Ceramic Artist & Teacher
Paul Wieland of Nascent Pottery in Huntsville, Alabama creates unique pieces and is generous in sharing his techniques and experience. Since the closing of the Madison studio, he has remodeled his garage into a pottery studio and is teaching classes and workshops on weekends.
Paul instructs a variety of wheel-throwing, tile-making and hand-building classes. Students are offered choices such as Basic Hand-Building Techniques (including coil, pinch, and slab), Put a Lid on It!, which covers basic styles of lids, Tile-Making, Dinnerware Sets and Double-Walled Vessels. I highly recommend Paul’s classes – I have taken several, and about half of what I know of ceramics I learned from him!
Class Schedule: April – May 2012
Paul is having an open house Sunday, April 22. Upcoming events and classes are listed below. (If the times don’t work for you, with 2 or more people, classes can be set up at other times.) Call 256-426-4325 or email Paul for location and directions (in Huntsville).
Studio open house – Sunday, April 22, 3:00 to 5:00 pm – That’s Earth Day and what better time to play in the Earth! See the studio, help recycle clay, or make your own clay creation.
Clay Recycling – Friday, April 20, 5:00 to 9:00 pm and Sunday, April 22, 12:00 pm to ?? – We’ll also be recycling scrap clay (starting on Friday, after 5pm and continuing on Sunday shortly after noon), so if you have some to recycle (cone 5 or higher), bring it and help recycle and take as much as you bring (if you have bags to put it in, please bring them, too). Mushy is fine, but no hard scraps, please.
Sunday Handbuilding Class, most Sundays from 4/15 through 6/17, 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Using the basic techniques of working in clay (pinch, coil, and slab) we’ll test the creative limits of hand-building to make functional, sculptural, or decorative pieces of your choice. Suitable for beginners as well as experienced potters. Attend any or all lessons. $20/person per 2-hr lesson or $15/person/lesson when paid in advance. Includes clay, firing, and glazes for up to 5 pieces (or more if small pieces).
Put a Lid on It! Tuesday, April 24 and May 1, 6:00 to 8:00 pm – $75/person, $20/person to observe. This workshop covers basic styles of lids, techniques for making them, how to make them fit well, and different types of handles for lids. Firing and glazes for up to 5 pieces is included. $75/person, $20/person to observe
Twice the Possibilities with Double-Walled Vessels, Tuesday, May 8, and 15, 6:00 to 8:00 pm – Double-walled vessels have been described as exhibiting a “tension between the sculptural and functional nature” of ceramics. In this workshop students will learn the basic technique and variations that will enable creating a variety of double-walled pieces. Twice the possibilities with double-walled vessels! Firing and glazes for up to 5 pieces is included. $75/person, $20/person to observe
Beginning Wheel Class, Day/time to be arranged – Learn the basics of wheel-throwing, including the secrets of centering clay.
Contact Information
For more information on Paul’s work and his current class schedule please visit his web site Nascent Pottery or email him at paul.wieland@yahoo.com.
Writing Copyright 2012 Kathryn Depew
Photos copyright Paul Wieland
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