HOME POTTERY CLASSES GIFT CERTIFICATES NOW AVAILABLE! POTTERY WORKSHOPS  POTTERY SALES	Kingston Potters' Guild Turning dish washing into ‘art appreciation’ since 1967 52 Church Street (at the Harold Harvey Arena) Kingston, Ontario Canada K7M 1H3 ~ 613-546-1437 Kingston Potters’ Guild Courses: Gift certificates are now available for the 6 or 8 week class series by contacting Ruth George at KPGclasses@gmail.com (preferred) or 613-389-3829 Introduction to Clay – 6 classes on Mondays, 7 to 10 pm; two sessions coming up: 1. May 28 – July 2 (or July 9 if too many away for the long weekend) 2. July 16 – August 27 Throwing I and Throwing II (offered simultaneously; prerequisite Introduction to Clay or equivalent experience) – 8 classes on Tuesdays 7 – 10 pm for 8 weeks; includes studio use outside of class; two sessions coming up: 1. May 22 – July 10 2. July 17 – September 4 Cone 6 Glaze Technology and Kiln Firing Course – 12 classes starting May 17, 2012 ending March 2013 · Prerequisite: Students must be relatively proficient at handbuilding or wheelwork. · course will be in two phases spread over a year · first phase one class a week for five weeks, Thursday May 17 to June 14 (7 to 10 pm) · second phase seven classes scheduled approximately once a month on a Wednesday evening (and as arranged by consensus for firings), Wednesday September 5, Wednesday September 12 and early in the months of October, November, December 2012 and February and March, 2013 Detailed descriptions of the classes and what is included follow information about how to register. To Register: The only way to hold a place in the class is to send a cheque as described below, payable to the Kingston Potters’ Guild and dated no later than two weeks before the class is to start. The costs are as follows: Introduction to Clay 6 week course including supplies $160.00 + $20.80 HST = $180.80 includes everything you need – clay, glaze, tools and firing no access to the studio outside of class time               Throwing I or II 8 week course $185.00 +$24.70 HST = $209.05 3 hour class runs for 8 evenings (24 hours of instruction) access to studio outside of class time (you will need a key and bring a cheque for $25.00 refundable key deposit to your first class) glaze and firings included plus additional material costs for clay (see below for more information) Cone 6 Glaze Technology and Kiln Firing 12 classes in the course $280.00 + $36.40 HST = $316.40 Tuition may be paid in one cheque, or in two instalments of $158.20 each. Instalments by providing two cheques at the time of registration, the first payable by May 17, 2012 and the second dated September 5, 2012. · Tuition includes studio membership only for the May/June portion of the class. If you are already a studio member in May/June 2012, then discuss a reduction in the fee with the class coordinator. · For the seven sessions that are spread over the fall and winter, students will either be taking another class that will include studio membership, or they will become a studio or glaze and kiln member. · Costing includes two bisque firings and four glaze firings over the year for glaze tests and students pots (made outside of the glaze course). Students may also gain extra experience by volunteering to assist in the firing of pots from other classes. · Includes the cost of glaze materials that are part of the course curriculum. A final decision about which classes will run will depend upon the number of students. You will be notified by email.  If the class will not run then your cheque will be returned. Please send your cheque for tuition + HST, payable to the Kingston Potters’ Guild, along with your name, address, telephone number, and email address, to the Education Chair, Ruth George, 23 Lakeland Point Drive, Kingston, ON. K7M 4E8 (or drop it in her mailbox). (For those of you who have registered for classes before, please note the change in registration instructions because Shelagh Mirski is on leave from being Class Coordinator for a few months while she helps to write a grant application on behalf of the guild to the Trillium Foundation.) Be sure to indicate which class you are registering for and which session if there are multiple sessions offered. Also, please email KPGclasses@gmail.com to tell Ruth that a cheque is coming so she knows how many people are serious about attending.  Participation in these classes is on a first-come first-served basis, determined by when Ruth receives the cheque.  We will notify you when your cheque has been received. If you need a key for the studio then please tell class coordinator that you will need a key and bring a cheque for $25.00 to your first class; also bring money to buy clay if you need some. Once the class has started, we do not offer refunds. If you have any questions, please phone Ruth at 389-3829 or, preferably, email Ruth at KPGclasses@gmail.com Detailed Course Descriptions: Working with clay is marvellous!  It's engaging without being stressful and you'll find you'll look at things made from clay with a whole new appreciation.  You'll get to know new people with a similar interest because the classes are small. The curriculum is designed to help you progress towards being independent in the guild. You will start with handbuilding and can then learn to throw and progress to more complex forms, and different surface decoration methods to develop your own style. It is our intention to offer each of the classes at some point over a two to three year period so that, if you wish, you can progress through the curriculum in two or three years. All classes are for adults only. Introduction to Clay - Handbuilding with a “taste” of Throwing Lots of people are anxious to try the potter’s wheel, so we will include one session on the wheel. But throwing on the wheel is the most difficult technique that requires lots of practice, whereas handbuilding can lead to a feeling of success quickly. cost $160.00 (+ HST) includes everything you need – clay, glaze, tools and firing class runs for six sessions of three hours each: Perfect course if you have never worked with clay or had a little experience but want to start at the very beginning again with handbuilding a prerequisite for our other guild courses (unless you have equivalent experience) focus on handbuilding techniques that are easy enough to learn that students can make a few glazed pots to take home. These techniques are also extremely useful for expert potters so if you want to continue with clay you will have a good foundation. At the end of this course you will have made functional pots using the following techniques: soft slab hard slab extruded coil and/or open form a small cylinder on the wheel limited amount of clay, glaze and firing costs included does not include access to studio outside of class After completing the introductory class you will be qualified to join the guild and have access to the studio outside of class. Or take more advanced classes that include studio access outside of class. What to do after the Introduction to Clay course? Some people fall so much in love with handbuilding that they want to focus on that. If that describes you then talk to your teacher, and/or the class coordinator about how to become a full studio member so that you can continue. There will be other courses or workshops from time to time that will interest you, like surface decoration and glazing, and more advanced handbuilding projects and sculpture. And the guild has lots of sources of information to you access. In addition some members give private classes using handbuilding. Many people want to learn to throw so register for our Throwing I course. When you take throwing courses, access to the studio is included in the course fee, so you can keep doing handbuilding on your own to add variety to your throwing practice. Note that there are a strictly limited number of allotted firings for the classes and we try to make sure that the kiln space is divided fairly among the students in the class. Students working at an intermediate level are encouraged to develop their glazing and firing skills so that they can gradually become fully independent potters and members of the Guild. Outside of class you can work cooperatively with members of the Guild who have kiln firing privileges, paying your share of the firing costs and eventually qualifying to fire the kilns on your own. Class members may get together and make glazes, although they should discuss the recipes with the teacher or another experienced potter. Throwing courses – General Overview When throwing, repetition of forms is important so that your body will gain the muscle memory needed to make good strong forms that you will find pleasing. So classes are structured around progressing through the cylinder, bowl and plate forms. Repetition of forms won’t be boring because the basic forms can be altered in many ways to make different functional vessels. Also, we will offer a class in surface decoration so that you can explore different techniques for finishing the surface of your pots. Once you have some facility with throwing the basic forms you can progress to more complex forms in our intermediate/advanced courses. $185.00 (+HST) for 8 classes classes include (1) time learning pottery in class, glaze materials and a limited number of firings (2) time practicing pottery-making in the studio outside of class time classes are small (a maximum of 10 to 12 students in a class depending on the class) you will be a student member of the guild with all its benefits while the classes are running, including having a key to the guild studio for potting outside of class time, attending Guild meetings and workshops (at member's rates for workshops), receive the newsletter and buy supplies at cost additional costs: a refundable key deposit of $25.00 payable at the first class clay to be purchased from the guild supply room (~$10.00 per 10 kg bag + HST) for your first throwing class you will need to buy a basic tool kit from the guild supply room (~$14.00 + HST) purchases at the first class are on a cash or cheque basis How much clay you use depends on whether you recycle your clay and how much pottery you make and keep.  More clay can be purchased as needed. The teacher will fire a limited number of average-sized pieces made during class time only.  Arrangements can be made with Guild members (who are qualified to fire the kilns) to fire extra work at an additional cost.  Throwing Courses – the details: Throwing I – cylinders Cylinders are used to make cups, mugs, pitchers, vases, flower pots, etc. prerequisite Introduction to Clay or equivalent intention that students will take this class once Throwing II – bowls and plates prerequisite Introduction to Clay or equivalent best to take Throwing I first if available intention that students will take this class once Note that Throwing I and II may be offered during the same evening session Throwing III – consolidation/refresher throwing cylinders, bowls and plates make forms with more uniform thickness, better shape control, stronger rims, larger, taller, starting to produce what you envision prerequisite one class each of Throwing I and II, or equivalent intention that students will take this course multiple times, working with the teacher to master the forms to the point that they will be ready to move to more difficult or complex forms with success. The number of classes required will depend in part on how much time the student has to practice outside of class. We expect that students might take Throwing III three or four times before moving on. Throwing IV and V - more difficult and complex forms lids (for jars, sugar bowls, casseroles), altered forms (now that you can make it round really well, how about throwing a square casserole), composite forms (tea pots are the ultimate challenge), making sets of something (i.e. repeating success) prerequisite Throwing III or equivalent for Throwing V you are encourage to discuss your specific throwing goals with the teacher before the classes begin so that both you and your teacher can prepare; e.g. making a teapot could be a goal for this class students may take these classes more than once, but qualified students who have not taken them will have first priority Note that Throwing IV and V may be offered during the same evening session Firing and The Clay Surface Cone 6 Glaze Technology and Kiln Firing · The goal of this class is for students to develop their confidence in glaze making, application and firing. This takes time, so this course will be held in two phases spread over a year. This will also allow students to take throwing courses at the same time as they are taking the glaze and firing course. · Prerequisite: Students must be relatively proficient at handbuilding or wheelwork. · By the end of the course students will know how to make a glaze and will have practiced a number of methods of application. They should be able to load and fire the electric kilns at the guild with a kiln mentor for bisque and cone 6 glaze firings. · If the teacher considers that they are capable in the evaluation at the end of the course then they will be given credit for six supervised firings because of having taken the course. They will also be permitted to bisque fire on their own. · To qualify to glaze fire on their own, they will only need to do one more glaze firing with a kiln mentor. These firings may be done as a small group in order for students to have enough work to fill the kiln. Then the student will be eligible to be tested by the kiln supervisor to be permitted to glaze fire on his or her own without a mentor. For their test to qualify to fire alone, the kiln supervisor will only permit two students at once so that their abilities can be properly evaluated. Students are encouraged to develop and use a checklist when firing the kilns. · The first phase of the glaze and firing course, in May and June 2012, will be a series of five weekly classes on Thursday evenings (7 to 10 pm) starting on May 17 and ending June 14. During this phase students will learn some of the basics of using glaze recipes, how to make a glaze, glaze development, how kilns work, bisque firing and glaze firing. · The second phase, seven classes approximately once a month in the fall and winter of 2012/2013 will allow students to further develop their understanding of glazes, and their confidence with glaze application and glaze firing, while still taking throwing classes at the guild. Many of the classes will likely be on Wednesday when there is no Throwing class running. · The first two classes of the second phase are scheduled for Wednesday September 5 and September 12. The classes dates and times of the remaining classes and firings will be set by consensus for what is best for the majority of students and depending on studio and kiln availability. Decorating the Clay Surface Prerequisite – some experience in addition to Introduction to Clay is recommended, at least Throwing I and II, or equivalent studio practice in handbuilding Slips and underglazes Achieving and enhancing texture Using resists Practice glaze application – dipping, spraying, painting Majolica (on-glaze painting) Cone 10 glazes and Reduction Kiln Firing · Prerequisite – intermediate level of skill in pottery making and qualified to fire KPG electric kilns independently · knowledge about firing our gas kiln is usually transferred through mentoring by current reduction group members, but in the future a more formal course may be developed a Reduction Group handbook is available to assist you	E-NEWS SIGNUP CONTACT US GALLERY MEMBERS SECTION

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