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Joy Friedman offers Pottery Classes!Take a class and bring forms to life!
Classes 2008 FALL POTTERY CLASS Classes are limited to eight people. Private classes for wheel-throwing can also be scheduled. $40 an hour - all materials Included. For registration call 413-548-9673 or click here to email Joy
Joy creates a class atmosphere that is supportive and informal, with students
freely interacting with one another. She structures the direction of each
class to meet the needs of the students and gives lots of individual attention. Joy
loves to teach and believes everyone is inherently creative. Joy
enjoys students' “Watching Joy’s beautiful hands form fluid shapes inspired
me to try new things. Joy is calm and patient and taught us “the
sky’s the limit!”” Joy Friedman has been teaching pottery classes for over 25 years. She has taught at Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., Amherst Community Art School, Amherst, Mass. and Mudpie Potters, Leverett, Mass., as well as currently in her pottery studio at the Leverett Crafts and Arts. She has given ceramic workshops for the elderly at Amherst Nursing Home, and offered “Artability” Workshops to students with disabilities in Amherst and Florence, Mass.
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Classes focus on promoting clay skills while enhancing individual expression.
Participants will learn hand building techniques such as coil, pinch and
slab construction, how to throw a variety of forms on the potter’s
wheel, as well as glazing techniques. Form, function, surface decoration,
altered forms, and group projects are also explored. Joy gives demonstrations
each week to illustrate different techniques and projects for the students.
Some of the projects offered have been masks, mugs, vases, lanterns, lidded
jars, bowls, mirrors, plates, ocarinas, and more. There is a wide
selection of glaze colors to choose from and all glazes are food safe.
clay explorations and she likes to encourage them to discover
something about their own creative style.