Monthly Archives: March 2010

Where can I learn how to throw and use a potters wheel in the Kansas City area?

I am very interested in taking classes to learn how to throw. I took a beginner ceramics class in college and we didn’t get to do much on the wheel. I would really like to learn, but I dont know where to go. I’ve looked at a few colleges in the area, but most of the classes are during the day and I work 8-5. Any ideas?

Try the KC Clay Guild- they have evening wheel classes from 6-9pm

http://www.kcclayguild.org/main/

OR

The Kansas City Art Institute

http://www.kcai.edu/spce/continuingeducation/adult/

OR

The Johnson County Park and Recreation District

http://www.jcprd.com/activities/class_listing.cfm?CategoryID=80

Hamada – A Bowl – Pottery

Ken Ferguson: Talking with the Wheel This is a fabulous new book about the influential potter and educator, Ken Ferguson. 119 pages with lots of color photos, very nicely done. Contributors such as Garth Clark, John Perreault, Ted Rowland, Peter von Ziegesar and Ken Ferguson himself provide pages of wonderful reading that is sure to inspire any artist. From the back cover: ” ‘How does the son of a Rust Belt worker become a world-reno…