Shepherd Clay Works

WORKSHOPS

DESCRIPTION:

Raku and saggar fire approach. Thin-shell saggar vessel preparation and firing. Two to three days of demonstration, lecture and hands-on experience. Throwing and “thrown and altered” demonstration, glaze application, slip formulas, brushwork techniques, burnishing and terra-sigillata applications. Post-fire reduction approaches for raku and saggar. Participants may bring six to ten cone 07-bisque fired pieces to complete during the workshop.

Day One: Demonstration and lecture in throwing and altered thrown forms. Leather hard burnishing and dry burnishing techniques. Prepare pieces for two types of firing: thin-shell wrap and vessel saggar. End of day: slide show; hand-out of clay glaze, slip and terra-sigillata formulas.

Day Two: Raku glaze, slip, under glaze stain and brushwork techniques. Discussion and demonstration; combustibles and oxides; post fire treatments in oxidation and reduction. Kiln preparation and firing approaches; gas and pit firing. Students continue to prepare and fire work.

Day Three: All day firing of work, saggar, raku, and “saggaraku” utilizing the techniques and formulas presented during the workshop. Workshop wrap up.

ANNUAL SHOWS:

February	Annual Fine Auction	Western Colorado Center for the Arts
June	Contemporary Colorado	Western Colorado Center for the Arts
July	Annual Fine Auction	Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO
September	Fall Arts Festival	Glenwood Springs, CO
November	Holiday Arts Festival	Western Colorado Center for the Arts

WORKSHOPS:

April 3-5, 2004	Aims Community College, Greely, Colorado	Saggar, Raku, Thrown and Altered work.
June 1-5, 2004	Saddlepocket Ranch, Slader, Colorado	Thin Shelled-Saggar, Raku.
August 7-12, 2004	Lynette Jennings Foundation, Eagleheart Ranch, Glade Park	Colorado Creative Retreat with Lynette Jennings, Tom Turner, Jim Romberg, Les Manning, Catharine Hiersoux, Bryan Yancey and Lana Wilso

YEAR -ROUND CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS:

Terry teaches beginning through advanced pottery classes throughout the year at the Western Colorado Center For The Arts in Grand Junction, Colorado. Also, available are weekend workshops. For more information call 970-243-7337 x2 or visit their website at www.gjartcenter.org.