Course Detail: CAA100CC - The Art of Clay Camp (Grades 9-12)
Students bring ideas to life in this week long exploration of hand built and wheel thrown pottery. Small class-size allows more one on one instruction and time to experiment with low-fire clay and glazes.
Instructor Katherine Gaff graduated from Purdue University Fort Wayne with a BFA in sculpture. After graduation Gaff applied her passion for ceramics to production pottery, selling her work, and creating a community ceramics studio. Katherine intends on continuing her education into a master's program, with the goal of becoming a university professor. Katherine has exhibited new work for her residency with Bread and Circus Gallery in Fort Wayne is now working as the Studio Manager at a new ceramics facility at The Community Learning Center in Kendallville, Indiana. She also joined Doug Casebeer and Seth Green while building a gas kiln at Purdue Fort Wayne. Get out of the house and get dirty. Think and problem solve in three-dimensions creating masterpieces with clay. This small group setting allows for socializing and encourages kids to use into sensory and fine-motor skills.
