Session: June 7 - August 23 (12 classes) Day/Time: Mondays, 6:30 - 9:30pm ET Level: Intermediate - Advanced Instructor: Matt Katz assisted by Casey Zeng
Course Description:Demystify glaze and clay body chemistry via online lectures and bi-weekly live discussion led by instructor Matt Katz of Ceramic Materials Workshop, and hands-on experimentation facilitated by Ceramics Program staff member Casey Zeng. This class will cover technical information about glaze and clay formation. Along with technical information, students will learn how to effectively
Session: Recordings available June 1 - July 23 Day/Time: N/A Level: Intermediate - Advanced Instructor: Dennis McLaughlin
Course Description: Review the presentations and demonstrations for this Spring 2021 semester of Inspired by History. Each of the five recordings features a piece from theHarvard Art Museums that is the subject for that week. Guest curators from the Harvard Art Museums visit each class and speak to the importance of the piece while Instructor Denny McLaughlin demonstrates his interpretation of how the work was made.
Session: June 2 - July 21 (8 classes) Level: Beginning - Advanced Day/Time: Wednesdays, 6:30pm – 8:30pm ET Instructor: Anne Eder
Course Description: Get outdoors with this introduction to plant-based printing processes that use light and common plant materials obtained from the backyard, a nearby park, or even the grocery! This class is an introduction to plant-based printing processes that use light and common plant materials! It will cover anthotypes, chlorophyll printing, and other plant-based printing methods.... Read more about Plant Based Printing Processes
Session: June 1 - July 20 (8 classes) Day/Time: Tuesdays, 2:00 – 4:00pm ET Level: Beginning - Advanced Instructor: Deighton Abrams
Course Description: Clay and ceramic materials are the ideal media for making dynamic sculptural and vessel forms. Using traditional vessel and sculpture building techniques, as well as using non ceramic materials for support we will push the boundaries of making and thinking with clay. Through lectures and demonstrations, we will discuss a variety of techniques on developing individual creative approaches that students will then use to make a small body of work.
Session 1: June 4 – June 25 (4 classes) Session 2: July 2 – July 23 (4 classes) Day/Time: Fridays, 1:00pm - 3:00pm Level: Intermediate - Advanced Instructor: Dennis McLaughlin
Course Description: Let’s think globally as we seek inspiration for both form and function from potters in the last 10,000 years! Each class will be spent examining the functional pottery made during a different time period and cultures from around the globe. Objects from the online collections of the Harvard Art Museums will inspire demonstrations both on and off the wheel. Recordings of the instructor's direct interaction with the work at the Harvard Art Museums study lab will be featured thanks to Angela Chang, Assistant Director, Conservator of Sculpture and Head of Objects Lab.
Session 2: June 1 - July 23 (8 weeks) Day/Time: N/A Level: Independent - Advanced Instructor: N/A
Course Description: Independent Studio at Home is intended for participants in the Boston area who are not enrolling in Summer 2021 online Ceramics Program course, but would like to access bisque and/or glaze-firing opportunities at the Ceramics Program. This option includes firing and studio glazes for up to 13,340 cubic inches of bisque and/or glaze work for 8 weeks. Cubic inches will be tracked for bisque and glaze firings, and cubic inch totals in excess of... Read more about Independent Studio at Home
Session: June 2– July 21(8 classes) Day/Time: Wednesdays, 6:30 – 8:30pm ET Level: Intermediate - Advanced Instructor: Ruth Easterbrook
Course Description: Are you ready to test your hand-building skills to the next level? Building off established skills we will work on craft, form, and exploring some of the possibilities of combining hand-building techniques. These projects will be longer and take more patience and planning to follow through. Ruth will share and lead conversations looking at historical and contemporary pots to learn from and inspire.
Session: June 3 - July 22 (8 classes) Day/Times: Thursdays, 6:30 – 8:30pm ET Level: Beginner - Intermediate Instructor: Ruth Easterbrook
Course Description: In this class, we will focus on the basics, first individually focusing on technique and developing skills. This will be a project-based class with guided exercises that will challenge and train your abilities. We will focus on pinch, coil, and slab for most of this class and begin applying ways of combining these to make more complicated vessels.... Read more about Handbuilding Basics
Session: June 1 - July 20 (8 classes) Day/Time: Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30pm ET Level: Beginner - Advanced Instructor: Anne Eder
Course Description: There are many ways to combine images and clay, but if you are curious about the magic and alchemy of using light sensitive emulsions, this may intrigue you. This class, led by instructor Anne Eder, will be a guided exploration into using light sensitive materials to transfer images onto and into clay bodies. Students will begin... Read more about Experimental Photography on Clay
Session: June 3 - July 22 (8 classes) Day/Time: Thursdays, 2:00 – 4:00pm ET Level: Beginning – Advanced Instructor: Deighton Abrams
Course Description: This course will have students exploring new intuitive approaches to using the surface of ceramics as a canvas to tell stories either representational or abstract (or both). Through lectures and demonstrations, we will explore effective ways composing imagery on both sculptural and functional forms. A wide variety of techniques including brush work with underglaze, oxides, and slips as well as exploring sgraffito, Mishima, water carving, paper and tape masking, and wax resist to expand the decoration.... Read more about Ceramic Surface Design
Session 2: March 22 – April 26 (6 classes) CANCELLED Day/Time: Mondays, 10:00am – 12:00pm Instructor: Steve Murphy
Course Description: For those with access to a pottery wheel at home or those happy to observe, this class for intermediate to advanced potters will explore size, form, refinement and surface. The instructor will provide demonstrations based on what forms and/or techniques students would like to improve upon during this class.... Read more about Wheel Intensive - Online Edition
Session 2: March 23 – April 27 CANCELLED Days/Times: Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30pm (ET) Level: Beginner – Advanced Instructor: Marek Jacisin
Course Description: From our sketchbook to the wall, this class will focus on pattern design and the tools needed to make tile molds at home with an emphasis towards the home. Projects will include backsplashes, accent walls and garden pavers. Each week there will be a demonstration of making a tile with molds constructed with foam and simple tools. For those students with access to clay, demonstrations of tile production with clay will assist the student in... Read more about Tile Design for the Home
Session 2: March 23 – April 27 (6 classes) ***WAITLISTED*** Day/Time: Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30pm ET Level: Intermediate – Advanced Instructor: Stephanie Young
Course Description: Join Stephanie Young of Calmwater Designs for an in-depth study of her carving techniques on porcelain and the inspiration behind her iconic Art Nouveau style. Surface treatments using color including slips, underglazes and glaze will be explored. Young is full-time studio artist whose work is highly revered and collected. Don’t miss this opportunity to study with an artist at the top of her field!... Read more about Surface Techniques with Porcelain
Session 2: March 25 – April 29 (6 classes) Day/Time: Thursdays, 6:30pm – 8:30pm ET Level: Intermediate – Advanced Instructor: Ann Eder
Course Description: Take your plant-based printing processes to the next level with this follow up course to the Plant-based Printing Intro class! Explore further the possibilities of printing with plants and using chemistry found in common household items. We will investigate the infinitely variable lumen and phytogram processes combined with non-traditional applications of chemistry you can make at home, as well as finding ways to take anthotypes and... Read more about Plant Based Printing Processes II
Session 2: March 23 – April 27 (6 classes) Day/Time: Tuesdays, 1pm – 3pm ET Level: Beginning – Advanced Instructor: Paul Wisotzky
Course Description: This class will focus on creating circular, square and oval pots that start on the wheel. It will include altering, adding hand-built elements, subtracting material, and attention to surface both in the wet and leather hard stages. We’ll explore a variety of utilitarian pottery including cups and mugs, serving dishes and lidded vessels to name a few. We’ll spend time each session sharing work in progress discussing function, aesthetics and the technical... Read more about Circle, Square, Oval
Session: June 7 - August 23 (12 classes)
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Session: June 1 - July 20 (8 classes)
Session 2: March 23 – April 27 (6 classes)