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Description
This class will focus on using the wheel to create forms that are usually found at the center of our dining table. We will warm up with flower vases, then progress to large, shallow bowls, candlesticks, and salt and pepper shakers. Each class will focus on a different form and technique. Demonstrations and instruction will align with the class theme and student interests. Each class will explore a specific shape, beginning with related throwing exercises and discussions, building on each student’s skill level and knowledge.
Skill Level
Seasoned Beginner - Intermediate
Students should be able to wedge clay, understand general terminology, know the basic steps of throwing, and be proficient at throwing a one-pound cylinder. They can throw simple forms and should feel comfortable practicing independently.
What to Bring
Basic Clay Tools (needle tool, throwing sponge, wire tool, ribs, trimming tools, wood modeling tool.
Tempered Hardboard Bats or A bat system, such as Erica’s favorite bat system or Lindsey’s favorite bat system
Your favorite wheel-throwing and hand-building tools
A towel for cleaning
Buying Clay
Registration does not include clay. Students must purchase clay from Chases Garage during class time. Clay cost: 25lbs $35.00 + ME state sales tax
What’s Included
$25 worth of firing fees (see below)
Glazing + Firing
Registration includes $25 worth of firing fees (1,000 cubic inches). Students may produce work totaling more than 1,000 cubic inches; additional work will be subject to our $0.025 per cubic inch firing fee.
Chases Garage is a ^10 Reduction Firing Studio
To ensure correct glazing and firing, all students must use ^10 clay and glaze from Chase's Garage. We stock: Laguna BMix 10, Laguna #900, Sheffield T3, and Sheffield #42. We offer 22 single-glaze colors for studio use, with over 400 possible combinations!
Access
Access to open studio time outside of class is restricted to "student members" only. Additional details about student membership signup for newly registered students will be included in the welcome email sent out before the session begins.
Logistics
Registered students will receive a “welcome” email one week prior to the start date.
Lindsey Howarth
Ceramicist Lindsey Howarth, hailing from South Jersey, completed her BFA focus on ceramics, in 2007 from Green Mountain College in Vermont. During this time, she apprenticed at Blue Moon Pottery in Greenwich, NY, and worked with other potters along the Saratoga-Albany Pottery trail. Following a term in the AmeriCorps and teaching children’s clay classes, she moved to Berwick, Maine in 2010 to work in production pottery at Salmon Falls Stoneware. In 2019 her husband completed her home studio, facilitating further exploration of clay and developing her current body of work. Currently Lindsey teaches at Chases Garage in York, Maine, and shows her work regionally in galleries and at shows.
To learn more visit: www.howarthhillmaine.com
TERMS + CONDITIONS
Adults (18 or older) may register for classes & workshops at Chases Garage. Chases reserves the right to cancel courses, substitute instructors, change course times, and limit enrollment. The student agrees to abide by any and all rules and policies of the studios. Chases will assume no responsibility for any loss, personal or physical. With enrollment, a student consents to being photographed in classes (unless we informed in writing). These photographs may be used by Chases in future promotional efforts without specific written permission from the student.
CLASS WITHDRAWAL & REFUND POLICY
100% Refund (minus processing fee): Student must withdraw at least 6 business days prior to the start of the class.
50% Refund (minus processing fee): Issued when a student withdraws 5 business days or less from the start of the class.
NO REFUNDS ARE GIVEN ONCE A CLASS BEGINS.
If Chases cancels a course, registered students will be notified and all fees will be refunded in full. Classes that do not meet minimum enrollment requirements will be canceled, typically two to four business days before the class begins.