Studio Gift Certificates...
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Gift certificates for our studio classes & private
lessons are available!!
Class Registration
for questions and registration:
email or call Michele or Mikey
info@orendaga.com
518.863.8013
Full payment is due upon enrollment. A class
may be cancelled if the minimum no. of
participants is not met. Full refunds will be
issued in this circumstance.
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artist in residence
Tile & Handbuilding. This is an excellent class for the beginner interested in learning how to work with clay, as well as the experienced artist looking to develop their range of skills. We will be making tiles and experimenting with pattern and texture. Participants will learn how to work with plaster, capturing texture, and taking molds of their finished tiles. The molds will be used to make multiples to construct lidded boxes complete with feet and handles. The class will cover handbuilding techniques, design, and the bisq and glaze firing processes.
Handbuilding: Face Jugs. This special offering will be taught by our Summer Artist-in-Residence, Jono Robbins. More information, including class dates, to come...
Handbuilding Pottery: Platters. Handbuilding pottery is a stunning alternative, and supplement to, using the potter's wheel. This gives the artist an alternate way to experiment with form and texture. We will be working with porcelain slabs to create plates and platters of differing sizes and shapes while using a variety of ceramic techniques: drape molding, pressing, stamping, scrafitto, slip trailing, and more. Participants will be looking at contemporary and historic pottery, sketching ideas, and discussing design to end up with elegant, functional platters.
Introduction to Pottery: Centering & Throwing. Learning how to throw on the potter's wheel is one thing on everyone's "bucket list." This is your chance! This class guides the beginner through basic ceramics, working with clay, the centering process, pulling cylinders, and creating functional ware on the wheel. We will be looking at historic & contemporary pottery, sketching ideas, learning basic glaze techniques, and discussing the bisq and glaze firing processes. This class is a prerequisite beginner/refresher course for more advanced classes.
Throwing, Throwing, Throwing! Throwing, throwing, and more throwing for ALL LEVELS! Focus will be on practicing the basic skills needed to master centering, throwing, and trimming. We will revisit the basic pottery forms: cup, bowl, plate; with emphasis on technique and SKILL. We will be making additions to our pots, such as spouts and handles, and we will begin to touch on the techniques needed to throw plates and platters.
Pottery Form & Surface: Intermediate Throwing. While expanding on basic throwing skills, this class dives into making intentional forms, creating larger pieces, and exploring the surfaces of pots as they relate to their shape. We will be sketching out ideas with considerable attention being paid to the finished design: incorporating color, texture, and pattern into our pots.
Swayze & Moore: At the wheel! This special offering will be co-taught by long-time friends: Resident Artist, Jono Robbins and in-house artist, Michele Drozd. Chock full of humor & skill, this will be the class to take! More details and info coming soon.
Fresh New Pots: Handbuilding & Throwing Combined. NEW!! While expanding on basic throwing and handbuilding skills, this class utilizes a combination of the two in order to design and make new and exciting pots! We will explore throwing and altering with hand built additions, throwing in sections to build larger pieces, and adding decorated elements to the pots using impressed, stamped, and incised slabs.
►The Single Lesson Package
Available for our guests of all ages... offers a rare (and fun!) no-commitment-opportunity to work one-on-one with a ceramist and learn the art of throwing on the pottery wheel. The 1 hour lesson includes a throwing demonstration, step by step instruction, plenty of clay and time to play on the wheel, and a $15 voucher for our Gallery & Mercantile. $50. Students will not be able to finish a piece to take home in such a short amount of time, but the voucher allows you to choose one of ours!
Families... we can offer the single lesson package to your family or group of friends for an additional $15 per person (allows for each student to take one of our pieces home).
Please call or email to schedule your lesson with Michele or Mikey.
►Private & Group Lessons
Available for all ages and skill levels, this is a great way to learn throwing or improve skills without signing up for a class. A minimum of 3 1 hr. lessons are necessary to complete a piece to take home. Schedule the lessons privately, or bring friends or family for group fun. $30 per person/class, includes materials and firings.
artist in residence
2012 Spring/Summer Classes: classes & dates TBA
Each session has 5 classes; 2 evenings per week for 2.5 weeks, and one Sunday morning open studio.
Class is from 6pm to 8:30pm
Cost: $150, including materials & firings
Tile & Handbuilding. This is an excellent class for the beginner interested in learning how to work with clay, as well as the experienced artist looking to develop their range of skills. We will be making tiles and experimenting with pattern and texture. Participants will learn how to work with plaster, capturing texture, and taking molds of their finished tiles. The molds will be used to make multiples to construct lidded boxes complete with feet and handles. The class will cover handbuilding techniques, design, and the bisq and glaze firing processes.
Handbuilding: Face Jugs. This special offering will be taught by our Summer Artist-in-Residence, Jono Robbins. More information, including class dates, to come...
- Coming This July!
Handbuilding Pottery: Platters. Handbuilding pottery is a stunning alternative, and supplement to, using the potter's wheel. This gives the artist an alternate way to experiment with form and texture. We will be working with porcelain slabs to create plates and platters of differing sizes and shapes while using a variety of ceramic techniques: drape molding, pressing, stamping, scrafitto, slip trailing, and more. Participants will be looking at contemporary and historic pottery, sketching ideas, and discussing design to end up with elegant, functional platters.
Introduction to Pottery: Centering & Throwing. Learning how to throw on the potter's wheel is one thing on everyone's "bucket list." This is your chance! This class guides the beginner through basic ceramics, working with clay, the centering process, pulling cylinders, and creating functional ware on the wheel. We will be looking at historic & contemporary pottery, sketching ideas, learning basic glaze techniques, and discussing the bisq and glaze firing processes. This class is a prerequisite beginner/refresher course for more advanced classes.
- Coming This May & July!
Throwing, Throwing, Throwing! Throwing, throwing, and more throwing for ALL LEVELS! Focus will be on practicing the basic skills needed to master centering, throwing, and trimming. We will revisit the basic pottery forms: cup, bowl, plate; with emphasis on technique and SKILL. We will be making additions to our pots, such as spouts and handles, and we will begin to touch on the techniques needed to throw plates and platters.
- Coming This June!
Pottery Form & Surface: Intermediate Throwing. While expanding on basic throwing skills, this class dives into making intentional forms, creating larger pieces, and exploring the surfaces of pots as they relate to their shape. We will be sketching out ideas with considerable attention being paid to the finished design: incorporating color, texture, and pattern into our pots.
Swayze & Moore: At the wheel! This special offering will be co-taught by long-time friends: Resident Artist, Jono Robbins and in-house artist, Michele Drozd. Chock full of humor & skill, this will be the class to take! More details and info coming soon.
- Coming This June!
Fresh New Pots: Handbuilding & Throwing Combined. NEW!! While expanding on basic throwing and handbuilding skills, this class utilizes a combination of the two in order to design and make new and exciting pots! We will explore throwing and altering with hand built additions, throwing in sections to build larger pieces, and adding decorated elements to the pots using impressed, stamped, and incised slabs.
►The Single Lesson Package
Available for our guests of all ages... offers a rare (and fun!) no-commitment-opportunity to work one-on-one with a ceramist and learn the art of throwing on the pottery wheel. The 1 hour lesson includes a throwing demonstration, step by step instruction, plenty of clay and time to play on the wheel, and a $15 voucher for our Gallery & Mercantile. $50. Students will not be able to finish a piece to take home in such a short amount of time, but the voucher allows you to choose one of ours!
Families... we can offer the single lesson package to your family or group of friends for an additional $15 per person (allows for each student to take one of our pieces home).
Please call or email to schedule your lesson with Michele or Mikey.
►Private & Group Lessons
Available for all ages and skill levels, this is a great way to learn throwing or improve skills without signing up for a class. A minimum of 3 1 hr. lessons are necessary to complete a piece to take home. Schedule the lessons privately, or bring friends or family for group fun. $30 per person/class, includes materials and firings.