Course Description:
Introduction to the potter’s wheel, giving you a solid base on which to build your throwing skills.. Purchasing a beginner's pottery set from a local art store is required.
Skill Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Course Description:
This is for those interested in studio access without instruction. Anyone enrolling must have a studio orientation with the Ceramics Studio Coordinator and adhere to EAC’s studio policies on materials, clean-up, and entrance and exit procedures. Prerequisite: students enrolled in Independent Study must have completed one ceramics class at EAC. Time depends on class schedule and will be determined in the first week of class.
Course Description:
Discover how a basic sewing machine can add embellishment and dimension to fabric in your creative projects. Learn sewing techniques like fiber couching, thread sketching, applique, and techniques to add texture to fabric with ruffles, pleating, layered cutting, and controlled crumpling.
Skill Level: Intermediate, Basic sewing knowledge is required
Course Description:
Snip, tear and assemble your way through the expressive medium of collage. Create compositions using a variety of papers and techniques to gather images, shapes and colors. To inspire your work, themes such as quotes, poems, landscape and personal imagery will be shared.
Skill Level: All Levels
Course Description:
Learn the materials and methods of bookbinding, and make a variety of handmade books. Starting with folded books and pamphlet stitch, students will gradually hone their skill and continue on to more complex books. You will complete eight or more books over the course of the session, books that can be used as journals or given as gifts!
Repeaters of the course will practice learning new skills alongside new binders, honing their craft.
Skill Level: Beginner
Course Description:
Learn the materials and methods of bookbinding, and make a variety of handmade books. Starting with folded books and pamphlet stitch, students will gradually hone their skill and continue on to more complex books. You will complete eight or more books over the course of the session, books that can be used as journals or given as gifts!
Repeaters of the course will practice learning new skills alongside new binders, honing their craft.
Skill Level: Beginner
Course Description:
Paper Mache Sculpture: Form and Structure introduces paper mache as a versatile medium for constructing three-dimensional forms, whether representational or abstract. We will explore armature construction, layering methodologies, and surface development through hands-on projects. The course emphasizes structural integrity, balance, texture, and experimental approaches to form-making.
Skill Level: All Levels
Course Description:
Building upon the information, tools, and techniques covered in the Basic Woodworking class or for new students with previous woodworking experience. Students will continue working on current projects as well as beginning new ones approved by the instructor. Understanding wood and wood movement, purchasing raw lumber, furniture joinery, finishing techniques, and a thorough understanding of hand and power tools in today’s woodworking shops will be explored. Students will be expected to purchase their own materials for their projects.
