Semester:
Offered:
WAITLISTED
Instructor: Kathi Tighe
Meets three Fridays, 2 pm – 5 pm
October 20, October 27, and November 3, 2023
Location: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Registration will open on September 5 for everyone 18+
Ocarinas (closed-vessel ceramic flutes) have a history that dates back 12,000 years. Ocarinas were popular in pre-Colombian and ancient Chinese cultures, became a European ensemble instrument in the 19th century, and appeared in the Nintendo game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in the 1990s. In this 3-session workshop, you will learn how to craft and tune your own clay ocarinas. On the second and third session, you'll glaze your ocarinas for raku and low fire electric firings.
Session 1: October 20
With help from your instructor, you will make and tune your first ocarina from clay slabs. These will be bisque-fired in preparation for the second class.
Session 2: October 27
Glaze your first ocarina in preparation for a raku firing in the third session. Then, continue honing your skills in making and fine-tuning new ocarinas.
Session 3: November 3
In this final meeting, your class will take part in a raku firing to finish the ocarinas from the first session. While the kiln is heating up, you'll glaze your second batch of ocarinas for a later firing in an electric kiln. You will take home your raku-fired ocarinas at the end of class, and we'll send you an email when the ocarinas glazed in the final session are fired and ready to pick up (1-2 weeks later).
Cost: $150 for Adult Community and Harvard Graduate students, $25 for Harvard College Undergraduate Students plus firing costs. Firing costs will be calculated at 4 cents per cubic inch; for those enrolled in a Fall 2023 course, cubic inches will be counted toward your allotment. Those not enrolled in a course will receive a bill for their firing costs at the end of the workshop. Note: This workshop does not include open studio access for those not enrolled in a Fall 2023 course.
Registration will open on Tuesday, September 5 at 10am
UPDATE 9/7/23: THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW WAITLISTED
Please review our cancellation/refund policy.
Artist Biography: Kathi Tighe is a long-time instructor, teaching assistant, and staff member of the Ceramics Program – Office for the Arts at Harvard. A three-week intensive at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine in 1984 led her to the Ceramics Program. While her early focus was on making decorative, raku-fired vessels and fine-tuned, raku-fired ocarinas, Kathi’s current work is primarily wheel-thrown and altered reduction-fired functional ware.
