Surface Decoration with Ros: Colorful Slips & Underglazes
Overview
4 Thursdays, 6-8pm, May 8-29
Ages 16 and up are welcome
Cost: $140 + $25 materials (all materials are included)
Beginners and returners welcome!
Tired of just dipping your pots in glaze? Learn a different way to decorate pottery or ceramic vessels each week, as we explore the wonderful world of colored slips and underglazes.
This class is beginner-friendly, but will have plenty to teach the experienced as well. All the techniques in this class can be used on handbuilt or wheel thrown work. We’ll practice each technique on ceramic tiles, but feel free to bring in your own leather-hard pots if you'd prefer (clays other than the ones we provide in-studio will need to be approved by the instructor). We’ll cover:
Using stencils and paper as a resist
Sgraffito
Mishima
Underglaze transfers
What students are saying about this teacher:
“Ros and the Friendly City Clay and Art team are amazing! Each class is a beautiful community of learning a new skill TOGETHER. Ros creates a wonderful and welcoming atmosphere that I look forward to being part of weekly” -Erin
About the Instructor:
Ros O’Brien is an artist and studio potter who makes nature-inspired pottery from her home studio in Harrisonburg, VA. She works primarily with textured soft slabs, although her work sometimes incorporates thrown, pinched, or coiled components. Ros is endlessly curious, and has studied a diverse range of ceramic techniques with artists and potters around the globe, including Gail Kendall, Lauren Karle, Bill Griffith, and Ellen Shankin, and she was in the 2020 cohort of Naomi Clement’s Finding Your Voice Mentorship Program. Ros loves teaching, from beginner to advanced handbuilding. She loves to see people come together and learn about each other and themselves through clay, and enjoys the creative and unique ways her students come up with to use classic techniques. She is an instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, and the owner of Friendly City Clay & Art Center in Harrisonburg, VA, where she teaches handbuilding.
Class Cancellations and Absence
Refunds minus a $20 processing fee are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.
Overview
4 Thursdays, 6-8pm, May 8-29
Ages 16 and up are welcome
Cost: $140 + $25 materials (all materials are included)
Beginners and returners welcome!
Tired of just dipping your pots in glaze? Learn a different way to decorate pottery or ceramic vessels each week, as we explore the wonderful world of colored slips and underglazes.
This class is beginner-friendly, but will have plenty to teach the experienced as well. All the techniques in this class can be used on handbuilt or wheel thrown work. We’ll practice each technique on ceramic tiles, but feel free to bring in your own leather-hard pots if you'd prefer (clays other than the ones we provide in-studio will need to be approved by the instructor). We’ll cover:
Using stencils and paper as a resist
Sgraffito
Mishima
Underglaze transfers
What students are saying about this teacher:
“Ros and the Friendly City Clay and Art team are amazing! Each class is a beautiful community of learning a new skill TOGETHER. Ros creates a wonderful and welcoming atmosphere that I look forward to being part of weekly” -Erin
About the Instructor:
Ros O’Brien is an artist and studio potter who makes nature-inspired pottery from her home studio in Harrisonburg, VA. She works primarily with textured soft slabs, although her work sometimes incorporates thrown, pinched, or coiled components. Ros is endlessly curious, and has studied a diverse range of ceramic techniques with artists and potters around the globe, including Gail Kendall, Lauren Karle, Bill Griffith, and Ellen Shankin, and she was in the 2020 cohort of Naomi Clement’s Finding Your Voice Mentorship Program. Ros loves teaching, from beginner to advanced handbuilding. She loves to see people come together and learn about each other and themselves through clay, and enjoys the creative and unique ways her students come up with to use classic techniques. She is an instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, and the owner of Friendly City Clay & Art Center in Harrisonburg, VA, where she teaches handbuilding.
Class Cancellations and Absence
Refunds minus a $20 processing fee are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.
Overview
4 Thursdays, 6-8pm, May 8-29
Ages 16 and up are welcome
Cost: $140 + $25 materials (all materials are included)
Beginners and returners welcome!
Tired of just dipping your pots in glaze? Learn a different way to decorate pottery or ceramic vessels each week, as we explore the wonderful world of colored slips and underglazes.
This class is beginner-friendly, but will have plenty to teach the experienced as well. All the techniques in this class can be used on handbuilt or wheel thrown work. We’ll practice each technique on ceramic tiles, but feel free to bring in your own leather-hard pots if you'd prefer (clays other than the ones we provide in-studio will need to be approved by the instructor). We’ll cover:
Using stencils and paper as a resist
Sgraffito
Mishima
Underglaze transfers
What students are saying about this teacher:
“Ros and the Friendly City Clay and Art team are amazing! Each class is a beautiful community of learning a new skill TOGETHER. Ros creates a wonderful and welcoming atmosphere that I look forward to being part of weekly” -Erin
About the Instructor:
Ros O’Brien is an artist and studio potter who makes nature-inspired pottery from her home studio in Harrisonburg, VA. She works primarily with textured soft slabs, although her work sometimes incorporates thrown, pinched, or coiled components. Ros is endlessly curious, and has studied a diverse range of ceramic techniques with artists and potters around the globe, including Gail Kendall, Lauren Karle, Bill Griffith, and Ellen Shankin, and she was in the 2020 cohort of Naomi Clement’s Finding Your Voice Mentorship Program. Ros loves teaching, from beginner to advanced handbuilding. She loves to see people come together and learn about each other and themselves through clay, and enjoys the creative and unique ways her students come up with to use classic techniques. She is an instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, and the owner of Friendly City Clay & Art Center in Harrisonburg, VA, where she teaches handbuilding.
Class Cancellations and Absence
Refunds minus a $20 processing fee are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.