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Fall Quarter Adult Ceramics/Fiber/Welding


These art classes will allow you to experience art in a very hands-on way, crafting unique designs from clay, metal, or fiber. Express your imagination as you create useful and decorative items for yourself or for friends. Learn from our professional instructors as you and your classmates work together to master new skills.


 
WHEELWORK - Terrie Prouty
8 Thursdays beginning September 16, 2010
6 – 8:30 p.m.
Member: $130.50 Non-member: $145
Supply Fee: $30

A, T: 2, 3, 4

Beginning, intermediate and advanced students will have the opportunity to continue developing their skills in the various approaches to throwing functional ware on the wheel under the guidance of Terrie Prouty, who specializes in this area. Forms will be thrown, altered and assembled to create various vessels. Projects will be tailored to the student’s skill level. Glazing techniques will also be addressed. Students must provide a clean towel each week. No extra supplies will be necessary.

student/instructor ratio: 8 to 1

2 PLUs for GA teachers are available; to coordinate please contact the GHIA Education Director.

 

HAND-BUILDING CLAY FACE JUGS AND MORE - Janine Cawthorne
6 Tuesdays beginning September 28, 2010
6:15 – 8:45 p.m.
Member: $99 Non-member: $110
Supply Fee: $25

A, T: 1, 2

Students will explore different ways of enhancing the surface of hand-built clay forms. Particular attention will be paid to the creation and history of face jugs. Additional projects may include slab bowls, platters, boxes, and cups. Instruction will include the basics of hand-building and glazing. Students must provide a clean towel each week. No extra supplies will be necessary.

student/instructor ratio: 8 to 1

1 PLU for GA teachers is available; to coordinate please contact the GHIA Education Director.

 

HANDWEAVING: JOYFUL MAGIC - Ulrike Beck
3 Saturdays beginning October 16, 2010
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Member: $121.50 Non-member: $135
Supply Fee: $15

A, T: 1, 2

Beginning students will learn the basics of floor loom weaving and complete an exciting sampler that will also serve as the foundation for a finished project. Students will discover the joy in the creative potential of variations possible with the use of different yarns and colors in weaving. Experienced students will receive individual attention in order to weave a project of their choice. All supplies will be provided.

student/instructor ratio: 6 to 1


STICK and MIG ARC WELDING - Roger Finch
Mirabella-Finch Studio, 4510 Peach Orchard Road, Hephzibah
6 Saturdays beginning September 18, 2010
9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Member: $315 Non-member: $350
Supply Fee: $35

A: 2

This more advanced course is for students who want to weld steel that is 1/8-inch thick and up. At their own workstations, students will learn both MIG and STICK Arc welding processes. Each class will include theory, demonstration and individual hands-on instruction. Instruction will include the use of oxy-acetylene and plasma cutting equipment. All basic supplies, except the required textbook Welder’s Handbook by Richard Finch, are included. A personal safety equipment list will be provided upon registration. There is no prerequisite for this course.

student/instructor ratio: 4 to 1







 

 

 













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