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Punch-card Pottery
Classes
7 classes credits /
$150
15 classes /
$300
Khnemu Studio offers classes year around
and students can start at any time. Each class credit is a 3
hour class and students may use their class
credits:
Thursday
10am-1pm
Thursday Evening 6pm-9pm
Saturday
11am-2pm
Classes includes:
25 lbs. of clay (additional clay may be purchased)
Studio
glazes (cone 6 stoneware)
Equipment and firings are
provided
Please dress to
play in clay and bring a clean shop towel. For adults
only.
Class credits may be used at students
convenience, during the above referenced times.
However, due to the
nature of the process and studio space constraints, a student
who does not use a class credit for a period three weeks
their credits will be discontinued and their work
discarded. Contact studio
for more details
If you are an
already experienced clay artist looking for a studio place to
work... visit the studio membership page.
If
you are interested in the special events and workshops offered at
Khnemu Studio visit the page.
Khnemu Studio is
an intimate small scale ceramics arts facility. The
studio's mission to broaden the general public's appreciation and
understanding of hand-made ceramic art and studio
artists. This is to be accomplished through classes, events,
workshops, membership and residency programs. The studio believes that it goals can be
furthered by creating a mutual helping environment, and that is
basis of it's programs.
Facilities
Include:
5 pottery wheels - Brent CXC,
Pacifica 800 & Brent ie
Bailey slab roller & extruder w/dies
3
Large electric kilns - Paragon and
L&L
Duncan small electric test kiln
Amaco
spray booth
Ward Raku Kiln
Bailey pug mill
Glaze testing
and making equipment
Selection of tools - including press
molds, tile cutters & Giffin Grips
Pre-mixed Cone 6
stoneware studio glazes, including a clear base which can be
colored with various stains and oxides.
Classes at Khnemu Clay Studio
- All classes
and workshops are taught with hands-on
methodology in a professionally equipped studio using the
punch-card system. All class sizes are limited
with a small student to teacher ratio, and are on a first
come-first serve basis. Class participants are provided with
studio cone 6 glazes for firing. Advanced alternative
firing techniques are provided
through special
workshops only.
- Introduction
To Clay-Hand building
Learn the basic techniques
used in hand-building including pinch, coil, soft and hard
slab construction. Learn to use hand tools, slab roller,
press molds and extruder. (Offered as a punch card
class)
*** 7 week /3 hours per class
$150.00
- Beginning Wheel Throwing
Learn
the basics of pottery making on the wheel, from centering clay
to making cylinders and bowls. Learn to develop a strong
foundation for wheel throwing. (Offered as a
punch card class)
*** 7 week /3 hours
per class $150.00
- All Inclusive Pottery
Class
For the person who has no prior
experience with clay. Start from beginning
learning
basic hand-building techniques and continue on to learning
basic wheel throwing. (Offered as a punch card
class)
*** 15 week /3 hours per class
$300.00 ($20 per class)
- Studio has right to limit material consump., and
firings within reason, if necessary
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