ASUMH Workforce and Community Education

Using real leaves for shapes and natural veins, you will be forming your choice of provided stoneware clays to make one or more of several items.  Make your own set of coasters, a bowl or two, a nest for a sculpted mouse, etc.  With a variety of glazes, you can decorate your leaves however you like.  You may provide selections from your own yard if you'd like.   Make during the first four-hour session, glaze during the second four-hour session, then pick up your finished creations at the third session.

 *Everything you need will be provided.

 *Must be 15 or older.

 *The class will be held at ASUMH Technical Center on Hwy 62 across from Plumlee Tire.

Instructor BIO:

Marian's background in pottery began in 1982 in Hawaii. She first studied wheel for several years. The adventure of hand building began in 2004 after retirement to Arkansas. Marian works with stoneware, porcelain, and earthenware (terra cotta) clays. She uses commercial glazes, pigments, and stains to achieve desired results, firing to clay-appropriate temperatures up to 2232° in an electric, oxidation kiln at her home studio near Yellville in Marion Co., AR. She considers her style to be organic and rustic. Teaching is Marian's favorite part of her clay journey, helping others to experience the excitement of creating something useful and/or beautiful from a hunk of partially dried mud.