Wheel Throwing: Form & Fire
Led by Angela Smith Kirkman
Spend five immersive days at the wheel developing throwing skills while exploring how form, clay, glaze, flame, and atmosphere come together in a gas reduction firing.
This all-levels workshop is designed to meet students where they are. Beginners will build a solid foundation in wedging, centering, cylinders, bowls, trimming, and finishing, while more experienced throwers can pursue larger, altered, closed, assembled, or more refined forms with individualized instruction.
Rather than requiring every student to make the same objects, demonstrations and projects will respond to the experience, interests, and goals of the group. As the week progresses, students will refine their work, explore surface and glaze choices, bisque-fire their pieces, and prepare them for the gas kiln.
The workshop culminates in a communal gas reduction firing, followed by unloading, discussion, and exhibition of the finished work.
Please click here for a brief overview & introduction from the Instructor, Supply List and Workshop Schedule.
Program Tuition: $750 (does not include Room & Board)
This all-levels workshop is designed to meet students where they are. Beginners will build a solid foundation in wedging, centering, cylinders, bowls, trimming, and finishing, while more experienced throwers can pursue larger, altered, closed, assembled, or more refined forms with individualized instruction.
Rather than requiring every student to make the same objects, demonstrations and projects will respond to the experience, interests, and goals of the group. As the week progresses, students will refine their work, explore surface and glaze choices, bisque-fire their pieces, and prepare them for the gas kiln.
The workshop culminates in a communal gas reduction firing, followed by unloading, discussion, and exhibition of the finished work.
Please click here for a brief overview & introduction from the Instructor, Supply List and Workshop Schedule.
Program Tuition: $750 (does not include Room & Board)
Program Details
Start Date:
End Date:
Categories:
Ceramics
Ghost Ranch Program
Date & Time Details:
3:00 pm Check in
10:00 am Check out
10:00 am Check out
Location:
Ghost Ranch
Address:
280 1708 Dr, Abiquiu, NM 87510, USA
Contact:
Programs
programs@ghostranch.org
505-685-1000
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About the Leader
Angela Smith Kirkman
Angela Smith Kirkman is a ceramic artist and educator based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
She is the owner of Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery, Tumbleroot Pottery Pub, and Paseo Pottery, one of New Mexico’s largest community ceramics studios, offering classes and workshops in wheel throwing, hand-building, sculpture, and Raku firing. For more than thirty-five years, Angela has explored ceramic arts and firing techniques. She is passionate about harvesting wild clay from the New Mexico landscape and helping students discover that ceramics is more than making pots—it is a way of understanding earth, fire, place, and the beauty of the unexpected.
She is the owner of Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery, Tumbleroot Pottery Pub, and Paseo Pottery, one of New Mexico’s largest community ceramics studios, offering classes and workshops in wheel throwing, hand-building, sculpture, and Raku firing. For more than thirty-five years, Angela has explored ceramic arts and firing techniques. She is passionate about harvesting wild clay from the New Mexico landscape and helping students discover that ceramics is more than making pots—it is a way of understanding earth, fire, place, and the beauty of the unexpected.