Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2000-2009

3d ceramics CORE class THE CERAMICS program offers artists time and a community in which to discuss, exchange and make ceramic art and pottery. Interactive and communal studios are shared by students and faculty. Emphasis is on personal artistic growth, where the making of finished art is only part of the process and experience in Ranch workshops. The Soldner Ceramic Center, which includes more than 10,000 sq. ft. in three separate buildings, is equipped with: • 25 Soldner electric wheels • 2 Brent electric wheels • 4 Soldner kick wheels • 3 Randall wheels • 1 Lockerbie wheel • 1 Treadle wheel • 2 Brent extruders • 1 Northstar extruder • 2 Brent slab rollers • 1 Ball mill with two jars • 1 Soldner clay mixer • 5 Triple beam scales • Glaze lab • Lots of studio equipment; banding wheels, rolling pins, benches, stools and tables • Computer and internet access, plus WI-FI service The kiln yard includes: • Three-chamber, 120 cu.ft. Noborigama wood kiln • Buorry box, 80 cu.ft. wood kiln • Trane style, 39 cu.ft. wood kiln • Large, 70 cu.ft. and small, 22 cu.ft. soda kilns • Downdraft, 70 cu.ft. and Updraft, 28 cu.ft. gas kilns • 8 Skutt electric kilns • 1 Large Olympic oval electric kiln • 2 electric test kilns June 1 - 12 June 1 - 5 Color for Clay: surface decorating and glazing Michael Corney Tuition: $645 ARAC Actual Cost: $845 Studio Fee: $95 Code: C0101 Enrollment Limit 12 June 15 - 26 Looking Backwards & Forwards: making history Julia Galloway Michael Corney, Untitled Plate CONCEPT: This workshop is for students who want to push their artwork further by using powerful combinations of color. This workshop will cover material concerns including the use and application of various ceramic materials to achieve color and pattern/image. At the same time, we will discuss how to use these materials to express thoughts and ideas. The materials used during the week will be ceramic stains, underglaze, china paints and glaze. Because of limited time, students will be painting on bisque-fired porcelain work they have brought from their home studios and/or bisque pieces provided by Anderson Ranch. By the end of the week, students will take with them a successful palate of color upon which they can base future work. MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Mid- to high-fire oxidation range on porcelain or white stoneware bisque ware. ACTIVITIES: In this fast-paced week, students will begin with an overview of the materials they will use, followed by days of trying and testing. Slide talks and chats will be interspersed throughout the week, focused on helping students understand how to use painted imagery to purposely express ideas and feelings. There will be some limited wet clay work on Monday and Tuesday mornings. SKILL LEVEL: Open to All – Any skill/knowledge level. Wood-Fired Pottery FACULTY: Michael Corney is a studio artist and teacher living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has been an artist-inresidence at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Kohler’s Arts in Industry program and California College of Arts and Crafts. He received his MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Doug Casebeer Tuition: $825 ARAC Actual Cost: $1225 Studio Fee: $145 Code: C0102 Enrollment Limit 14 June 8 - 19 Intimate Clay: innovative techniques Michael Sherrill Tuition: $825 ARAC Actual Cost: $1225 Studio Fee: $145 Code: C0203 Enrollment Limit 12 Doug Casebeer, Pitcher CONCEPT: This workshop will develop students’ skills in thinking about and looking at one’s own artwork. Students will investigate the pottery form and its relationship to wood-fired kilns. There will be discussion about the aesthetics and practical concerns of contemporary wood-fired pottery as well as the breadth of wood-firing technology. Students will learn how and why wood kilns effect form, shape and color. Working with the instructor, students will expand the possibilities and potential of their own pottery. MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: High-fire stoneware clays, high-fire slips and glazes. Handbuilding and wheel thrown pottery techniques. Students will fire two, maybe three, wood kilns. ACTIVITIES: There will be daily demonstrations in the mornings and afternoons with plenty of time for personal studio work. There will be specific discussions covering slips, glazes, kiln firing and kiln design. SKILL LEVEL: Levels II - III (Minimum Skill Level II) – See this page for skill level descriptions. FACULTY: Doug Casebeer is starting his 25th year of overseeing workshops at Anderson Ranch where he is program director of ceramics and sculpture. He is actively involved with projects around the world, from Chile to Jamaica and Nepal. He has been a ceramics consultant for the United Nations and the German government. His artwork has been installed permanently at the Yingge Museum of Ceramics in Taiwan and exhibited widely in Japan and the US. Doug received his MFA from Alfred University. 26 W W W.ANDER SONRANCH.ORG 970/923-3181 Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. A frequent instructor at Penland, he has taught at craft schools and workshops across the country. In 2002, he was a featured presenter and lecturer at the US Clay exhibition of the Smithsonian’s Renwick Museum of American Craft. In 2003, he was honored as Artist of the Year by the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina. Tuition: $925 ARAC Actual Cost: $1325 Studio Fee: $145 Code: C0304 Enrollment Limit 14 Julia Galloway, Water Ewer with Cup CONCEPT: How do we make our own pottery? How does the vast history of pottery influence what we make today? In this workshop students will remake specific historical pots from across the world: Greek, Minoan, Chinese, Iranian, English, early American and so on. By copying these historical pots, students will bring new techniques, ideas and a fresh perspective to their work. We will fire work at a range of temperatures and work with a v

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