AD: ceramics/pottery one- and two-day workshops - Craft Students League NYC

The Craft Students League
YWCA of The City of New York
www.ywcanyc.org/csl

One- and two-day workshops begin in April. See below for a description
of the following workshops:

- Hands On! - Beginner
- Cone 9 Reduction Workshop & Weekend - Intermediate/Advanced
- Effective Glazing - Intermediate/Advanced
- Silver Clay–PMC Plus - All Levels
- Ceramic Plates - All Levels
- Stretching Creativity - All Levels

Registration: 212-735-9722
Information: 212-735-9731

Location: 610 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, 10022
Corner of 53rd and Lexington
Transportation: E, V, 6 trains to Lexington Ave.

Hands On! - Beginner
Want to find out what clay is all about? Learn how to make basic forms
in no time flat! Construct functional objects and learn decorative
techniques. Go home with works of art that you can use. Work can be
picked up two weeks following the last class.
Kathleen Moroney
3 sessions $100 (non-members $115)
Sat. Apr. 24, May 1 & 15
10:00am–1:00pm 111-90441
Sat./Sun. Jun. 5 & 6, 19
10:00am–1:00pm 111-90642

Cone 9 Reduction Workshop & Weekend - Intermediate/Advanced
3rd Avenue Clay, Brooklyn, NY—418 3rd Avenue (between 6th & 7th St.)
Explore the possibilities of this reduction technique while you
participate in loading and firing a cone 9 gas kiln. Meet as a class
in Brooklyn to see the kiln, learn about glazes and the firing
process. Students will work during benchtime at CSL to create their
work for firing. Glaze on Friday, load kiln on Saturday and return for
firing on Sunday at 3rd Avenue Clay. Work can be picked up following
Tuesday. Meet at 3rd Avenue Clay for first class.
Adrienne Yurick
4 sessions $285 (non-members $300)
111-90543
Class Fri. Apr. 16 6:30–8:30pm
Glaze Fri. May 14 11:00am–4:00pm
Stack Sat. May 15 3:00pm
Firing Sun. May 16 9:00am–5:00pm

Effective Glazing - Intermediate/Advanced
Do you have a lot of bisque ware waiting to be glazed? In this one day
workshop you will learn how choose glazes that enhance your work.
Through slides, discussion and glazing demos learn how to get the look
you want with the glazes you have. Bring a notebook, paintbrushes,
paper mask, and 2 bisque pieces (cone 6 only).
Sarah Emond
1 session $105 (non-members $120)
Sat. May 8
10:00am–4:00pm 111-90544

Silver Clay–PMC Plus - All Levels
Works like clay and fires to 99% silver. Use
PMC Plus as a clay, a paste and in a syringe. Make pendants, earrings
or sculpture miniatures. Forming, texturing, setting stones, drying
and firing will be done in the morning, finishing and patina in the
afternoon. Additional PMC Plus
will be available for sale during class.
Materials fee: $75.
Vera Lightstone
2 sessions $210 (non-members $225)
Sat./Sun. Jul. 31, Aug. 1
10:00am–4:00pm 111-90745

Ceramic Plates - All Levels
Focusing on slab construction, create your own plates out of clay.
Learn surface decoration and finishing techniques including sgraffito,
stamping, glazing and sprigging. Pieces will be glazed in the second
session. Work can be picked up two weeks following the last class.
Ellen Day
3 sessions $115 (non-members $130)
Sat. Jul. 17–31
11:00am–2:00pm 111-90740

Stretching Creativity - All Levels
Students learn through exercises and projects designed to loosen
inhibitions and encourage risk-taking. This liberating class will
focus more on content and process than finished results. Daily group
discussion and analysis of work will expand students' understanding
and awareness of their personal approach to art-making and the medium
of clay.
Vera Lightstone
4 sessions $140 (non-members $155)
Thu. Jul. 29–Aug. 19
10:00am–1:00pm 111-90746