Hand-Building Basics & Beyond

Find out how fun, fast and meditative hand-building with clay can be during this Duluth Art Institute class. Walk through the processes of pinch, soft slab, stiff slab and coil. Explore functional or sculptural forms, or a combination of both. Detailing the surface includes learning about textures, layered slips, sgraffito, Mishima, stencils and glaze options. Discussions about contemporary ceramics and the creative process highlight the experience as well as opportunities for individual and group critique. Students will have studio access outside of class time when a ceramic studio monitor is present. A monitor schedule will be given to students on the first day of class.

Holly Jorde holds an MFA in ceramic sculpture and drawing from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas and a BA in studio art and speech communications and theater arts (emphasis on set design) from Concordia College in Moorhead. She has taught for 20-plus years, given various workshops and lectures throughout the United States, exhibited nationwide and is in public and private collections.

Sessions of this class are held on nine Thursday nights from Sept. 8 to Nov. 10, with no class on Oct. 6. The cost is $240 for Duluth Art Institute members and $270 for non-members. Register at duluthartinstitute.org.

Proof of vaccination is required to participate in this class. On the first day of class students must present their vaccine card or a copy of it, along with a form of identification. Masks will be required.