Saic Ceramics Classes Beginner

Helen christgau levi will be your teacher for this beginner s course who is a new york city born and raised photographer and potter who owns her own ceramics studio and shop in queens.

Saic ceramics classes beginner. Wheel throwing classes have a maximum of 8 students our class sizes are small ensuring you receive the individual tuition you need. Creating a modern mug make a ceramic pottery mug with a handle on the potters wheel beginning clay ceramics courses. For most ceramics classes clay is supplied to complete several projects and this is included in your course fees. For more than 150 years the school of the art institute of chicago saic has been a leader in educating the world s most influential artists designers and scholars.

Located in downtown chicago with a fine arts graduate program. Once your ceramics have gone through their glaze firing they ll be vitrified and the process will be irreversible. Get started on the art of ceramics. The saic ceramics department reflects and embraces these contradictions offering courses exploring interdisciplinary topics in ceramics such as the intersections of and shared methods materials and critical discourse among aiado fiber and material studies sculpture and performance.

Beginners to intermediate 24 september 29 october 2020 24 september 1 8 15 22 29 october fully booked 5 november 10 december 2020 5 12 19 26 november 3 10. Discover classes on ceramics clay crafts and more. For more than 150 years the school of the art institute of chicago saic has been a leader in educating the world s most influential artists designers and scholars. Located in downtown chicago with a fine arts graduate program.

In 9 lessons you ll cover the topics of preparing your clay wheel throwing trimming your mug forming the handle attaching the handle to the mug glazing and finishing your piece. The easiest way to make up your test glazes is to make a series of different ceramic tiles in the different types of clay you ll be working with.