FALL 2024: Basic Wheel with Ed Miller, Mondays 9:30am - 12:00pm; September 9 - November 11
Students will learn basic wheel skills while making lots of funny mistakes and big messes, there's no way around it. So come make bowls, cups, and vases, from start to finish, and don't forget to bring a sense of humor. It's just mud, which, through a bit of alchemy you will turn into something useful, cute, beautiful, or hilarious. So fun!
| Skill Level: | Beginner |
| Skill Details: | Basic wheel classes are for learning the process of throwing pots on an electric wheel. From wedging clay, centering, pulling walls, shaping, trimming, to decorating and glazing, you will gradually develop the skills you need to make food safe pottery you can use. |
| Materials Included: | The class fee includes aprons, towels, and a shelf for your clay and supplies. |
| Requirements: | To protect our kilns, clay must be purchased from our shop. We have our own studio glazes for you to use, and we have a wide variety of commercials glazes available. We do not allow any other glazes or underglazes on pots we are to fire for you. Your are welcome to bring your own tools or buy new ones in our shop. Beginners may borrow some studio tools when available, all others are asked to have their own. |
| Instructor: | Ed Miller |
| Instructor Bio: | Originally from Charlottesville, VA, Ed Miller holds an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has been a dedicated faculty member at Piedmont Virginia Community College since 2017, teaching ceramics and various other art courses, and extends his teaching to Virginia prisons, where incarcerated students earn college degrees. From 2021-2022, he taught all levels of Sculpture at UVA and designed special topics courses in ceramics. Ed's artistic focus on figurative ceramic sculpture has evolved with his public art projects, incorporating durable materials like concrete and steel. Notably, Ed has developed a composite material known as "terracotta-concrete," which combines the malleability of clay with the durability of concrete, a game-changer for his outdoor sculptures. His work is often site-specific, incorporating the surrounding environment with sculpted figures or thrown vessels. See more of Ed’s work at is website: Edmillersculpture.com |
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This class fee includes 10 class sessions, aprons, towels, and a shelf for you tools supplies and projects.
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700 Harris St. #104
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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