15. From Palm to Table: An Intro to Handbuilding
$390.00
January 15th – March 12th (No class February 12th)
Sundays, 6:00PM-9:00PM (24 hours/8 days)
Materials Fee: $95 included in registration fee
Class size: 6
Minimum students: 5
Registration closes: January 13th
No experience necessary
8 spots taken, 0 spots remaining.
4 on the waitlist.
This course is full.
Course description:
This course will guide students through various means to construct ceramic forms. Students will be looking at ways to incorporate multiple methods of adding and subtracting, refining, and decorating hand-built forms. Students taking this course will not be using the wheel, we will be looking at alternative ways to finish a vessel using coil and slab techniques.
Location: Ceramics Studio
The Centre for Craft’s Ceramics Studio is located within our Studios Building at 1096 Marginal Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Building Description: Look for a grey building with blue trim. On the right hand side heading south, a few parking lots down from the back of the Westin hotel.
Weather-Related Closure Policy:
For weather-related closures, students will be notified of updates via email 3 hours in advance of the class start time.
If it is less than 3 hours before a class is scheduled to start, the students will be notified by email and over the phone.
Ceramic Projects Pick-Up Policy:
Students will be contacted after the last class of the course with various pick up times. This may take up to 3 weeks. All ceramic projects created in this course must be picked up during the set pick up times. If you can’t make it due to your schedule, get in touch with our studio coordinator.
Any unclaimed pieces that remain in the Ceramic Studio will be discarded.
Cancellation Policy:
Please review the above information and contact us as soon as possible if it is necessary to cancel or make changes.
- Cancellations with 7 or more business days notice can receive a full refund.
- Cancellations with 4-6 business days notice will only be issued a 75% refund.
- Cancellations with 1-3 business days before the first day of class will result in a 50% refund.
- No shows and cancellations less than 1 business day before will result in charges of the FULL class fee and are NOT eligible for any refund.
For a list of all our policies, please visit: https://craftcourses.ca/protocols-policies/
Instructor:
Leandra Brandson
Leandra Brandson is an interdisciplinary artist currently located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She primarily focuses on queer identity, and how intersectional lived experiences can come together to form collective thought. She uses clay to build large-scale figurative sculptures. Her works primarily use paints, underglaze, and textiles to achieve a blend of surface textures. Brandson relies on lived experience and intersectional dialogue for inspiration.
Brandson graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with Honours in 2021 from the University of Manitoba. She held a position as an instructor in ceramics through the city of Winnipeg. From 2021 -2022, Brandson was an Artist in Residence at Medalta in the Historic Clay District. During her time in residence, Brandson taught and produced ceramic ware in Medalta’s production facility on-site. She hasshownin multiple spaces across Western Canada. Brandson relocated from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Halifax, Nova Scotia inlate 2022.
Website: https://www.leandrabrandson.com/
