Making Pottery with Press Molds by A. Blair Clemo
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​Blair Clemo will teach a hands-on two day workshop on a wide range of innovative techniques for making and use plaster press and spring molds.  Press molds are a surprisingly easy to learn for adding  personally designed features to wheel thrown and hand built pots.  A great way to up your decorating game.  Participants will leave with a large number of their own molds.  

Blair Clemo is a Professor of Ceramics at VCU in Richmond and the author of a two DVD mold making and handbuilding publication, Simply Ornate produced by Ceramic Arts Daily.    He will have a solo show in the District Clay Gallery from March 30th to April 29th.    

Clemo will also be doing a free artist talk on Friday, April 27th, from 6:30-8:30 pm. 

4/28-29, $230.00.  Max 12 participants.

JOHN BRITT 3 Day Glaze Test Workshop 
June 8-10, 9 - 5 pm, $325

During this 3 day John Britt Glaze Testing workshop you will learn from one of the country's premier glaze experts how to accurately and confidently create the glazes and colors that most intrigue you.   The format of the workshop is to create personal test tiles running color blends with cone 6 oxidation or cone 10 reduction glazes while learning the ins and outs of glaze preparation and firing.  

The workshop is designed for beginner to intermediate potters and will include a general overview of ceramic glazes, including discussions on cones, kilns, firing dynamics and principles as well as applying those principles to various firing cycles.  This will lead into some basic classifications of glazes, like ash, celadon, temmoku, etc.   Britt will discuss how and why each type of glaze works (and why glazes fail) and how to adjust your glazes.   

You will walk out of this workshop with a launching pad to find and create a a new exciting palette of glazes. 

Workshop dates:   June 8-10, 9 am to 5 pm.  $325, includes a $25 lab fee (30 test tiles per participant, chemicals, firings) & lunch. 

Joe Hicks Carbon Trap Shino Workshop and Firing 
Sat, 5/12, 1-4 pm

1. Join us for an in-depth exploration of that most exciting and dynamic of glazes, CARBON TRAP SHINO.

​During this half day workshop, participants will learn the mysteries of making, mixing, applying and firing Shino glazes. Then, your work will be fired in District Clay’s kiln, and you are invited to observe during a special Carbon Trap Shino firing on Sunday, May 13.  In addition, you will receive a comprehensive (and updated) Shino Glaze Manual that you can use to make your own Shino masterpieces.  (Pictures are pots from the last firing at DCC).  

Workshop Basics:  4-hour Shino glaze workshop and District Clay Center Carbon Trap Firing.  Use of four Shino glazes, comprehensive Shino Glaze Manual, and special carbon trap firing included.   Workshop on Sat, 5/12, 1-5 pm, carbon trap firing on 5/13 and kiln opening on Tuesday evening, 5/15.  Bring 5 bisqued pots on Saturday to be glazed and fired (cone 10 stoneware or porcelain, no large platters or pots over 10” in height please.)  $130.  

What's Happening at the District Clay Center

Description	What is it?	Time
John Britt 3 Day Glaze Test Workshop	Workshop	6/8-10
DCC Spring Show & Sale	Annual Show	​5/4, 11-5 pm
​​Joe Hicks Shino Workshop & Carbon Trap Firing	Workshop/Firing	5/12, 1-4 pm
​​​Workshop:  Making Pottery from Press Molds with Blair Clemo	Workshop	4/28-29
​Blair Clemo Artist Talk:  Solo Show in the DClay Gallery	Artist talk	​4/27, 6:30-8:30 pm
​​Special Intensive Class - Printing on Clay:  3 different ways!	Saturday night intensive	4/14, 6-9 pm
Mea Rhee - Pricing Your Pottery for Success!	Lecture	4/13, 6:30-8:30 pm
​​Raku Firing with Thien Nguyen​	Raku Firing	​4/21, 10-3 pm
Sam Gordon One Night Wheel Intensives:  Various Topics​	3 Hour Intensive	4/21, 4/28, 5/25, 6/22, 7/13

Where is the District Clay Center?

The District Clay Center is located at 2414 Douglas St NE in Washington DC on the first floor of the Off the Beaten Track Warehouse.  We are minutes from Brookland, Union Market and Catholic U. 

Our doors are on the left hand side of the building facing the street.   Parking is available directly in front of the building.
 
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