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Decoration Classes
View our list of upcoming Decoration Sessions!
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Reductive Decoration Techniques
Carving, water etching, and slip-inlay can produce some of the most beautiful decorative surfaces in ceramics. This is an intro through advanced friendly course that explores a range of decorative techniques that Dallas has honed over the years. This course will explore traditional line carving, low relief carving, Mishima/slip inlay, and traditional water etching/water carving techniques.
6 Week Session:
Introduction to Colored Porcelain
Join us to learn testing, mixing, as well as various usage techniques of colored porcelain. Students will be guided through the process of creating their own colored porcelain slips, and will collectively review results as a group to make a broad color pallet for makers to try out. This course will cover a variety of decorative and layering techniques incorporating uses for colored porcelain, such as agateware and marbled clay, inlaid slips or mishima, and creating simple nerikomi blocks to create colorful patterned slabs.
6 Week Session:
An Introduction to Drawing
Looking to expand your artistic skills, better improve your sketching practice, or just try something new? During this course, students will be shown how to use the sight-size method to visually measure what they see in life and translate it to 2D paper. They will learn about light sources, value and tone, depth and form, as well as perspective and dimension. All of these skills are useful for artists of any mediums, whether to better help you understand how to bring your 2D designs to life in the 3D, understanding forms in space, working to make surfaces more dynamic, or simply to learn how to draw!
6 Week Session:
Creating Flowers From Clay
Join us to build your own flowers that’ll last a lifetime and help chase away the winter blues! During this 4 week course, students will be shown how to create different types of flowers with clay and can expect to make 2-3 sculptural pieces displaying these various forms. Additions such as textures, leaves, moss, and other small sculptural elements will also be discussed.
This class is beginner-friendly and does not require any previous experience with clay!
4 Week Session:
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