Overview

ceramics wheel
PDT-Art-01

Introduction to Ceramics: Boundaries

Sharpen your skills on the wheel!

If you are just getting comfortable on the wheel or you are interested in making more consistent or larger vessels, this is the class for you. David Ernster has been working in clay as a production potter and art educator for over 30 years. In this workshop geared towards advanced beginners to experienced potters, Dave will share some of the techniques he has learned about throwing, altering, and assembling forms from the wheel.

Supplies for this class are not provided and/or included in the course tuition. A list of needed supplies will be sent out to students 2 weeks prior to the course.

Tools & Materials

PDT-Art-01

Introduction to Ceramics: Boundaries

Supplies for this class are not provided and/or included in the course tuition. A list of needed supples will be sent out to students 2 weeks prior to the course.

Instructor Bios

PDT-Art-01

Introduction to Ceramics: Boundaries

  • David Ernster

    David Ernster

    I have always been interested in vessels and the ideas of containment, protection, and mystery that they evoke. They possess the quality of containing almost infinite possibilities: stories, dreams, passions, nightmares, kept safe within if only metaphorically. I think that is why I have found myself drawn to mediums traditionally used for making them, specifically clay and metal. These materials also have an almost alchemical aspect to them as they change states and form under the influence of fire during the processes of forming and finishing. To me these materials of clay and metal are basic elements that seem to have an almost infinite permanence in nature as well as a persistent presence in our history. As a child I was enthralled with the fossils and crystal formations I would find in rocks on the banks of the river. Holding these things in my hands beckoned my mind’s eye to open the vessel of my own imagination and see the world as it may have been, or might be. I think that in the work I am doing in clay and metal I am exploring interpretations of the possibilities that I have imagined. The vessels and sculptural pieces are fragments or artifacts that I hope can serve to open the vessels of your imagination.

This course is currently unavailable.