Teen & Adult Clay Offerings
Sculpting the Human Figure in Clay
Working with a live model for portraiture and full figure pieces, students will gain skills in depicting the human form in clay. Both long and short poses will be offered, with some pieces created as exercises, and some taken to completion and high fired.
Clay – Hand & Wheel
Experience techniques for shaping, glazing & building while discovering methods for material preparation. Gain insight for mixing the artistic & functional that ceramics can offer.
Clay – Slab Construction
Craft large hand built forms utilizing the fundamentals & techniques of this method. The object grows according to imagination & creativity.
Clay -Hand & Wheel Decorative Techniques
Here’s your chance to explore advanced techniques in hand & wheel clay work. Demonstrations on faceting, carving, scraffito, wax resist, engobes & glazes for intermediate students.
Sculpture – 3D Design In Clay
Explore possibilities in functional or sculptural clay, working large or small. Bring your ideas alive as you create pieces from vessels to figures & animals. A variety of slab, coiling & modeling techniques will be demonstrated, as well as surface decoration & glazing. You’ll learn about ceramic history as you develop your creative style.
Ceramics Workshops: Alternative Firing Workshop • Secrets of Glazing Workshop • Clay Vessels • Santa Clara Pueblo Firing • Ceramic Tile Workshop
MAC also offers special ceramics workshops with renowned ceramics artists every year. Past artists include: Patrick Horsley Thanh Binh Duong, Steven Hill and Judy and Lincoln Tafoya
