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Nick Joerling
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- Instructor: Nick Joerling
Date/Time: Sat- Mon, 10am-4pm, January 15-17th, 2011
Fee: $285 Members; $305 Non-members
Course Description: Beginning with round pots coming from the wheel, we'll push, cut, coax, and stretch those form. Why alter pots? Tom Spleth nicely observed, "As work departs from thrown forms that typically refers to pots and pottery, it gains the ability to describe forms in nature, suggest the vulnerability of the figure, and express the asymmetry found in human experience." Our focus will be on utilitarian pots but we'll take some liberties with that notion too. Various ways of making handles, lids, and spouts will be explored. Slides and demonstrations will form the backdrop for lively conversation about everything from making a living to making pots personal. Process is paramount, humor emphasized, taking chances encouraged. Some throwing experience is recommended. Pots will be bisqued, but not glaze fired.
Brief Biography: Nick Joerling is a full-time studio potter who has maintained a studio in Penland, North Carolina since the mid-1980's. He received a B.A. in History from the University of Dayton, Ohio, and an M.F.A. in Ceramics from Louisiana State University in 1986. He has taught in craft programs in the United States and abroad, been widely reviewed and exhibited, and is represented in public and private collections.
