Workshops Sponsored by the Clay Arts Museum and Educational Organization

GARDEN WONDERLAND CLAY WORKSHOP

Hosted by the Houston Potters Guild and CAMEO, this workshop is for all age groups and will explore beginner clay art with garden ornaments.  Teachers, Cindy Babbitt and Janis A. Ross have between them fifty years experience in working with clay and you are sure to come away with a positive experience as well as unique objects that you have created yourself.  No experience necessary.  It is the mission of CAMEO "for all to know the joy of clay".

Where:  CAMEO House, 1701 Dunlavy St., Houston, in tents under our sprawling live oak trees.

When:  Saturday, June 5, 2010 9 am- noon

Contact:  www.houstonpotters.com or call 713-528-7687 or contact Cindy Babbitt at 713-828-0227.

Why:  Because big, colorful garden objects, such as flowers, bugs, or abstract scupture on a stick are so fantastic!

Cost:  $49 per peson.  Includes all materials, tools, glazes, dowel and paint for one piece.

Deadline for signing up is May 29th.  We need to know how many to plan for.

HOW DO I SIGN UP?

Contact Cindy Babbitt at 713-828-0227 to get on the list.  We will need your contact info, such as email or phone number.  Cindy's email is cindybabbitt@prodigy.net

Make check or money order out to CAMEO and drop it by or mail to 1701 Dunlavy St.  Memo line:  June 5th workshop.  If paying with credit card, call or come by the shop during business hours - Tuesday-Saturday 10-6 pm.  $49.00

DO NOT DELAY!  THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN!!!

Questions?  Call or email Cindy Babbitt

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CLAY ORNAMENT WORKSHOP

Marsha L. Landers, Instructor

Beginning in June, MARSHA LANDERS will teach how to make ornaments on two Wednesdays in June and July.  We will start at 9 in the morning and work until 11 a.m.  Age limit 12 years and up. The Ornament workshop is two days, two hours each day.  Pick your days from the calendar below.  The class is limited to ten students at a time so please register early. 

We will arrange for a class for younger children based on interest.  Please contact Marsha Landers at 281-303-0279 or call the shop and leave your name and contact info with the shopkeeper.

Ornaments can be for any occasion - Halloween, Christmas, Easter or they may be something you collect like crosses, teapots, frogs, birds, shells or other interests.  Ornaments can also be stringed together to create wind chimes.  That is your choice how you wish to use them

Marsha will show you how to make the prototype and cast a plaster mould so that you can reproduce your original piece many times over.  She will show you how to paint the piece then glaze it. These are flat, beginner pieces but hang nicely on a tree, window or other special place. 

Students are limited to making four plaster moulds and twenty ornaments total.  Students will be able to use the moulds indefinitely.  All that you will need to do is arrange for firing.

Four hours of instruction, clay, clay slip, plaster, glazes, tools, high-temp wire hangers, ribbon, underglazes and all materials are furnished except one thing.  You will need to provide four "Cool Whip" style containers - the small 8 oz. size with a diameter of approximately 6" at the top and 4-5" at the bottom.  Flexible plastic, no lid necessary. Any flexible plastic container with these dimensions will work.

Where:  CAMEO House, 1701 Dunlavy St.

When:  Two Wednesdays each month. 9-11 a.m. 

           June:  16, 23

           July:  7, 21

There will be two each two-hour sessions to complete the ornaments. Calendar is flexible if you are out of town on vacation.  Students will pick up finished pieces after final firing.

Cost:  $75 per student.  Checks, cash or credit cards accepted.  Make checks out to Houston Potters Guild Shop. Payment can be mailed or dropped by the shop during business hours - Tuesday-Saturday, 10-6 p.m.

Get started on your holiday season, folks.  These are great teacher's gifts, stocking stuffers and nice gifts for co-workers and neighbors to stick in with baked goods.

MAKE YOUR SUMMER PRODUCTIVE AND HAVE FUN AT THE SAME TIME!.......LEARN ABOUT "THE JOY OF CLAY"!!!

CLAY CROSS WORKSHOP - SEPTEMBER

Marsha L. Landers, Instructor

Let me show you how to make a cross.  Express yourself as you create what you perceive what a cross represents.

Whether your preference is an asymmetrical, symmetrical, Celtic, traditional, crucifix, expressive, or any style, you will only be limited by size - not more than 10" x 10".  MARSHA LANDERS will teach you technique but your innermost feelings will take you the rest of the way.  Students may make two crosses each session. 

When:  The workshop will be September 8 and 22, 9 - 11 a.m.

Where:  CAMEO House, 1701 Dunlavy St.

Cost: $55 per student per one-day session.  Includes:  clay, underglazes, glazes, tools, firing, two hours of instruction.  Make checks payable to Houston Potters Guild.  Cash and credit cards, please take by the shop during business hours - Tuesday-Saturday, 10-6 p.m.

Limited to ten students per session so register early.

Start thinking about the holiday season when our spiritual connections are brimming with joy.  Experience the joy of clay!

Questions?  Call Marsha at 281-303-0279