Semester:
Offered:
Dates: June 3 - August 5 (10 classes | 10 weeks) 
Day/Time: Mondays, 10am - 1pm
Level: Intermediate - Advanced
Instructor: Deighton Abrams
Course Description: Clay’s responsiveness to touch makes it the ideal medium to sculpt what we can see with our eyes and new forms that reveal what we cannot. Through lectures and demonstrations, we will discuss various techniques for developing individual creative approaches that students will then use to make a small body of work. The instructor has experience teaching representational and abstraction techniques and can adapt styles to meet the needs of the students. When relevant, we will explore non-ceramic sculpture methods to add a finishing touch to our work.
Materials List:
Basic Pottery Tool Kit
Apron
Notebook/Sketchbook
Tool Purchases:
Here is the list of available tools and materials at the Ceramics Program. You may also consider ordering from a local supplier (Sheffield Pottery, Amherst Pottery Supply or Portland Pottery). If you have questions, please email Ji-Eun Kim directly at jikim@fas.harvard.edu.
Course Fees: $125 for Harvard College Undergraduate Students; $425 for Harvard Graduate Students; $890 for Adult Community; Harvard Employee TAP Regular and Long Service - follow instructions in online registration system for pricing.
Your course fee covers the use of all clays (terra cotta, midrange, and high fire stoneware, sculpture body, porcelain, and midrange casting slip), bisque firing, glazes, and glaze firing up to 6,200 cu. inches of kiln space for 10 weeks, as well as 7-day access to the Ceramics Program and its equipment from the start date of your class through August 9th.
- Adult Community: 18+, General Public; Harvard alumni, fellows, faculty/staff, and post-docs who are not TAP-eligible; Harvard Extension School students; students from universities other than Harvard
- Harvard Employees eligible for the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP): TAP regular (employees worked less than 15 years) and TAP long service (employees who worked 15 or more years at Harvard).
- Harvard College Undergraduate Students: Currently enrolled students at Harvard College. This does not include Harvard Extension School Undergraduate Students. You must register with your Harvard email – we can arrange for an alternative email to be used for class after registration is complete.
- Harvard Graduate Students: Currently enrolled students in a Harvard University Graduate Program. This does not include Harvard Extension School Graduate Students.
Registration will begin on Wednesday, April 17 at 2pm.
All registered students will receive a confirmation with class syllabus one week prior to the start date.
Questions?
- For questions regarding course content, policies, staffing or facilities, please contact Director, Kathy King.
- For questions regarding registration, purchase of tools and materials, please contact Administrative Coordinator, Ji-Eun Kim.
- For questions regarding electric kiln certification, materials, studio equipment and safety policies, please contact Director, Kathy King