Raku Pottery: An Introduction to Ceramics
with Tony Schraufnagel

Participants will be given demonstrations on all major facets of production of pottery, including wedging, throwing vessels/lids, trimming, pulling handles, and glazing. The concentration will be on the potter’s wheel. In addition, participants will have an opportunity to participate in raku firing on the last evening of the class.

Sessions: Six, 90-minute meetings, bimonthly
When: Thursdays, November 1 & 15, December 6 & 20, January 10 & 24
Time: 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $200 (materials included)
Limit: 8 participants

Register at least two weeks before your class first meets.

Tony Schraufnagel received his M.F.A. in sculpture from the University of North Texas in 1996. He has exhibited both locally and nationally; recent exhibitions include the peacock for the 2007 Greenhill School Parents Association Gala, The Addison Conference Center Outdoor Sculpture Garden in Addison, Texas, and The Navy Pier in Chicago. Tony has held teaching positions at Texas Tech University, The University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s University. He has taught sculpture and ceramics at Greenhill School for the past eight years, and he recently completed the construction of a home studio.

For questions, contact Christine Eastus at afterdark@greenhill.org, or by phone at (972) 628-5441.

 

Greenhill After Dark is sponsored by the Greenhill School Alumni Association.