Week 7 Glaze technology with Michael Sheba

by | Oct 24, 2004 | Ceramics, Education

Course outline: we will develop the skills and knowledge necessary to work with percentage and unity formulas so that the glazes can be analyzed, compared, altered, new glazes formulated, and glaze faults identified and corrected. The characteristics and choice of raw...

Week 6 Mould making with Angelo Di Petta

by | Oct 10, 2004 | Ceramics, Education

Course outline: Students will develop skills to make plaster molds for ceramics. They will learn the properties and various working techniques of plaster in order to make hump, slump, press, one piece, simple 2 piece and tile moulds. The composition, adjustment by...

Week 5 Throwing techniques II with Barbara Joy Peel

by | Oct 5, 2004 | Ceramics, Education

Course outline: We will develop and define our wheel throwing skills in order to make simple pottery forms. We will learn the methods of trimming pottery, jug spouts and perfecting handles, paying particular attention to finishing details. Barbara Joy Peel explains...

Sir Sandford Fleming College – Haliburton Campus

by | Oct 3, 2004 | Ceramics, Education

Studio… Our studio is now open on Saturdays. It took some negotiating with the principal but after some going back and forth about what we wanted (24 hr access) and what they could offer, we ended up with Saturday 10-4 and Monday – Thursday 5-9. Fridays we have...

Week 4 Throwing I with Barbara Joy Peel

by | Sep 26, 2004 | Ceramics, Education

Course outline: This week is an introduction to making pottery on the potter’s wheel. We will learn the basic characteristics and working properties of clay and how to center clay on the wheel in order to make simple pottery forms such as cylinders, bowls and plates....