Throwing on the Wheel with Adam Jennett (8 Weeks)

This class will explore wheel throwing techniques to create of variety of functional forms. We will also touch on thrown and altered parts to create pottery for serving and display, such as platters and flower vases. Additionally, we will learn how to make sprigs and stamps from plaster to create images, designs, and patterns on the pottery we make! 

This class will not cover any introduction to throwing so some previous wheel throwing experience is required. You may consider yourself a beginner, but if you have begun then this class is for you!

About Adam:

Originally from Upstate New York on the borders of Vermont and Québec, Adam received his BFA in ceramics from The School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology and received his MFA in ceramics from Ohio University in Athens, OH. He has served as a studio assistant at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. Additionally, he has been an instructor for Kids on Campus at both Rochester Institute of Technology, and more recently Ohio University. He has served as Studio Manager and Instructor at the Smithy Clay Studio in Cooperstown, NY. Currently, he is a K-12 Art Teacher in Central New York. He has exhibited his work nationally and locally.

His current work explores our emotional connection to objects through functional pottery, and explores how physical properties of the pottery evoke and develop connections to both past and present social gatherings around food and drink. Adam’s research has been focused on both personal locality and the regional, as well as research into other maker cultures such as earthenware potters from North Carolina, folk furniture of western Canada, and furniture from French-Canada.