Raku Weekend (Long Weekend)

$635.00

Full

Clay

Brasstown

Long Weekend

Ages

Sep

Fri

Sep

Mon

04:00

12:00

Schedule Type Title: Every Day of the Week

Schedule Description: Daily

Sessions: 4

Session Hours: 4.00

Program Area: Clay

Instructor: Harry Hearne & Julie Hearne

Studio/Location: Clay Studio

Student Materials: Please bring the following: - 10-12 bisqued raku pieces - no closed forms - lidded vessels count as two - One work towel - Work apron, if you want - Wear closed-toe shoes for Raku firing, as well as long pants & long sleeves (cotton). Firing and glaze cost will be charged. These costs are included in the price the school charges for clay. Standard firing fee: $10

School Fee & Materials: FOLK SCHOOL FEE: $10 plenty of newspaper for reduction chambers

Instructor Materials: -Raku kilns -Tongs - Pyrometer - empty aluminum trash cans - welding gloves - newspaper (1’ high stack at least)

Equipment Needs: raku kilns

Skill Level: All levels

Total Materials Fees: $30

Clay Studio
1 FOLK SCHOOL RD
BRASSTOWN, NC 28902-8008

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Come explore the magic and science of raku firing. Experiment with various glaze application techniques and learn about the variables involved in post-firing reduction and how they affect the glaze outcome. Divide your time between hands-on experience glazing and firing with time spent reviewing results and discussing recipes. Students should bring raku bisqueware ready to fire.

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Come explore the magic and science of raku firing. Experiment with various glaze application techniques and learn about the variables involved in post-firing reduction and how they affect the glaze outcome. Divide your time between hands-on experience glazing and firing with time spent reviewing results and discussing recipes. Students should bring raku bisqueware ready to fire.

$30

Harry Hearne has been a full-time raku artist since 1990, creating exquisite work out of his own Turning Point Clay Studio. In addition to teaching classes there, he taught for five years at the Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts and has conducted workshops at various colleges, universities, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and at the Folk School since 1995. Harry is credited as founder of the Folk School's "Mousetown."

Julie Hearne has been working in clay since 1999. She shows her work at nationally juried art festivals and is known for her indoor and outdoor stoneware sculpture and totems as well as her image transfer quote work. She is affiliated with Turning Point Clay Studio and has been teaching with Harry Hearne since 2005.

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