I jumped high, held up my feet, and let the winds blow me back to Texas...

I am pleased to announce my affiliation with the The Creative Arts Center of Dallas! Starting at the end of August, I will be teaching both ongoing classes as well as a series of one-day workshops focusing on specific projects.

My classes will be held on Thursdays, and there will be a class in the morning from 9:30 to 12:30, and one in the evening from 6:30 to 9:30.
First session: August 26th through October 7th
Second session: October 21st through December 9th
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One-Day Workshops are as follows...

The Shape of Summer Butter
Saturday, August 21st, 2010
10:00am – 5:00pm

Don’t you just love the shape of summer butter, that golden trough shot through with blackened corn-silk? Annie does, and she likes a fancy butterdish that can hold it’s own on a crowded picnic table, too. This workshop includes double-sided slabs, puffed handles, altering, cutting, and reassembling thrown elements, as well as joining them to textured slabs. Students will also learn how to make and use templates. Beginning throwing skills are ideal, but not absolutely essential.

Cost: $125.00 ($155 Non-Members) $15 Materials Fee

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Cups, Glorious Cups!
Friday, September 17, 2010
10:00am - 5:00pm

Learn how to make the potter’s basic and most successful form, the cup, using textured slabs and paper templates. Annie makes cups a slow and deliberate way, taking a cue from the slow food movement. “People really respond to nice cups, and they actually use them everyday, which is what every potter hopes for their pots when they send them out into the world,” she says. Learn the techniques of making beautiful cups from start to finish, even if you’ve never played with clay before. Lessons include making and altering templates.

Cost: $125.00 ($155 Non-Members) $15 Materials Fee

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Ewer Bazaar
Sunday, October 10, 2010
10:00am – 5:00pm

In this workshop, students will use the wheel only as a jumping off point to explore sculptural and expressive functional vessels. The instructor will guide the class through the steps she uses to make a ewer, but the actual design of the ewer will be up to each student. This workshop includes joining textured slabs to thrown elements, slab handles and spouts from templates, and the making of cute feet. Beginning throwing skills are ideal, but not absolutely essential.

Cost: $125.00 ($155 Non-Members) $15 Materials Fee

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One Lump or Three For Your Coffee or Tea?
Friday, November 12, 2010
10:00am - 5:00pm

The instructor will take the class from a lump of clay to a sugar and creamer on a small tray. This workshop includes lessons on creating and using templates, double sided slabs, puffed handles, the infamous duck-butt dart, joining thrown elements to textured slabs if you have basic throwing skills, further use of templates if you have not, slab handles & a pitcher spout.

Cost: $125.00 ($155 Non-Members) $15 Materials Fee

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Please visit The Creative Arts Center of Dallas for more information and to register.