Clay Camp 2013 Update

Clay Camp 1, Beginners: June 17 - 21
24 people max
age 7 - 10 years old, no experience needed

Clay Camp 2, Intermediate: June 24 - 28
20 people max
age 9 - 12 years old, must have an experience of making pottery especially wheel throwing

Clay Camp 3, Advanced: July 8 - 12
10 people max
age 12 - 15 years old, must be able to use electric wheel without support, prefered to attend clay camp in last two years or equivalent experience. Students will concentrate wheel throwing and also make high quality sculpture with professional artists. Required self motivation and strong interest for arts.

Related Schedule
Aug 5 - 9 Summer Camp Show installation in the STARworks gallery
Aug 12 - 16 Summer Camp Show in the STARworks Gallery

Cost: $85 per student
Drop Off: 11:30am - 12pm
Class: 12pm - 3pm  (1:30-1:50 Snack Break)
Pick Up: 3pm - 3:30pm
* students may bring own lunch and eat before class begins in the clay studio eating area

Guest Artist: Ben Owen, Eck McCanless, Rosa Patton, MaryElaine Bernard

If you are interested, please call to 910-428-9007 or email to hitomi@starworksnc.org

Clay Camp for Teachers 2013

Clay Camp for Teachers 2013

Class Description:
This class is made for teachers and instructors who want to brush up pottery making technique and knowledge for their class room. STARworks Ceramics will offer and share useful information from our ceramic educational programs.

Schedule:
Clay Camp for Teachers 1: July 23 (Tue) 12-2pm (and 1 hour extra studio hour)
Workshop: Hand building and Wheel Throwing

Clay Camp for Teachers 2: July 30 (Tue) 12-2pm (and 1 hour extra studio hour)
Workshop: Handbuilding and trimming
Seminar: clay, under glaze, and other useful materials and information

Clay Camp for Teachers 3: Aug 6 (Tue) 12-2pm (and 1 hour extra studio hour)
Workshop: Glazing and Glaze Firing
Seminar: Glaze making and managing firing

Clay Camp for Teachers 4: Aug 13 (Tue) 12-1pm
Seminar: Evaluation, exhibition set up and other issues, gallery talk, etc
Participants will pick up their own pots

$100 for 4 series
All materials, instruction and firing fee are included
20 people maximum
Participants must be an art related teacher

Clay Snowman Workshop

Space is getting full (10 left). 

Please sign up sooner!

December 1 (Sat)  “Clay Snowman Workshop”

Instructor: Hitomi Shibata and Susan Yates

Age: All ages (families are welcome!)

Cost: $15/person

Time:1pm-2:00pm

Class size: 50 people/max

For Class Registration, email to: hitomi@starworksnc.org

SWC Clay Studio Upcoming Workshop, Fall 2012

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SWC Clay Studio Upcoming Workshop, Fall 2012

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October 6 (Sat)  “Clay Pumpkin Workshop”

Instructor: Hitomi Shibata

Age: All ages (families are welcome)

Cost: $15/person

Time: 1pm-2pm

Class size: 50 people/max

December 1 (Sat)  “Clay Snowman Workshop”

Instructor: Hitomi Shibata and Susan Yates

Age: All ages (families are welcome!)

Cost: $15/person

Time:1pm-2:00pm

Class size: 50 people/max

For Class Registration, email to: hitomi@starworksnc.org

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What a Great Weekend

STARworks Ceramics is pleased the Open House with Shimpo USA and Cone Art Kiln went very well and there were many people came to see the event. Thank you all so much.

It was a lot of work for all staff of STARworks Ceramics (especially clean up the huge space), and we are happy the event was a great success. We really appreciate Yosuke Koizumi's & Karen Wise's wonderful demonstrations and lectures, and Ian Chung's useful&helpful lecture of electric kiln. 

Here is the photo gallery of the great weekend we had.

Welcome to STARworks Ceramics

Pug mill maintenance man

Lots of equipment and people

Can I help you?

Ian explained about kiln for people

Break time

Yosuke's demonstration

he showed how to make a giant bowl

great pots by great clay!

Karen's lecture about native American pots

Ian's lecture

a bicycle?

cheese!

Ben Owen & Dan Finch

Tom Gray

Angela&Eddie, Wetdog Glass

Thanks, STARworks Girls

Bored?

Nope

Pizza party after the long day

Great job everyone!

   

Thank you for your cooperation!

Clay Camp 2012 Update

STARworks Ceramics will have exciting summer camp "Clay Camp 2012" and will be two sessions this year:

Session 1: 6/18(Mon) to 6/22(Fri), 7-10 years old
Session 2: 6/25(Mon) to 6/29(Fri), 10-14 years old

Both groups will learn hand building (coil and slab), wheel throwing, decorating and also firing (Pit firing and Raku firing). There will be a guest artist and students learn pottery tradition, history and technique from professional artist.

In August, students work will be exhibited in STARworks Gallery and have a reception with public.

We will announce more details soon.

West Moore Elementary School visit

STARworks hosted a group from Westmoore Elementary School on Dec 20th, and students (2nd graders) made Clay Houses in our clay studio. Hitomi and Anne taught how to make it, and students worked so hard and made beautiful clay houses.

Hitomi talked about clay house project at the biggining

students watched Hitomi's demo

Anne helped students

Parents sometimes worked harder than students

Working together!

 Clay houses were dried, bisqued, glazed and fired. Now it's ready to go to Artists' home.

It was a great fun workshop with Westmoore school students!
Thank you so much for coming to STARworks.

Christmas Tree Workshop

Great Christmas trees!

Christmas Tree Making Workshop

Christmas Tree Making Workshop
Dec 3 (Sat) 1pm-2pm, 2011

$10 for Child, $15 for Adult
Max 40 participants
To register:
910-428-9007
or
hitomi@starworksnc.org

Great Pumpkins

STARworks Ceramics had firing for lots of clay pumpkins and they were taken home safely.
It was really successful and fun workshop.

Nice details by participants

Great Pumpkins!

Instructor's pumpkins

Hope to see you next workshop!