Wheel Thrown and Altered

Wheel Thrown and Altered

Adult Course | This program is completed

200 Grant Street Denver, CO 80203 United States

B7

Intermediate, All

3/1/2024-4/19/2024

1:00 PM-4:00 PM MDT on Fri

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$506.00

$440.00

*** Basic knowledge of working on the potters wheel is strongly recommended***

This course is designed for the intermediate potter with a desire to expand your wheel-thrown pottery techniques and forms. During this class we will combine wheel throwing and slab building techniques to create original functional pottery. Forms will be thrown and altered, and utilize additive and subtractive techniques in order to create a variety of endless shapes.

  • Each class includes a standard weekly lab fee which covers the cost of firing and glazing. In addition to the standard lab fee, students will need to purchase clay through the registration office at ASLD and must be done in person: $20 for 25lbs of stoneware, $25 for 25lbs of porcelain, $10 for 12lbs of our reclaim clay.  Please only purchase clay from ASLD, unless approved by the studio manager.  No low-fire clays may be used at ASLD.

    New students, arrive 15-30 minutes early to your first class in order to allow time for the purchase of clay.

    Currently enrolled students have access to Ceramic open studio for a $5 fee. Please see the whiteboard in the hallway for updated open studio hours.


    Please review the ceramics studio policies before attending the first class: CERAMICS STUDIO POLICIES

  • Community tools are available for student use, with the exception of a small sponge. If you prefer personal tools, a basic ceramics tool kit, small sponges and large clean up sponges may be available for purchase at ASLD on a first come, first served basis. We welcome you to bring any new, used, found and repurposed tools you may have.

  • Suggested tools for this class

    Basic ceramics tool kit -
    - Potter's ribs (stiff black and soft red) -
    - Kemper S10 Metal Scraper Rib
    - Sherrill Mudd shredder or small surform blade
    - Kemper SCP Scalpel or a thin bladed paring knife,
    - pencil and notebook.

  • Optional

  • Apron, Towel, Clean up sponge

  • If you purchase your own tools, we suggest you assemble a basic tool kit that includes:

  • - Potter's rib (wood and or rubber)

  • - Metal rib

  • - Wood modeling tool

  • - Needle tool

  • - Trimming tool(s)

  • - Throwing sponge

  • Local Ceramic supply stores:

  • Rocky Mountain Clay 1220 W 1st Ave,Denver, CO 80223
    Continental Clay 5303 East 47th Ave., Denver, CO 80216

  • Stoneleaf Pottery 6611 W 58th Pl, Arvada, CO 80003

  • Meiningers 499 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203
Woolsey, Penny

A lifetime resident of Denver, Colorado, Penny Woolsey is a studio potter and an educator of the ceramic arts. She has been teaching ceramics to people ranging in age from 3 to 87 for the past 20 years. In addition to ceramics, Penny currently teaches fused glass and precious metal clay jewelry classes. Penny has taught at several Denver recreation centers, at her home studio, and given specialized ceramic workshops in Colorado. Woolsey has pursued a directed education in ceramics in the Denver Metro area. Her work has been exhibited in local and regional juried art shows. She has been an active member of the Colorado Potters Guild since 2008. A narrative of her work may be seen at: Instagram @pennywoolseypots https://coloradopotters.org/penny-woolsey

Artist Statement:

My dad always told me that golf is something that you can do your whole life. I really didn’t understand what he was saying until I started playing the game. Working with clay is the same in that it’s going to take a lifetime to get this thing down and to make the perfect pot. I have yet to make a hole-in-one or make the perfect pot, but it's the good shots and happy pots that keep me coming back for more. I tell my students that the journey with clay is like learning to play an instrument. You don’t sit down and play beautiful music the first time you try. For most people, it takes years of practice, patience, and persistence to become proficient. It is the same process as we embark upon, and travel throughout, our journey with clay. To me, success as a potter is sharing the joy of making pottery, and making pottery that brings people joy.