Visiting Artist: Kevin Crowe (Tye River Pottery)

We’re thrilled to welcome Kevin Crowe, owner and potter at Tye River Pottery, to Hand / Thrown for an in-depth, weekend-long wheel throwing intensive. The theme: Taking Risks!

This 2-Day intensive will focus on exploring those forms we have kept at arm’s length, just out of reach… at the edge of the wheel where avoidance lives. We’ll examine the blocks, both technical and aesthetic, that lie between us and those pots we want to make. This intensive is best suited for intermediate and advanced wheel throwers. Students should be able to center, pull up, and throw basic forms such as bowls and cylinders unassisted. Come to class with an understanding of where you reach your limit on the wheel and an idea of what pieces you’d like to push yourself to try.

The class fee includes a 25-lb bag of clay and firing for that first bag; additional bags of clay can be purchased and will require a $3/lb firing fee.

This is a weekend long intensive and will run on May 17 & 18th, Saturday and Sunday, 10:00-5:00pm. All wares should be taken home with you at the end of the day on Sunday May 18th or placed on the greenware shelf for firing as this intensive does not allow for storage.