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Upcoming Workshops

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Saturday April 19, 2008 : This is for the Birds .

  • Wheel thrown, slab, and extruded pieces to appeal to our feathered friends will be discussed and explored
  • 10am-1pm $49 (register & pay online to save $5) limited to 12
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Saturday April 26, 2008 : Anniversary Festival and Party.

Our Five year Anniversary

Free Demos - Show - Party - Spring Cleaning Sale

Yosuke will be back with his amazing throwing skills on Saturday, sale starts Friday.

No Charge, Everyone Welcome  More info....

Kiln Firing and Maintenance

May 17, 2008 (Sat) For Beginners, Teachers and Artists who want to Learn More About Firing Your Electric Kiln , we are offering a 6 hr course on the firing principals and will go over loading, bisque & glaze firing, electricity, voltage, kiln sitter, cones, controllers, ventilation, safety and troubleshooting. It'll run from 10-4p and is $49 (lunch is included). The workshop is limited to the first 12. Register early.

I wish this kiln could smile as big as most people on this page. Skutt Kiln Olympic Orton Dawson Controller Kiln sitter Amaco Paragon Geil Cress kilns

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10% off for BMPA, TPSG, Russellville Arts Center, Flat Rock Studio, and Arkansas Arts Center Members

 

Past Flat Rock Workshops

Randy Brodnax - Throwing

with a little Raku

March 12-14 / 2008

An intensive workshop with the ultimate potter /artist /entertainer, Randy Brodnax!

Hands on , three day event of mud slinging, story telling and pot making. Learn the secrets behind "potato chip thin" pots from a master of the technique.

Three days, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. March 12th through 14th.

Have a day job? We can call in sick for you.

Bring your own wheel or use ours. Limited to 14 people.

But wait! There's more.

Sign up for the throwing workshop and we will toss in another day of Raku on Saturday for free!

March 15 2008  - ONLY RAKU

Join the party for one day of Raku with Randy and don't forget to bring up to 6 bisqued pieces.  Raku Only $75  for Saturday

 Randy Brodnax at Flat Rock Clay throwing and having a blast!

Lana Wilson is coming was here

April 12-13, 2008.

the Handbuilding Diva is coming to Flat Rock Clay for two days.  She'll be demonstrating her fantastic textured slab construction. This will be a hands-on workshop and space is limited to 18 (filling fast).  Workshop Fee $195

Free slide show Friday evening.

 Lana Wilson getting ready to come to Flat Rock Clay

Over, Done, Sold Out.

Robin Hopper

March 2-4, 2007 Robin Hopper is coming March 2-4 for a full 3 days of intense learning. He will be demonstrating a combination of wheel work, both functional and one-of-a-kind assemblage and finishing the works with colored clay techniques, traditional slip ware, brush work and many more decoration techniques.  There will also be some coverage of simplified glaze and color development. Books will be available.  His latest book comes out Dec 21- Robin Hopper: a Lifetime of Works, Ideas and Techniques. 

 Picture credits to Judi Dyelle

 

Shimpo Demonstrations 1Shimpo Demonstrations 2

August 29 (Tuesday) 5-8 p.m.  -  FREE Throwing Demo Workshop .  Shimpo Ceramics is providing a wheel-throwing demonstration for us. This is a great opportunity to watch a extraordinary thrower .  Yosuke Koizumi is a potter from Japan who joined the Shimpo team in Japan, after working as a production potter for two years in the pottery village of Shigaraki. Yosuke was instrumental in the development of the RK-Whisper potter's wheel. He is quite a talented potter, a graduate of Tulane University, whose demonstrations focus on the spontaneity of Japanese pottery.  There will also be specials from Shimpo available this afternoon and evening.  This is an event not-to-miss!

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2003-2004 Workshops

2005 FRC Workshops

2006 FRC Workshops (current / this page)

2007 FRC Workshops (current / this page)

2008 FRC Workshops (current / this page)

Mark Epstein - Extrusion -September 2003

Kelley Wilks - Printing on clay - Oct 2003

Rosette Gault - Paper Clay - November 2003

Randy Brodnax - Raku and Throwing - March 2004

Kelley Wilks - Basics of Glaze Testing - April 1004

Gary Huntoon - Throwing and Altering - Summer 2004

Kelley Wilks - Working with Colored Clay - September 2004

Steve Branfman - Raku and Glazing - November 2004

Ron Roy - Glaze Calc - February 2005

Paul Lewing -Tile Working and Decorating - April 2005

Karen Sullivan - Bamboo Brush Making - Summer 2005

Linda Blossom - Architectural Clay - September 2005

Gailen Hudson - Big Clay Dig - October 2005

Peter Beasecker - Throwing Porcelain - Nov 2005 (images up soon)

Anthony Merino - Working with pattern and double walls - February 2006 (images up soon)

Randy Brodnax - New Raku Techniques - April 2006 (images up soon)

Yosuke Koizumi - Throwing on the wheel - Aug 2006

Robin Hopper - 3Day intensive workshop with the wheel and decorating - Mar 2007

Yosuke Koizumi - Throwing on the wheel - April 2007

3-Amigos - Elmer Taylor, Frank Campbell & Greer Farris all throwing & bantering - Oct 2007

Randy Brodnax - 3 days intensive Throwing Thin & 1 Day Raku - Mar 2008

Lana Wilson - Handbuilding w/ Texture and Fun glazing - April 2008

Yosuke Koizumi - Throwing on the wheel for Flat Rock's 5th Anniversary - April 2008

 

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