (she/they) to learn different ideas/ways of thinking about surfacing your pieces in wet, leather hard, and the bisque stages! Bring pizzazz, color, design, and POP that surface deco)!
In this course we will learn how to work backwards- understanding your sense of style and what you’d like to achieve in terms of a finished piece and how we can work backwards from that.