ASUMH Workforce and Community Education

If you love colorful pumpkins for autumn decorations and if you like miniature things, join me for this class using all stoneware clays,  your choice of white, buff, or speckled buff.  You may make as many as you can with your provided clay, in the first four-hour session, then glaze them as strikes your fancy at the second four-hour session.  Pick up your treasures at the third session.  This is a perfect class for anyone who thinks they're not creative. Pumpkins are usually irregularly shaped in nature, so you can't mess up!  Just have fun. If you prefer perfection of perspective, go for it!  You might risk embarrassing Mother Nature on this one!

 *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.