Ages 14-17 | Building Clay 2 Ways

07/28/2025 - 08/01/2025 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Level: All

Registration opens on 01/21/2025

Price

$440

Member Price

$440

Material Fee: 40

Room: B5

200 Grant Street Denver

This is a two week clay camp.

Tickets go on sale on 01/21/2025

Students will explore the concept of identity as it relates to themselves and their part in their environment and come up with a design. This design shall be applied to a functional personal item (cup, bowl or both) or built sculpture. To build this vessel, students will learn coil, slab and pinch methods and one or all methods in combination. This vessel shall then be built in the second week using airdry clay with a cold finish using acrylic paints.

WEEK 1

Day 1

• Draw out sketch of Item you would like to build Using either slab, pinch, coil or all

combined.

Day 2-5

• Use The time to build the piece you have chosen to make. By the end of Friday’s class all

items should be complete and on the shelf for bisque firing.

WEEK 2

Day 6

• This is the beginning of week 2.

• You shall rebuild the Item you made in week 1 and this time with air dry clay.

• This will not be fired.

• You shall finish this piece with acrylic paint

Day 7-8

• Continue building with air dry clay

• By end of Day 8 this should be finished to stand and dry . once dry acrylic can be painted on.

Day 9-10

• Complete the cold finish project.

*** Also in week 2 your bisqued Project should be out and ready for glazing.

We shall also be glazing these pieces in week 2. ***

Sheila Mungai

All supplies are included in the materials fee and will be provided at ASLD.