Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 13

Pete Pinnell, Teapot

Kari Radasch, Cake Plate

Lisa Orr, Teapot

July 19 - 30
Pottery: making and glazing

July 26 - August 6

August 2 - 13

Pete Pinnell   

Kari Radasch   

Skill Level: II - IV

Skill Level: II - III

Concept:  Which is harder: finding the right
glaze for a pot or the right pot for a particular glaze? In this workshop we work on common questions of personal development while
focusing on the best surfaces for your work
(textures, slips and glazes) and new ways to
fabricate pots and pottery parts (form, lids,
handles, spouts, feet). Working together, we
discover new techniques for creating all the
interesting detail that makes an ordinary pot
something special.

Concept:  Experience the delight and passion
of making pots. We primarily use bisque molds
that are very forgiving, which allows for immediate and intuitive construction at any skill
level. Bisque molds are used alone and in combination with other techniques. Uncover your
personal vision with dream drawing and wet
sketches. You will leave the workshop with
new ways of making, new pots and new ways
of approaching your work and ideas.

Media & Techniques: The class works at cone
9-10 in reduction, a temperature rich with possibilities for both the traditional and the innovative. If you work in high temperature reduction,
this course gives you the chance to dial in on
surfaces. If you work in an electric kiln, this
course provides surface ideas to translate to
the electric kiln.
Activities:  Through demonstrations, discussions and interaction, we work together to find
interesting new surfaces that employ a variety
of textures, slips and glazes. We build pots and
parts with wheel throwing and handbuilding.
Faculty: Pete Pinnell made his living as a potter for twelve years before deciding to teach
full time. He is currently Hixson-Lied Professor
of Art at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln,
where he has taught since 1995. In addition
to his teaching, he has continued to exhibit
widely, with over 150 exhibitions since 1995,
both in the US and abroad. He is a regular columnist for Clay Times Magazine.

Tuition: $995 / Studio Support Cost: $1395
Studio Fee: $155  Code: C0709  Enrollment Limit: 14

Build It, Bake It 

Media & Techniques:  Earthenware and terra
cotta clay are formed in bisque molds, simple
press molds and sprig molds, as well as with
coiling and pinching. Decoration includes iron
transfer decals, slip work and brush-able lowfire glaze. We also learn a low-tech, intuitive
approach to making colored glaze.
Activities: Frequent demonstrations introduce
pot making, decorating and glazing techniques
with plenty of personal studio time and elective, one-on-one instruction.
Faculty: Kari Radasch received her BFA from
the Maine College of Art in Portland and her
MFA from the University of Nebraska. She has
been a past resident at the IWCAT in Tokoname,
Japan. She was an Emerging Artist at the 2004
NCECA conference and in March of 2010 will
be a demonstrator at the Philadelphia NCECA
conference. Kari has been a guest artist at universities across the country. She lives, pots,
and gardens in Westbrook, Maine.

Tuition: $995 / Studio Support Cost: $1395
Studio Fee: $155  Code: C0810  Enrollment Limit: 14

Low-Tech, Low-Fire,
Stacked Tall 
Lisa Orr   
Skill Level: II - III
Concept: Learn ancient Mexican processes to
make straightforward utilitarian pieces in simple bisque molds. Pieces are low-fired, combining relaxed forming, soft engobe brushing
and layered glazing. These rich and luscious
surfaces are designed to be stacked into taller
centerpieces based on stacked cake plates
and epergnes.
Media & Techniques: We use white earthenware sprigged and layered with engobe and
trailing slip, bisque fired to cone 01 and glazed
with lead-free alkaline glazes to cone 04. Fired
in electric kilns, pieces achieve jewel tone or
elegant monochromatic surfaces.
Activities: We demonstrate and create bisque
molds and sprig molds to throw and alter
pieces. Students then create multiple forms to
alter or stack into finished pieces. We test and
discuss engobes, glazes and glaze application.
Wheel-throwing ability is useful for this workshop but is not necessary.
Faculty: Lisa Orr has been a professional potter and student of ceramics for 26 years. She
completed an MFA at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1992.
She has received grants including a Fulbright
Scholarship and a Mid-America Arts Alliance
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
Her work is in numerous public and private
collections including the Fine Arts Museum of
San Francisco.

Tuition: $995 / Studio Support Cost: $1395
Studio Fee: $155  Code: C0911  Enrollment Limit: 14
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