What makes your work better? This two week course will aim to answer that question. We will fill this class with risk, results, assessment, techniques, personal attention, and information.
A new kiln was built for this class, a small wood-fired kiln that allows us to fire quickly and multiple times. Through focused exploration and experimentation of the new kiln, your work, and a variety of clay bodies we will set the stage for a tremendous amount of growth. Arrive with courage and be prepared to come home with a suitcase full of ideas. A basic knowledge of throwing or hand-building techniques is required.

Simon Levin: “In 1993 I fell in love with the movement of flame through a wood-kiln. Its sensuous quality is something I seek to capture in my work with soft forms, full curves and flame paths etched into the surface. This quest led me to an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. I now own Mill Creek Pottery in Wisconsin, where my apprentices and I work to advance the cause of wood-fired pottery.
In 2013 I was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Taiwan exploring the potential of local materials. Recently I have been a visiting artist, lecturer and kiln builder at The China Academy of the Arts in Hangzhou. There my apprentices and I have been bringing a technology that originated in Asia and has evolved in the incubator of the United States back to Asia. Clay is central to my life.”
www.simonlevin.com