Short Courses May - October 2013 - West Dean College

POTTERY AND CERAMICSChris KeenanPOTTERY AND CERAMICSThrowing and turning for beginnersMay 24–26WE3853 | £221 |Experience throwing pots on the wheel andenjoy having one-to-one tuition on your ownwheel throughout the course as you learnthe important techniques and processes forcompleting pots.ALISON SANDEMANTall pots with surface texturesMay 27–314D3862 | £413 |Create tall elegant monolithic forms instoneware clays using slab constructionwith stoneware clays. Surfaces are enhancedwith textural detail and coloured slips to givea finish without the use of glazes. Coiling,press-moulding and other techniques are alsodemonstrated.GORDON COOKEWheel thrown lidded forms inporcelainJune 6–9LW3878 | £354 | NEW | /Explore the making of a variety of liddedforms – for a butter dish, teapot, ginger jar etc.Working with Limoges porcelain you will deviseand work on individual projects to make a groupof pots incorporating different types of lids.There may be time to develop handles, knobsand spouts too.CHRIS KEENANFigurative animal sculptures in clayJune 9–145D3890 | £544 |Please see page 46 for further information.BRENDAN HESMONDHALGHSmoke and fire – Raku making andfiring techniquesJune 16–215D3909 | £530 |Cover basic hand building techniques andthrowing on the potter’s wheel using a range ofRaku and stoneware clays. Develop your skillsand ideas with one-to-one tuition and advice.Raku pieces will be made in the first two daysthen biscuit fired ready for glazing and firingusing the exciting outdoor Raku firing methods.ALISON SANDEMANImprovisation – large clay sculptures– a personal responseJune 27–30LW3925 | £328 |Please see page 46 for further informationJON EDGARParts and pieces – throwing sculpturalforms on the wheelJuly 1–54D3938 | £413 | NEW | /Learn new ways of using the wheel by throwingclosed forms and geometric shapes. You usethe wheel as a tool for the creative investigationof shapes joining them together using slip andscoring techniques. Small parts and pieces instoneware clay can then be assembled intosculptural objects.VIRGINIA SCOTCHIEThrowing and turningJuly 5–7WE3941 | £221 |Explore working on the potter’s wheel and,whatever your level of experience, develop yourskills in making (throwing) and finishing (turning)pots. You have exclusive use of a potter’s wheelfor the course.ALISON SANDEMANA practical glazing dayJuly 211D3969 | £102 |Glaze pots you have made on an earlier potterycourse at the College, and left behind for firing.ALISON SANDEMANSculptural ceramics and painterlysurfacesJuly 27–August 2SS3980 | £683 (incl all dinners) | NEWSUMMER SCHOOL |Explore your personal responses to thelandscape of West Dean to develop sculpturalforms working with white earthenware. You usedrawings, photographs, small models and testpieces to evolve ideas for both shapes, surfacedecoration and texture. Oxide slips and colourwashes are used to create painterly surfacesthat add depth and textures to compliment thepieces created.CAROLYN GENDERSTaster days: See page 8Exploring porcelain – form and surfaceAugust 3–9SS3990 | £693 (incl all dinners)SUMMER SCHOOL | /Explore the intrinsic plastic nature of porcelainclay and develop an understanding of surfacequality and pattern as you create forms inspiredby manmade and natural surfaces. Techniquesdemonstrated include simple moulding andusing wooden formers, throwing and inventivecombinations. Impressing, piercing, mark making,using found objects, drawing in clay, stretchingand manipulation can all be incorporated intoyour own dynamic pieces of work.JACK DOHERTYPortrait heads in terracotta – a visualapproachAugust 26–293D4021 | £340 |Please see page 46 for further information.JON EDGARPage 8Taster DaysSummer 2013For more informationplease see pages 8–1042 Fees listed for each course are non-residential – please see page 67 for accommodation costs | Short Courses May–October 2013