Handbuilding with Piper Smith | Beginner/Intermediate | Wednesday Evenings
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TIME 5:30pm – 7:30pm
DATE Wednesday evenings, March 12–April 23
INSTRUCTOR Piper Smith
LEVEL Beginners/Intermediate
During this session, you will learn the basics of hand-building with clay or advance your skills. You will learn how to build functional and sculptural ware as you are taught the foundations of how clay behaves. You will have the opportunity to focus on independent projects during the session. This session will prepare you well for a wheel-throwing class.
Students Receive
25 lbs. of new clay (*Purchase new Clay)
A half-shelf to store work and tools
Open student hours in studio
Please Bring
Apron (*Purchase Aprons)
Towel
Notebook and pen/pencil
Handbuilding tools (*Purchase Handbuilding Tool Kit)
Bucket, bag, or tool holder for tool storage
Please label all personal items with a Sharpie
Instructor
Piper is a multidisciplinary artist from Kittery, Maine, where she owns and operate Bracken & Briar. She studied ceramics at Maine College of Art and graduated with a BFA in Ceramics in May of 2020. Originally attending Maine College of Art for illustration and printmaking, these techniques and graphic qualities heavily influence her work. Nature, flowers and fruit are also a large influence. Plants frequent the surface of Piper’s ceramics. An appreciator of the ritual aspect of using functional ceramics, she mainly makes functional forms, often using a technique called sgraffito to carve through slip and colorful underglaze to reveal the red earthenware clay body underneath. See her work on Instagram and on her website.
Studio Handbook
By registering for this class, students agree to all terms and conditions in Mill Pond’s Studio Handbook. Please take the time to read and acquaint yourself with these policies and procedures, as failure to follow them could result in termination of student registration with no refund.
Cancellations, Make-Up Classes, Missed Classes
One-Week Notice If a registrant cancels one week or more prior to the class start, they receive a full refund (less a $10 processing fee).
Less Than One-Week Notice If a registrant cancels less than one week prior to the class start, they receive a 50% refund.
Once a Class Starts If a registrant cancels once a class has started, we cannot offer any refund.
Mill Pond Cancellations Classes that do not meet minimum enrollment will be canceled at least two days prior to the class start. Registrants will receive a full refund.
Credit We cannot offer credit for future classes for cancellations.
Make-Up Class If an in-process class is cancelled due to weather, an instructor illness, or other reasons, a make-up class will be added to the end of the session.
Missed Class If a registrant misses a class for personal reasons (including illness), we cannot offer partial refunds.
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TIME 5:30pm – 7:30pm
DATE Wednesday evenings, March 12–April 23
INSTRUCTOR Piper Smith
LEVEL Beginners/Intermediate
During this session, you will learn the basics of hand-building with clay or advance your skills. You will learn how to build functional and sculptural ware as you are taught the foundations of how clay behaves. You will have the opportunity to focus on independent projects during the session. This session will prepare you well for a wheel-throwing class.
Students Receive
25 lbs. of new clay (*Purchase new Clay)
A half-shelf to store work and tools
Open student hours in studio
Please Bring
Apron (*Purchase Aprons)
Towel
Notebook and pen/pencil
Handbuilding tools (*Purchase Handbuilding Tool Kit)
Bucket, bag, or tool holder for tool storage
Please label all personal items with a Sharpie
Instructor
Piper is a multidisciplinary artist from Kittery, Maine, where she owns and operate Bracken & Briar. She studied ceramics at Maine College of Art and graduated with a BFA in Ceramics in May of 2020. Originally attending Maine College of Art for illustration and printmaking, these techniques and graphic qualities heavily influence her work. Nature, flowers and fruit are also a large influence. Plants frequent the surface of Piper’s ceramics. An appreciator of the ritual aspect of using functional ceramics, she mainly makes functional forms, often using a technique called sgraffito to carve through slip and colorful underglaze to reveal the red earthenware clay body underneath. See her work on Instagram and on her website.
Studio Handbook
By registering for this class, students agree to all terms and conditions in Mill Pond’s Studio Handbook. Please take the time to read and acquaint yourself with these policies and procedures, as failure to follow them could result in termination of student registration with no refund.
Cancellations, Make-Up Classes, Missed Classes
One-Week Notice If a registrant cancels one week or more prior to the class start, they receive a full refund (less a $10 processing fee).
Less Than One-Week Notice If a registrant cancels less than one week prior to the class start, they receive a 50% refund.
Once a Class Starts If a registrant cancels once a class has started, we cannot offer any refund.
Mill Pond Cancellations Classes that do not meet minimum enrollment will be canceled at least two days prior to the class start. Registrants will receive a full refund.
Credit We cannot offer credit for future classes for cancellations.
Make-Up Class If an in-process class is cancelled due to weather, an instructor illness, or other reasons, a make-up class will be added to the end of the session.
Missed Class If a registrant misses a class for personal reasons (including illness), we cannot offer partial refunds.
_______________________________________________
TIME 5:30pm – 7:30pm
DATE Wednesday evenings, March 12–April 23
INSTRUCTOR Piper Smith
LEVEL Beginners/Intermediate
During this session, you will learn the basics of hand-building with clay or advance your skills. You will learn how to build functional and sculptural ware as you are taught the foundations of how clay behaves. You will have the opportunity to focus on independent projects during the session. This session will prepare you well for a wheel-throwing class.
Students Receive
25 lbs. of new clay (*Purchase new Clay)
A half-shelf to store work and tools
Open student hours in studio
Please Bring
Apron (*Purchase Aprons)
Towel
Notebook and pen/pencil
Handbuilding tools (*Purchase Handbuilding Tool Kit)
Bucket, bag, or tool holder for tool storage
Please label all personal items with a Sharpie
Instructor
Piper is a multidisciplinary artist from Kittery, Maine, where she owns and operate Bracken & Briar. She studied ceramics at Maine College of Art and graduated with a BFA in Ceramics in May of 2020. Originally attending Maine College of Art for illustration and printmaking, these techniques and graphic qualities heavily influence her work. Nature, flowers and fruit are also a large influence. Plants frequent the surface of Piper’s ceramics. An appreciator of the ritual aspect of using functional ceramics, she mainly makes functional forms, often using a technique called sgraffito to carve through slip and colorful underglaze to reveal the red earthenware clay body underneath. See her work on Instagram and on her website.
Studio Handbook
By registering for this class, students agree to all terms and conditions in Mill Pond’s Studio Handbook. Please take the time to read and acquaint yourself with these policies and procedures, as failure to follow them could result in termination of student registration with no refund.
Cancellations, Make-Up Classes, Missed Classes
One-Week Notice If a registrant cancels one week or more prior to the class start, they receive a full refund (less a $10 processing fee).
Less Than One-Week Notice If a registrant cancels less than one week prior to the class start, they receive a 50% refund.
Once a Class Starts If a registrant cancels once a class has started, we cannot offer any refund.
Mill Pond Cancellations Classes that do not meet minimum enrollment will be canceled at least two days prior to the class start. Registrants will receive a full refund.
Credit We cannot offer credit for future classes for cancellations.
Make-Up Class If an in-process class is cancelled due to weather, an instructor illness, or other reasons, a make-up class will be added to the end of the session.
Missed Class If a registrant misses a class for personal reasons (including illness), we cannot offer partial refunds.