Short Courses May - October 2013 - West Dean College

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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
Japanese WeekOctober 20–25TutorsPOTTERY AND CERAMICSFor more information please see page 32Louisa TaylorThrowing and turning for beginnersSeptember 20–22WE4085 | £221 | NEW |Experience working on the potter’s wheel andlearn how to prepare and work with clay. Youare shown key techniques on the first day and,with your own wheel to practice on all weekend,can then develop your own designs inspired bythe ceramic collection at West Dean.LOUISA TAYLORThrowing and turning – mugs, jugsand teapotsOctober 7–114D4128 | £422 | NEW | /Explore turned forms for mugs, jugs andteapots, as you improve your throwing skillsand learn to get the most out of the clay onyour own wheel. There will be lots of time topractise your throwing skills whilst developingforms on the wheel. You can finish your piecesby making handles and lids.ALISON SANDEMANDecorated slab vesselsOctober 11–13WE4134 | £227 | NEW |Explore a refreshing new way to make slipdecorated colourful vessels. Terracotta clayslabs are decorated flat with richly colouredslips and then turned into vessels, giving aspontaneous feel to the shapes and forms.CAROLYN GENDERSKEYSuitable for AllIntermediateBeginnersAdvancedA practical glazing and decoratingweekendOctober 18–20WE4152 | £217 | NEW |Learn to glaze and decorate pots that you haveeither made on an earlier pottery course atthe College or in your own studio. Guidance isgiven on making glazes from recipes, applicationof glazes and pigments and wax resist asdecorating mediums.ALISON SANDEMANJapanese ceramics – exploring formOctober 20–255D4165 | £518 | /Develop your own Japanese-inspired formsusing the tutor’s own methods for creatingpoetic and free-form ceramics. These includetraditional throwing and the ‘twist and cut’technique. He’ll show how he makes Oribe andShino style tea bowls, plus plates, pots and vasesusing crank and raku clays. You’ll discover the joyand freedom of expression that clay allows.SHOZO MICHIKAWARaku – making, decorating and firingtechniquesOctober 27–314D4176 | £427 |Experience the tutor’s methods for formingRaku pots – either by hand-building or bythrowing on the wheel – and try out variousways of burnishing the unfired surface usingslips, including terra sigillata. Then move on tolearning resist slip and glazing techniques onbiscuited pieces which you fire in a Raku kiln.TIM ANDREWSLife sculpting in clayOctober 27–314D4177 | £438 | NEW |Please see page 47 for further information.ANDREW BROWNAt the end of a pottery course, you may eitherleave your work to be fired and completed atthe College, book a place on a one-day glazingcourse to decorate and glaze it yourself, ortake away your pieces unfired for completionelsewhere.Key to course codesWE Weekend Fri eve to Sun pmLW Long weekend (Thu/Fri eve to Sun/Mon pm)CG Guitar Festival and Summer SchoolCQ Chilingirian Quartet CourseSS Visual Art & Craft Summer Schools2D 2 day course 5D 5 day course3D 3 day course 7D 7 day course4D 4 day course1D, 1F, 1W, FL, GL and TD1 day courses – times varyTIM ANDREWS has gained an internationalreputation for his distinctive smoke-fired andraku ceramics. He is a fellow of the Craft PottersAssociation and is a member of the Devon Guildof Craftsmen.GORDON COOKE is an experienced potter andteacher with over 30 years’ experience. His work isin many public collections worldwide. He also has aprofessional interest in landscape and planting design.JACK DOHERTY is renowned for his porcelain,thrown and slab-built with coloured clay. He is aformer chair of the Craft Potters Association and iscurrently Lead Potter at the Leach Pottery in St Ives.CAROLYN GENDERS is well known for her handbuiltsculptural forms with burnished and vitreous slipsurfaces. A fellow of the Craft Potters Associationshe is the author of Sources of Inspiration.CHRIS KEENAN learnt his skills as a potter asapprentice to Edmund de Waal, and now worksfrom his own studio in London. A member ofthe Craft Potters Association, his thrown Limogesporcelain is exhibited and sold widely.SHOZO MICHIKAWA is one of the leadingJapanese ceramicists and exhibits at Erskine, Hall& Coe, London. His inspiration comes from thenatural scenery of his country.ALISON SANDEMAN is a long-standing tutor atWest Dean. She makes functional individual piecesin stoneware, porcelain and Raku. She has a specialinterest in outdoor firing techniques and is currentlyworking with University College London on aresearch project on ancient making techniques.VIRGINIA SCOTCHIE is Head of Ceramics atthe University of South Carolina. She has receivednumerous awards for her ceramics, exhibitsworldwide and has work in many private and publiccollections.LOUISA TAYLOR studied at Bath Spa University andthe Royal College of Art. She lectures at BrightonUniversity alongside making work that sells in galleriesthroughout Europe. She is author of Ceramics: Toolsand Techniques for the Contemporary Maker.Carolyn genders0844 4994408 | bookingsoffice@westdean.org.uk | on-line booking at www.westdean.org.uk43
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