COURSE DESCRIPTION: Join guest artist and instructor Jim Etzkorn for an intensive hands-on skills course geared to Intermediate potters. This workshop includes demonstration, practice and coaching, which will help you take your work to the next level. Jim will cover advanced throwing skills including thrown and altered trays and multi-piece sets, jugs and spouts for pouring, handle-making and surface treatment. This weekend workshop happens over two full days, with a separate follow-up glazing session and cone 10 reduction firing at a later date.
About the Instructor: Jim Etzkorn (Medicine Hat, AB), runs a successful studio practice and has lectured and taught at numerous colleges and art organizations throughout Canada including the University of Manitoba, Red Deer College, the Alberta College of Art and Design and the Kootenay School of the Arts.
Jim is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art and Design, and continues to deepen his ceramic experience through artist residencies including the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity; the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana; Tokoname, Japan, the Shaw International Centre for Ceramic Arts at Medalta, Medicine Hat; and the Plemenitaš Design Art Workshop, in Croatia.
Jim’s work is represented in public and private collections in Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Britain, Holland, Spain and throughout North America. Highlights of his career include a commission to create the dinner set for the 2003 G8 Summit in Kananaskis, a merit award in Taiwan Invitational International Show and work chosen for numerous juried national and international exhibitions.
"My work is influenced by looking at historical objects, understanding ceramic traditions and exploring contemporary ideas.”
Price: $299. plus 5% gst. Included are 10kg. of clay for Cone 10 and bisque firing. Cone 6 clay will be available as an option for those who are unable to participate in the cone 10 reduction firing and plan on glaze firing their own work. Maximum participants: 7
Monday October 23, 9:30 am to 4 pm and drop with optional 6-8 pm evening session
Tuesday October 24, 9:30 am to 4 pm
To register contact susanclaysmith@gmail.com