
Repetition in Form
Discover how to create tableware by blending wheel throwing, slabs, and bisque mold-making techniques, mastering consistency and precision in every form.
Create wheel-thrown forms, learn underglazing and texturing techniques, and explore essential preparations and firing techniques for successful soda firing.
June 15 – June 21, 2025
One week session
Kiln Unveiling
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Steere Studio
@10:00 AM
18+
$2,130
$1,150
$100
$50
Skilled beginning to advanced (basic ceramic skills required)
Enrollment is limited to 10 students
In this workshop, we’ll focus on creating wheel-thrown forms and delve into the soda firing process. Participants will experiment with underglazing and texturing techniques, starting with smaller forms for the soda firing before moving on to larger more complex pieces including lidded forms. Demonstrations and discussions will cover throwing techniques, surface finishes, and essential preparations for soda firing, including kiln loading and firing best practices. Participants are encouraged to bring bisque ware suitable for cone 10, as we’ll complete a cone 10 soda firing with light reduction cooling. By the end of the week, you’ll leave with finished soda-fired pieces and bisque-fired work. Open to all levels; some wheel throwing experience is preferred.
Alex Watson holds a BFA in Ceramics from Utah State University (2005). His experience includes residencies at the Carbondale Clay Center and Studio for Artists Works in Colorado as well as a visiting artist role at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute in China. Now in Kansas City, MO, Watson is a full-time potter, serves as studio manager and instructor at the KC Clay Guild, and is a founding member of Kansas City Urban Potters.
Artist website: https://www.kcurbanpotters.com/homekc
Instagram: @alexwatsonpottery
50 lbs B-Mix Wood Fire WC899 Laguna clay, firing, and shared supplies including wadding, underglaze, and glaze.
The program will begin Sunday morning, with a brief orientation at 8:30 am. Workshops will start at 9 am.
Sunday night will feature a program mixer, where you will have an opportunity to meet with your classmates outside of the studio, as well as meet other students in our adult programs for the week.
Monday nights feature an opening reception at the Parks Exhibition Gallery, featuring work from our very own summer faculty!
Daily instruction occurs from 9am-12 pm, with a break for lunch in the campus dining hall (included in tuition), and followed with more instruction from 1pm- 4 pm.
Artist Talks will be held in the evenings on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. This is a wonderful opportunity to listen to our H.O.T. Clay instructors speak on their art.
On Saturday morning at 10 am, join your fellow workshop participants for an exciting kiln unveiling and celebration!
Discover how to create tableware by blending wheel throwing, slabs, and bisque mold-making techniques, mastering consistency and precision in every form.
Explore the fusion of color theory and form in ceramics. Enhance your skills with colored clay, experiment with materials, and gain a deeper understanding of color's role in your ceramic practice.
Explore the fusion of color theory and form in ceramics. Enhance your skills with colored clay, experiment with materials, and gain a deeper understanding of color's role in your ceramic practice.