Have you experienced the pleasure of putting your own handmade functional pottery into use?
All skill levels are welcome to join the Sunday Clay – High Fire! eight-week workshop beginning Sunday with teaching artist Erik Wold at Volcano Art Center’s ceramic studio.
Students will be working with stoneware clay and high-fire reduction glazes during morning sessions from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 or afternoon sessions from 2:45-5:45 p.m.
Wold will lead demonstrations of wheel throwing methods and be available for individualized assistance. Those new to clay will be guided step by step through the basics of using the potter’s wheel or hand-building techniques.
Continuing students and those with previous experience are encouraged to develop their skills and are welcome to pursue more advanced directions with the instructor’s helpful input. Informal discussion on topics ranging from sources of creative inspiration to various pottery styles and traditions from around the world will supplement this hands-on learning experience.
Seven registration slots are open to “wheel throwers” and two additional places will be open to “hand builders.” Beginners as well as continuing students are welcome.
The cost for either session is $200/$180 for VAC members plus a $15 materials fee for 6 pounds of clay, which includes glazes and firing for that material. Additional clay will be available for purchase.
Open studio time will be available to registered students from 2-5 p.m. Wednesday. The cost is $10 per day, with tickets available at the administration office front desk during business hours (must be registered for a ceramics class to participate).
Wold is a full-time potter living in Volcano Village. He is a member of the Volcano Village Artists Hui and sells his wares regularly at the Saturday Hilo Farmers Market and Sunday Cooper Center Farmers Market in Volcano. Wold studied ceramics at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, graduating in 1993.
For more information, visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.