107 Coiled Clay Pottery
Art, Culture, Music, Tra | FULL (Membership Required)
Students will form a base and begin to roll out coils. They will then attach coils by scoring the clay and bonding or pinching method. Students can smooth coils or leave the shape showing. Repeating the method by rolling out clay into more coils, stacking and designing coils until the desired height and shape has been accomplished. After making their unique coil pots students will glaze their work to be kiln fired. After firing the students will pick up their beautifully made coil pots.
Bill Capshaw
Bill Capshaw is a member of the Advisory Board of the Oak Ridge Art Center where he oversees the planning and operation of the pottery studio and teaches beginning to advanced classes. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (ceramics) in 1971 and a Master of Fine Arts (printing process) in 1974. In addition to teaching at the Art Center, he has given workshops at facilities such as the Appalachian Center for Crafts, Arrowmont, John C. Campbell Folk School, and Vanderbilt University. As a professional artist he competes locally and nationally, has received many awards, and is represented in many museum collections.