Hanging Clay: Crazy Pots the Old Fashioned Way

With Alexander Kamola

July 7 - 13, 2024

Location: Grunewald Guild

Address: 19003 River Road, Leavenworth, WA, USA

What do I need to bring to class?:
Participants should bring plastic bags or sheets to cover wet clay, and their favorite drinking cup or mug.

Will I need to work outside of class?:
No, all projects can be completed within the allotted class time.

What can I expect to create?:
Any sort of hand built clay item from functional eating/drinking ware to bizarre sculptural forms. Quantities: 3 bisque fired pieces.

Do I need experience to take this class?:
Participants should have experience working with clay, either on the potter's wheel or by hand building. They should have a basic understanding of the ceramic process.

Minimum age of participant: 13

  • Commuter – $115.00
  • Cabin – $1,180.00
  • Private Queen Room + Shared Bath – $940.00
  • Private Twin Room + Shared Bath – $940.00
  • Shared Room + Shared Bath – $610.00
  • Yurt – $730.00
  • Library Dorm – $460.00
  • RV with Electric: 125V/30 Amp – $460.00
  • RV with Electric: 25V/20 Amp – $460.00
  • Personal Tent or Car Camping – $400.00
REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE
REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE

This program begins Sunday July 7, and ends Saturday July 13. The fees listed at right include lodging and all meals (except “Commuter”, which includes a Commuter Meal Plan).  An additional sliding scale Course Fee is required.  For more information on our pricing, see our Pricing page.

Participants will feel and sculpt with clay in a way never before imagined!

Hanging Clay is a four day workshop about hand sculpting pots full of dynamic composition, movement, and life. Participants will have the opportunity to explore a variety of hand-building techniques unique to ceramics.

Day 1: Each participant gets 12 pounds of clay. We demonstrate planning strategies and the various techniques for starting a piece. As they form the base, I demonstrate the latter stages of work which, once the base has dried some, add to already-started example pieces, which I will have brought along with me, to help them anticipate the next day’s work.

Day 2: With the pieces having dried some, participants will be taught coiling, pounding, hanging clay, pinching, trimming, paddling, and balance. I demonstrate and coach alongside.

Day 3+: More of the same. We discuss finishing the piece, glazing methods, firing, planning its use in the intended settings (garden? kitchen?) marketing challenges, and more.
Historical examples will be included in our discussions.

About the Faculty

Alexander Kamola

Alexander started making pots over a decade ago to hold plants, flowers, fruit, coffee. Over time the elements that make a traditional pot—the rims, the insides, outsides, thin walls for easy lifting, the fact that you could put things into them—have become his vocabulary; the pots, themselves, his emotional language. Alexander uses traditional coil and […]

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