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Summer Session I
•Hand Building with Clay, All Levels Instructor: Diana Melancon
Tuesday, June 4th- July 23rd, 6:30-9:30 PM Fee $225 8 Weeks
Learn basic clay handling skills to create functional and sculptural objects. Experiment with colored clays, brushwork and more. Diana leads a fun eclectic adventure in clay.
Materials, glazes and firings are included in the class fee. A maximum of 10 students
What to bring: Personal towel or apron, notebook or sketchpad for ideas.
•Wheel Throwing, All Levels Instructor: Eric Grasham
Monday, June 3rd-July 22; 6:30-9:30 PM Fee $225 8 Weeks
This informal class is perfect to begin or continue your experience in wheel throwing pottery. Instruction will range from beginning centering through complicated construction of wheel thrown pieces. In addition instruction on professional looking finishes and handling techniques will be included as you progress.
Materials, glazes and firings are included in the class fee. A maximum of 8 students
What to bring: Ideas, notebook or sketchpad and a personal towel and apron.
•Saturday Clay, All Levels Instructor: Morghan Gray
Saturday, June 8th-July 27, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Fee $225 8 Weeks
This combination class is designed for the student that can’t decide what direction they want or need to go. Both hand building and wheel throwing instruction will be offered, explore one or both. Combine techniques for a unique approach to an Idea.
Materials, glazes and firings are included in the class fee. A maximum of 12 students with 8 on the wheel. What to bring: Ideas, notebook or sketchpad and a personal towel and apron.
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Wood Firing with John Vela. Scheduled for October 4th-6th. You must register your interest by calling and putting your name on the list. John will take 4-6 participants and schedule as it fits weather and burn ban regulations. Call or email your interest and you will receive notice when all conditions are right.
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Annual Mother’s Day Seconds Sale
Come visit our gallery for our annual Mother’s Day Seconds Sale!
Mother’s Day Weekend
May 11th & 12th
Saturday 10:30 – 6:00
Sunday 11:00 – 5:00
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Spring Session I 2013
•Hand Building with Clay, All Levels Instructor: Diana Melancon
Tuesday, April 2nd- May 21, 6:30-9:30 PM Fee $225 8 Weeks
Learn basic clay handling skills to create functional and sculptural objects. Experiment with colored clays, brushwork and more. Diana leads a fun eclectic adventure in clay.
Materials, glazes and firings are included in the class fee. A maximum of 10 students
What to bring: Personal towel or apron, notebook or sketchpad for ideas.
•Wheel Throwing, All Levels Instructor: Kym Owens
Monday, April 1-May 20; 6:30-9:30 PM Fee $225 8 Weeks
This informal class is perfect to begin or continue your experience in wheel throwing pottery. Instruction will range from beginning centering through complicated construction of wheel thrown pieces. In addition instruction on professional looking finishes and handling techniques will be included as you progress.
Materials, glazes and firings are included in the class fee. A maximum of 8 students
What to bring: Ideas, notebook or sketchpad and a personal towel and apron.
•Saturday Clay, All Levels Instructor: Morghan Gray
Saturday, April 6-May 25, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Fee $225 8 Weeks
This combination class is designed for the student that can’t decide what direction they want or need to go. Both hand building and wheel throwing instruction will be offered, explore one or both. Combine techniques for a unique approach to an Idea.
Materials, glazes and firings are included in the class fee. A maximum of 12 students with 8 on the wheel. What to bring: Ideas, notebook or sketchpad and a personal towel and apron.
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Wood Firing with John Vela. Scheduled for late April or early May. You must register your interest by calling and putting your name on the list. John will take 4-6 participants and schedule as it fits weather and burn ban regulations. Call or email your interest and you will receive notice when all conditions are right.
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New Glaze Patterns
Nebula, dark and celestial
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Winter Session I
•Hand Building with Clay, All Levels Instructor: Diana Melancon
Tuesday, Jan. 22 – Mar. 12; 6:30-9:30 PM Fee $225 8 Weeks
Learn basic clay handling skills to create functional and sculptural objects. Experiment with colored clays, brushwork and more. Diana leads a fun eclectic adventure in clay.
Materials, glazes and firings are included in the class fee. A maximum of 10 students
What to bring: Personal towel or apron, notebook or sketchpad for ideas.
•Wheel Throwing, All Levels Instructor: Kym Owens
Monday, Jan. 21 – Mar. 11; 6:30-9:30 PM Fee $225 8 Weeks
This informal class is perfect to begin or continue your experience in wheel throwing pottery. Instruction will range from beginning centering through complicated construction of wheel thrown pieces. In addition instruction on professional looking finishes and handling techniques will be included as you progress.
Materials, glazes and firings are included in the class fee. A maximum of 8 students
What to bring: Ideas, notebook or sketchpad and a personal towel and apron.
•Saturday Clay, All Levels Instructor: Morghan Gray
Saturday, Jan. 19 – Mar. 9; 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Fee $225 8 Weeks
This combination class is designed for the student that can’t decide what direction they want or need to go. Both hand building and wheel throwing instruction will be offered, explore one or both. Combine techniques for a unique approach to an Idea.
Materials, glazes and firings are included in the class fee. A maximum of 12 students with 8 on the wheel. What to bring: Ideas, notebook or sketchpad and a personal towel and apron.
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Wood Firing with John Vela. Scheduled for late April or early May. You must register your interest by calling and putting your name on the list. John will take 4-6 participants and schedule as it fits weather and burn ban regulations. Call or email your interest and you will receive notice when all conditions are right.
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Texas Clay Continuum 2013
2013 Guest Artist Workshop: Carl Block
4 Artists, 4 Workshops, 4 Days
The 2013 Texas Clay Continuum will be hosted at the Eye of the Dog Art Center* in San Marcos, January 10th – 13th. Rotate through four exciting hands-on workshops in four days. Explore juxtaposition and scale in figurative sculpture with Billy Ray Mangham. Color with fire plus alternative glaze and surface techniques with Randy Brodnax. Create “Spirit Jugs” and folk art with Carl Block. Design and construct teapots both fun and functional with Bridget Hauser. There is something to excite everyone and always something new to learn! Clay, creativity, and community are a wonderful way to begin the new year.
2013 Guest Artist Carl Block: Spirit Jugs Understand, create and breathe the ancient spirit into art via “Face Jugs”. Working from the “tap root”, students will learn how combining the intuitive with the trained eye will help create a spiritual work of art. Techniques in creative brainstorming and learning visualization will be explored and taught. Every student will leave the class with their own hand-sculpted “Face Jug”, and a new found ability to plug into the spirit of their art.
Bridget Hauser: Tea Time This year we will explore teapots. First, throwing and constructing a traditional teapot with an overhead handle. Students will learn what “functional” means for a
teapot and then progress into fun with a second teapot. Students will leave with two of their own greenware teapots to inspire new works.
Randy Brodnax: Color with Fire Be amazed by the firing of alternative kilns and surface techniques. Randy will share his expertise in alternative approaches to fire, surface, life and food. He will add to his treasure trove of tricks this year, the teaching of stannous chloride in fuming. A pearl essence is achieved, a traditional raku glaze effect. This is your time to play with color and fire!
Billy Ray Mangham: Figurative Sculpture Tell a complete story in one sculpture using such concepts as juxtaposition and scale. Billy Ray will teach basic hand-building techniques for torsos, heads, and other body parts as well as bananas, trucks, etc. Factual or fantasy, real or imagined, come with a story in your head or invent one as you go.
Sponsored by Eye of the Dog Art Center, Sunset
Canyon Pottery,
and Armadillo
Clay and Supplies.
Register Online Now at the Eye of the Dog Art Center
Fee $395
January 10th – 13th, 2013
For more information contact:
Eye of the Dog Art Center: 512-754-8171
billyray@zzzdog.com, http://www.eotdac.com/ SunsetCanyonPottery: 512-894-0938 www.sunsetcanyonpottery.com
*EYE OF THE DOG ART CENTER IS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES FROM AQUARENA SPRINGS IN SAN MARCOS, TEXAS AT 405 VALLEY VIEW WEST ROAD.
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Empty Bowl 2012
The 15th Annual Empty Bowls Project, sponsored by Dripping Springs Helping Hands, Inc., will be held at Sunset Canyon Pottery, 4002 E. Highway 290 in Dripping Springs, on Sunday, November 4, from 11am until 3pm. This popular event benefits the Helping Hands Food Pantry, which twice each week serves over 300 households who simply do not have enough to eat. The Hauser family, owners of Sunset Canyon Pottery, donate the use of their facility and 1,000 original handmade bowls for the event. In addition, handmade bowls have been donated by The Art Garage and various other artists. After selecting a keepsake bowl, with a $20 donation at the door for each bowl, every patron will enjoy a choice of gourmet soups and breads provided at no cost by restaurateurs in Dripping Springs and Austin. There will also be live music and a silent auction.
Classes Fall Session 1
•Hand Building with Clay, All Levels Instructor: Diana Melancon
Tuesday, Oct. 9 – Nov. 27; 6:30-9:30 PM Fee $225 8 Weeks
Learn basic clay handling skills to create functional and sculptural objects. Experiment with colored clays, brushwork and more. Diana leads a fun eclectic adventure in clay.
Materials, glazes and firings are included in the class fee. A maximum of 10 students
What to bring: Personal towel or apron, notebook or sketchpad for ideas.
•Wheel Throwing, All Levels Instructor: Kym Owens
Monday, Oct. 8 – Nov. 26; 6:30-9:30 PM Fee $225 8 Weeks
This informal class is perfect to begin or continue your experience in wheel throwing pottery. Instruction will range from beginning centering through complicated construction of wheel thrown pieces. In addition instruction on professional looking finishes and handling techniques will be included as you progress.
Materials, glazes and firings are included in the class fee. A maximum of 8 students
What to bring: Ideas, notebook or sketchpad and a personal towel and apron.
•Saturday Clay, All Levels Instructor: Morghan Gray
Saturday, Oct. 6 – Dec 1; 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Fee $225 8 Weeks
This combination class is designed for the student that can’t decide what direction they want or need to go. Both hand building and wheel throwing instruction will be offered, explore one or both. Combine techniques for a unique approach to an Idea.
Materials, glazes and firings are included in the class fee. A maximum of 12 students with 8 on the wheel. What to bring: Ideas, notebook or sketchpad and a personal towel and apron.
Fall Workshops:
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October:Ceramic Surface Decorations with Ed Triece: Sunday, Oct 14, 1-5pm. Fee $45. Create foam stamps for surface glaze patterns and explore carving techniques for leather hard clay.
November: Small Gifts and Onaments: Sundays, Nov. 10 & 17, 1-3:30PM. Fee $75 Share a Family fun workshop creating small handmade gifts and holiday ornaments from earthenware with Diana Melancon. Children, Kindergarten and older with a parent are welcome, no more than 2 children to one adult. (Adults are welcome without children)
November: Wood Firing with John Vela. Date and Fee TBD. Call to register your interest.
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The Beverage Issue – Edible Austin
These images are from our photoshoot for Edible Austin’s “The Beverage Issue”. Included are additional images of unique ideas for your kitchen and home.
Sunset Canyon Pottery: Luna Verde Water Dispenser and Drinkware
Angela Gallia: Raven Vase and Salt and Pepper Shakers, Shot Glasses and Plaque
With bold colors and intricate decorations, Angelia Gallia’s artwork will add whimsy to your home. Sunset Canyon Pottery Gallery features numerous shot glasses, trays and artwork from one of the most creative ceramic artists in Texas.
Charan Sachar: Teapot, Cups and Ikebana Flower Vase
Spector Studios: Tray
New additions to our gallery, Charan Sachar and Spector Studios will lend decorative and elegant touches to your home. These hand-built products feature unique textures and soft colors.
Fire and Light: Wine Goblets in Copper, Citrus and Red; Rocks Glasses and Tumblers in Copper
Barrick Design Candle: Free Form #1 in Citrus
Fire and Light handmade recycled glass dinnerware and Barrick Candles have been staples in our gallery and brings brilliance and clarity into your life. These items represent only a fraction of the vast array of colors and products available.
Jeremy and Millicent Clayworks: Goblets, Mugs and Cups
Another new addition to our shop are these great new items from Jeremy and Millicent Clayworks. These pieces feature bold and colorful design work on mugs, goblets, tumblers and decorative artwork for your home.
Ray Pottery: Pitcher and Goblets
For a more dramatic table, these items from Ray Pottery have rich, jewel tones and runny, fluid glazes. From an American craftsman to your home.
Sunset Canyon Pottery: Aurora
Goblet, Flute, Wine Decanter, Wine and Juice Tumbler, Champagne Bucket
This photo shows drinkware for your more festive occasions in one of our more popular patterns, Aurora. Goblets, wine tumblers and special order champagne flutes will certainly impress your guests.
Visit our online store to purchase Sunset Canyon Pottery or call our gallery at 800-846-6175 to inquire about all of the artwork seen here. Visit our gallery and studio at 4002 E. Hwy 290 in Dripping Springs to enjoy more fun and functional drinkware.
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