This five-day workshop begins Monday, June 7, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $405. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION We will explore the techniques used to integrate studio ceramics and printmaking processes, including methods for transferring silk-screened images onto wheel-thrown forms while creating highly decorative functional ceramics. Forrest will also discuss the reduction cooling process he uses to fire his work, and his recent exploration into creating volumetric three-dimensional embossment on molds and stamps.
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FORREST LESCH MIDDLETON is a Studio potter and educator currently living and working in Fairfax, CA. In 2006 Forrest received his MFA from Utah State University, where he studied functional ceramics with John Neely and J. Daniel Murphy. He received a BFA in 1998 from Alfred University. Through a life-long knowledge of ceramic process, Forrest integrates historic themes, referencing current global trends in his work.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $380 Member $370 Member - Register by 5/07/10 $405 Non-Member $395 Non-Member - Register by 05/07/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This six-day workshop begins Monday, June 14, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $430. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION This six-day workshop is a hands-on introduction to the pit firing experience from start to finish, beginning with throwing pieces for the pit fire using Michael's well-known wheel throwing, vessel forming and surface manipulation techniques. Pieces will be quick-dried, and prepared for pit firing on Thursday/Friday, unloading on Saturday. We'll have to work quickly!
MICHAEL BERKLEY has been an artist and teacher for over 30 years, with works in public and private collections. He offers a unique way of centering three to five pounds of clay in less than 15 seconds. He was formerly a Resident Artist and teacher at the University of Oregon, and currently instructs at Civic Arts in Walnut Creek, CA, while maintaining his studio in Berkeley, CA.
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This five-day workshop begins Monday, June 21, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $405. Materials fee: $25. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONThis workshop is for ceramists who mix glazes and want learn how to create new ones with desirable characteristics. Students will mix and test-fire line blend variations, plus learn to use a computer glaze calculation program to design original glaze recipes. Chic Lotz uses her color-coded chart of glaze ingredients to show how varying the ratios of three major glaze components affects stability, color, firing temperature, glaze fit and glaze surface. She will demystify Weight % and the Unity Molecular Formula for comparing glaze recipes or making ingredient substitutions.
CHIC LOTZ has presented glaze workshops and lectures in California and at NCECA 2007 for the K-12 Forum. Her glaze articles have appeared in "Clay Times," "Pottery Making Illustrated" and the "Potter's Council Newsletter."
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $380 Member $370 Member - Register by 5/21/10 $405 Non-Member $395 Non-Member - Register by 05/21/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This five-day workshop begins Monday, June 28, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $405. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONThis workshop will focus on wheelwork and alternative throwing techniques. Trent will demonstrate a variety of methods including, but not limited to, sectional pots, throwing ovals, darting, and different surface treatments using slips, textures and stencils. We will also fire an atmospheric kiln and discuss a variety of finishing processes. Students will have time to work and explore these methods throughout the day. Trent will take time for individual critiques, and discuss contemporary ceramics issues, trends and techniques.
TRENT BERNING received his MFA in Ceramics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He currently teaches Ceramics at both Palomar and MiraCosta College in southern California. When he is not teaching you will find him at the Berning Clay Gallery working hard in his studio/gallery.
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This five-day workshop begins Monday, July 5, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $405. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Experience the magic of firing in the salt and soda kilns. Begin the week by glazing your cone 10 bisque ware, learning ways to apply glazes and engobes in order to make the most of this wonderful firing method. The glory of salt/soda firing lies in the complex surfaces it can create. Every detail of texture is emphasized, unlike ordinary glazes which often cover up and obscure fine patterns in the clay. The glazes we apply will take on surprising, subtle new colors of remarkable variability due to their interaction with sodium vapors in the kilns. While our pieces are in the kilns, we will work at the wheel and/or hand build. This will be a time for getting questions answered as well as receiving individual help with challenges you are facing in your own work. Studio time will include explanation of how salt & soda kilns work and how to get different kinds of effects from them, as well as demos of decorative, handbuilding, and wheel throwing techniques. All levels welcome. Bisqueware will be available for beginners to glaze.
JANET LOHR has been inspiring students at City College of San Francisco for over thirty years. She has studied in Japan, and was an artist-in-residence at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT. Her work is represented in hundreds of private collections.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $380 Member $370 Member - Register by 6/5/10 $405 Non-Member $395 Non-Member - Register by 6/5/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This five-day workshop begins Monday, July 12, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $405. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Experiment with underglazes in various forms on wet and bisque clay. We'll supply bisqued tiles for testing and we'll create quick and easy sushi plates for further testing with Majolica glazes on different colored base glazes. This low-fire exploration of clay and glazes is for clay enthusiasts of all levels and is also beneficial to K-12 art teachers.
DAVID and TRACY GAMBLE collaborate in a synergistic style for a fun and enthusiastic hands-on workshop. An MFA and MED graduate, David has conducted hundreds of workshops in the US and Canada as well as symposiums in Eastern Europe. Tracy has collaborated on the workshops and symposiums for the past eight years and is a studio potter in their shared studio in Indiana.
This five-day workshop begins Sunday, July 19, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $405. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Four basic "state of the art" Alternative Raku firing methods will be explored: 1. One Step Naked Raku consists of applying specially prepared clay slip to finely sanded, burnished, or terra sigillata covered pieces that have been low bisqued. Post firing reduction smoke enters the cracks of the slip imparting a unique crackle pattern onto the ware.2. In Two Step Naked Raku a thin layer of clay slip is applied, then covered with a thin layer of low fire crackle glaze. One can mask or sgraffito through this shell to create various patterns that will compliment the crackle patterns that develop during post firing reduction. The shell falls off leaving the carbon stencil decoration.3. Ferric Chloride Techniquesa. Ferric Chloride is sprayed onto glazed ware emerging from the raku kiln. Different cooling temperatures result in colors ranging from rust red and amber to various shades of yellow. Reduction effects are produced by encircling the work in newspaper and a wet towel.b. Ferric chloride, sodium chloride, sugar and other combustibles are applied to bisque ware that is then placed in an aluminum foil saggar and fired. Limited post firing reduction is used for special effects.4. Horse Hair high contrast reduction decorative techniques will be used on white stoneware. Coloring effects with ferric chloride and acrylics.Slam Molds will be made and used as an easy way to quickly make wall pieces. Udo drum fabrication by hand building and on the wheel will be covered.Participants should have intermediate to advanced ceramic skills. Participants must bring at least 12 bisqued pieces prepared according to specific instructions. A detailed list of requirements, supplies and materials will be available. Please see the accompanying materials list.
EDUARDO LAZO is a professional potter/sculptor who brings 30 years of experience to his classes. He is an internationally recognized expert in low-fire techniques and has taught in private studios, community centers, colleges and universities. He holds an MFA from California State University Los Angeles.
No longer available for registration.: Registration is still open for Alternative Raku Firing Techniques II July 26-30. ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This five-day workshop begins Monday, July 26, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $405. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Four advanced "state of the art" Alternative Raku firing methods will be explored: 1. Clay, Paper/Clay, and Aluminum Foil Saggar low fire salt techniques are studied and compared. 2. Fuming with Stannous Chloride results in the formation of Newton's rings on glazed ware. These rainbow colors are archival; they do not fade when exposed to the elements over time. 3. Copper Matt with alcohol reduction in Pyrex bowl. 4. Barrel Firings that imitate pit firings will be explored. Upside Down Throwing techniques that require no trimming and allow the student to make larger ware will be covered in detail. Participants should have intermediate to advanced ceramic skills. Participants must bring at least 12 bisqued pieces prepared according to specific instructions. A detailed list of requirements, supplies and materials are available. Please see the accompanying materials list.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $380 Member $370 Member - Register by 6/26/2010 $405 Non-Member $395 Non-Member - Register by 6/26/2010 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This two-day workshop begins Monday, August 2, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $190. Materials fee: $15. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Students will learn to express the human form by using paperclay slabs. No conventional armature is used; new ways to build will be explored. Learn to push and stretch the slabs to create life-like surfaces. Prior knowledge of human or animal anatomy is useful. Bring photos to work from if you are foggy about anatomy. Finishes will be demonstrated, and recipes handed out, raw pieces will go home with you to be fired. This is paperclay so no worries about breakage!
MICHELE COLLIER was a figurative painter in 2000 when she moved from Sonoma County to Oakland, CA. The shift to an urban setting caused her to feel off-balance and unable to paint, so she returned to her first love (clay). Soon, sculptural elements appeared and she made the shift to pure sculpture
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $165 Member $155 Member - Register by 07/02/10 $190 Non-Member $180 Non-Member - Register by 07/02/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This five-day workshop begins Monday, August 2, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $405. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION This workshop will introduce several ways to transfer two-dimensional images onto clay surfaces through printmaking processes. Printing an image onto wet clay as well as transferring pre-printed images onto fired works are among the techniques that will address how to create forms that both relate to and contain two-dimensional surfaces. Techniques include silkscreen, linocut, monoprint, and laser decal transfers. Participants will experiment with these printing and building processes during the course of the workshop.
SASHA K. REIBSTEIN is currently an Associate Professor of Art and Head of the Ceramics Program at Palomar College in San Marcos, CA. JONES VON JONESTEIN is a graphic and Web designer who has operated his own silk-screen t-shirt company since 2000. They have been teaching ceramic printmaking techniques together since 2005. Both are actively involved in exhibiting their work nationally that they create in their home studio in La Mesa, CA.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $380 Member $370 Member - Register by 07/02/10 $405 Non-Member $395 Non-Member - Register by 7/02/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
