POTTERY WORKSHOPS

Six week session
Cost: $150

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Discover your creativity through the use of clay. Experience working on the wheel, concentrating on the basic components of bowl, cylinder and plate. Learn to handbuild forms, using pinching, coiling and slab construction. Classes will also cover underglazing, texturing and working with slips. Emphasis on process not product. Beginning and experienced students welcomed. Beginning students will master the fundamental techniques of forming and glazing, while advanced students improve their skills, experiment with glazes and work on developing a personal style. Class is limited to five students with a lot of individual attention in a relaxed atmosphere.

The studio has two electric wheels, one kickwheel, an extruder, a slab roller, an electric kiln and plenty of shelf space We use a white and a brown clay and have a selection of glazes that are fired to cone 6.

Beth Heit has been teaching this workshop for the past fifteen years. She has taught locally at the Leventhal-Sidman JCC, the New Art Center and Mudflat. Beth has a degree in Fine Arts from Hofstra University. Beth has furthered her education with classes at Peter's Valley, the 92nd Street Y, Radcliffe and Bennington colleges. She has participated in exhibitions at the New Art Center, Cambridge Artist Coop, DeCordova Museum and the Starr Gallery.