Masks of the Earth

Dive into the culture of masks with Cal Duran. Explore and research your own lineage and create your own mask by sculpting faces and forms from clay and glaze. Found in every culture, there is a spiritual power in masks that transports one into realms unseen and gives voice to things unspoken. Within the context of ritual, putting on a mask places the wearer at the intersection between the present and the past, the living and the dead, this world and the Otherworld.

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  Cal Duran

Community tools are available for student use, in exception of a small sponge. If you prefer personal tools, a basic ceramics tool kit, small sponges and large clean up sponges may be available for purchase at ASLD on a first come, first served basis. We welcome you to bring any new, used, found and repurposed tools you may have.

Please bring to class:

-Your favorite tools -Clean up sponge

Optional -Apron -Towel -Dishwashing gloves to use for end of class clean up

If you purchase your own tools, we suggest you assemble a basic tool kit that includes:

- Potter's rib (wood and or rubber) - Metal rib - Wood modeling tool - Needle tool - Trimming tool(s) - Throwing sponge

Local Ceramic supply stores:

Rocky Mountain Clay 1220 W 1st Ave, Denver, CO 80223 Continental Clay 5303 East 47th Ave., Denver, CO 80216 Stoneleaf Pottery 6611 W 58th Pl, Arvada, CO 80003 Meiningers 499 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203