Pottery
Registration Begins Tuesday, September 5 at 8:00 a.m.
Programs are filled on a first-pay, first-served basis, preregistration by the published deadline is required. Payment can be made by credit or debit card by phone or by check or cash in person. Online Registration also available. All classes are subject to sales tax. Please call the Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center for more information at 626-7081.
RAKU POTTERY
Get ready for some smoke and fire! Raku is an exciting, yet unpredictable way to fire pottery. This form of pottery is a process where ceramic ware is removed from a kiln while it is red hot and placed into easily combustible materials greatly reducing the amount of oxygen around the pot. This gives glazed pots a fantastic variety of colors. Spend 4 days over 4 weeks either hand building or wheel throwing, 1-day glazing, then on the poof! – fire in an outdoor kiln on Saturday, October 21, to get extraordinary pieces unobtainable from a regular kiln firing. Please note: Due to surface characteristics from the firing processes, Raku ware is for decorative purposes only, causing it to be unsafe for use with food items.
Ages 18 and up.
Activity #311572
Dates: Wednesdays, September 20 – October 18
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Instructor: Jerome Wild
Fee: $105.00 plus $40.00 clay fee
Firing Date: Saturday, October 21
Firing Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (or until done)
Preregister by: September 14
Min/Max Enrollment: 4/10
RAKU POTTERY ALTERNATIVE FIRING
Fire in an outdoor kiln on Saturday, October 21, to get extraordinary pieces unobtainable from a regular kiln firing. Participants will be able to take part in alternative firing processes. Participants have 3 - 4 hand built or wheel thrown bisque ware pieces, made from Raku Clay – Chads Bod. Ceramic ware will need to be glazed prior to the day of the Alternative Firing. Please note: Due to surface characteristics from the firing processes, Raku ware is for decorative purposes only, causing it to be unsafe for use with food items.
Ages 18 and up.
Activity #311573
Firing: Saturday, October 21
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (or until done)
Fee: $20.00 plus $20.00 alternative firing fee
Min/Max Enrollment: 1/6
TEXTURED DESIGNS THROUGH CLAY
Join Robert Kern, with over 30 years of experience working with pottery as he teaches participants different techniques on how to create a variety of textures on clay objects.
Ages 14 and up.
Activity #311360
Dates: Thursdays, September 21 – November 9
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Instructor: Robert Kern
Fee: $112.00 plus $50.00 clay fee
Preregister by: September 18
Min/Max Enrollment: 4/12
TEEN WHEEL THROWN POTTERY
Absolute beginners will gain knowledge and skills to throw pots on a potter’s wheel, while those with experience can learn ways to improve skills. Ages 13 and up.
Activity #311202
Dates: Mondays, Sept 18 – Oct 23 (No Class Oct 9)
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Instructor: Caleb Crosby
Fee: $52.00 plus $20.00 clay fee
Preregister by: September 13
Min/Max Enrollment: 4/8
WHEEL THROWN POTTERY
Learn basic tips, tricks, and techniques to throw on a potter’s wheel, while those with experience can learn ways to improve skills. Ages 16 and up.
Activity #311105
Dates: Tuesdays, November 7 – December 12
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Instructor: Caleb Crosby
Fee: $84.00 plus $20.00 clay fee
Preregister by: November 2
Min/Max Enrollment: 4/8
OPEN POTTERY STUDIO
The pottery studio will be open for use during off-class times for practice with hand building, wheel throwing and other projects involving stoneware, chads bod, or earthenware clay. Clay fees include clay, glaze, and one each of bisque and glaze firings (excluding alternative firings). Open pottery projects are fired with scheduled classroom kiln firings. Specialized firing will incur an additional fee. General Studio hours are: Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Fridays from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Saturdays during programming. The Pottery studio will be closed to open pottery participants when ARCC classes are scheduled, and on the following dates: October 9, November 10 & 23-25. Ages 16 and up.
Open pottery studio participants must schedule an appointment for initial orientation prior to working in the studio.
Dates: September 19 - December 19
Fees: $50.00 for 25 lbs Stoneware
$55.00 for 25 lbs Chads Bod
$60.00 for 25 lbs ^6 Porcelain
$40.00 for 25 lbs Earthenware
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Aberdeen Recreation & Cultural Center
Physical Address
225 3rd Avenue SE
Aberdeen, SD 57401
Phone: 605-626-7081Fax: 605-626-7989