Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics
Potters & Sculptors - Making Rock from Mud
Inquiry: Intermediate or advanced students WEEK-LONG or longer
I am looking for the options this coming spring/summer/fall for taking a workshop that will help me really grow my ceramic skills and these are the places that I know about that offer "intense" (one week or 2 weeks) courses: Shakerag; Arrowmont, Gatlinberg TN, ArchiBray, Penland, Touchstone, Bascom. Just wondering if anyone knows of workshops especially helpful for those of us doing Cone 6 Electric firing or knows other places to check out.
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Permalink Reply by Cyndy Littleton on
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Share when you hear about one Bren!
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Permalink Reply by George Lewter on
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I would highly recommend any Steven Hill workshop that you can get into.
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Permalink Reply by Norm Stuart on
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Brenda - If you don't yet have a membership to Digitalfire I highly recommend it. - http://digitalfire.com/
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