General Meeting - July

Members and nonmembers are invited to join us at our next general meeting on Saturday, July 9th from 10:00-12:00 at the WAL Gallery and Studio. Participants will hear all of the latest WAL news including upcoming classes, workshops, and exhibits as well as meet our new board members. After the business portion of our meeting, Mark Tusinski will demonstrate ceramic handbuilding and sculpture.

Mark will discuss the basic properties of clay and how to prepare it for working with the medium. He will share the 3 basic techniques of ceramic hand building and sculpture and will also briefly compare and contrast hand building vs. potter's wheel techniques. Finally, Mark will create a few example pieces of sculpture to show how to apply the 3 basic techniques. 

Clay will be available for everyone to participate in the fun, hands-on portion of the demo. Participants will learn how to make a small pot incorporating the 3 techniques of hand building.  (aka: how to properly play with mud).