Friday, February 26, 2010

Large Platter Workshop 2/26

There was a large platter workshop in our clay studio today and it was very successful. Thank you for take part in this class!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Materials arrived 2/25

We waited for the truck coming for long long time, and at last lots of materials arrived with full truck load this afternoon! We are sorry for making you wait, and now we have a lot. Please give us a call/email and come to pick up what you need.

Supply Shop:
phone: 910-428-9007
Email: info@starworksnc.org

Friday, February 19, 2010

Spring Workshop Information

STARworks Ceramics clay studio will have several exciting workshops this spring.

1: Large Platter Workshop
Friday February 26th 10am-12pm, $35/person Max 4 participants,
Instructor: Hitomi Shibata --- Full on 2/19
Participants will learn throwing technique and make a minimum 16 inch platter. After the class, you can take your platter home with you. We will provide our original local NC clay and you can choose either cone10 or cone 6. Firing is not included. This workshop is geared to anyone wanting instruction in Japanese large platter throwing technique. There are basic tools in our studio, but you might need to bring your own pottery tools. Intermediate to Advanced.




2: Coiled Large Jar Workshop
March 1, 2010, $35/person Max 10 participants,
Instructor: Hitomi Shibata
Participants will learn coil building techniques and make a minimum 12 inch tall jar on a banding wheel. Instruction will include information about Japanese traditional jars and how to make one. After the class, you can take your jar home with you. We will provide our original local NC clay and you can choose either cone10 or cone 6. Firing is not included. This workshop is geared to anyone wanting instruction in Japanese coil building techniques. There are basic tools in our studio, but you might need to bring your own pottery tools. Beginner to Advanced.



3: Clay Box Workshop
Saturday March 13, 2010 10am- 11:30am, $30/person Max 10 participants,
Instructor: Hitomi Shibata
Participants will make a container clay containeres by molds. Decorating techniques will be taught including inlay, clay slip applied using a brush( Hakeme) and drawing. After the class, you can take your clay box home with you. We will provide our original local NC clay for your work and you can choose either cone10 or cone 6. Firing is not included. This workshop is geared to anyone interested in learning new forming and decoration techniques. There are basic tools in our studio, but you might need to bring your own pottery tools. Beginner to Intermediate.

4: Introduction of Clay Research
Saturday April 24, 2010 10am-12pm, $35/person Max 20 participants,
Instructor: Takuro Shibata
Participants will learn how to test clays and techniques developed by Takuro Shibata who does the STARworks Ceramics clay research. He will give a lecture and demonstration emphasizing use of local clays, and then participants will process local clays to prepare for testing. This workshop is geared to anyone interested in making and testing their own clay formulas using local materials. All levels.



Please sign up soon because space is limited. In case of a bad weather or without meeting minimum number of participants, classes might be canceled with full refund. Give us a call or email, if you are interested.
Email: hitomi@starworksnc.org

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Kids Class in the office


STARworks Ceramics had kids from Biscoe, NC and they made mugs and face jugs. Unfortunately our clay studio was too cold to work, so we set up table and bench in our office area. They saw the article of news paper and very interested in making pots. Pots will be ready for pick up in a month and hope they will like it.