Workshops

 

Making Wheel-thrown Chickens and Fish
Saturday, March 5, 2023
9:30 am – 4:00 pm

If you can throw a simple bowl, then you can throw a chicken or a fish. We’ll start by making wheel-thrown bowls, then fold them into basic forms that can transform into chickens, fish, or whatever other critter you can envision. This is a one-day, hands-on workshop focused on having fun.  Participants should be able to center clay and throw a small bowl.  But if you can’t do that and still want to play, I will be glad to throw the basic form for you. 

The workshop will start at 9:30 am and finish at 4:00 pm, including a half-hour break for lunch. Bring your own clay and tools, and a sense of humor. Standard City Clay Covid restrictions will apply, including masks, distancing and bringing your own bag lunch. Workshop fee $120.00. City Clay will provide drinks and snacks. .

Workshop fee of $120 covers instruction, and refreshments. City Clay sells a range of cone six oxidation clays, or participants may bring their own clay. If you live in the Charlottesville area we, we can arrange to bisque fire your work. Otherwise please bring boxes and packing material to take home your greenware pots to be fired elsewhere.
 
 

Take Your Throwing to the Next Level
Saturday, March 11, 2023
9:30 am – 4:00 pm

Could your throwing use a tune-up? Are you stuck in the two-pound-bowl range and not sure how to work larger? Do you want to create a complex form but don’t know how to begin?  Or maybe you could use input on your general throwing technique?  This workshop is just what you need!  Depending on participants’ goals, our projects might include two-part vases, larger bowls, or creating faceted or textured pieces.  

The workshop will start at 9:30 am and finish at 4:00 pm, including a half-hour break for lunch. Bring your own clay and tools, and ideas about what you hope to make. Standard City Clay Covid restrictions will apply, including masks, distancing and bringing your own bag lunch. Workshop fee $120.00. City Clay will provide drinks and snacks.

Workshop fee of $120 covers instruction and refreshments. City Clay sells a range of cone six oxidation clays, or participants may bring their own clay.  The workshop does not include firing or glazing for students who do not live in the Charlottesville area, so come prepared to transport leather-hard raw pots.
 

I offer two other teaching experiences –  online Classes through TeachinArt.com and Videos published by Ceramic Arts Daily:

Take Your Throwing to the Next Level  is a series of weekly lessons offered online.  Topics in the TeachinArt course include mugs, vases, two-part pitchers, lidded forms, and lamps.  There is an online classroom where students can communicate with each other, ask me questions, and share images and ideas.  Registration for new course sessions is ongoing throughout the year.

My two teaching videos published by Ceramic Arts Daily:
Wheel Throwing with Nan Rothwell
Glazing and Decorating Pottery with Nan Rothwell