Cedar Creek Gallery presents

Alan Bennett’s

Soda Wood Fired Pottery Workshop:

An Exploration of Bright Color Slips and Glazes for High Temperature Wood Soda Firing

Including: Application Techniques and Surface Design

Workshop participants join Alan Bennett at the Cedar Creek Gallery studio in beautiful Creedmoor, North Carolina, for an 8-day workshop. Make and use a full spectrum of colored slips, flashing slips, and glazes.

The workshop site is located within 20 mins. from Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill bordering the Falls Lake Reservoir and Interstate 85.

Alan has been formulating slips and glazes for over 30 years. He has taught glaze calculations as a university professor, developed designed slips and glazes for industry and is always developing new colors and textures for his work in his studio in Bath, NY. (See Alan's resume here)

The 2007 workshop dates are June 16-23, 2007. The workshop fee ($475) includes: hand-building, glazing and firing, breakfast, lunch and a light afternoon snack.

Each workshop participant can expect to fire 8 – 10 average size bisque pots, so there is an ample room for each participant to load the kiln.

Participants need to bring ample stoneware and porcelain clays rated for c/9 and higher to make 8 – 10 ceramic objects.

Accommodations: Camping is available at Falls Lake. There are also many hotel rooms available in Creedmoor, Durham and Raleigh area.

To reserve your place in the workshop, send a check to:

Cedar Creek Gallery

1150 Fleming Rd.

Creedmoor, NC 27522

If you are interested in learning more about the workshop, or would like to attend, please contact Jennifer Dolan at info@cedarcreekgallery.com or call 919-528-1041.

Sat., June 16 – Sat., June 23

Day 1 Discuss the formulation of color slips for wet, leather and bisque clay. Alan will demonstrate techniques of applications. Students make pieces and apply techniques.

Day 2 Discuss high temperature glazes interaction with over slips in a wood soda kiln. Alan will demonstrate of glazing techniques. Students make pieces and apply techniques.

Day 3 Load bisque kiln wet and fire. Discuss historical applications of bright color slips and glazes to pottery at all stages. Students make pieces and apply techniques.

Day 4 Unload bisque kiln. Glaze bisqueware. Students will make pieces and apply techniques.

Day 5 Finish pieces made to date.
Load and fire bisque kiln.

Day 6 Load wood kiln. Fire wood kiln.

Day 7 Clean up studio and around kiln.

Day 8 Unload wood kiln and compare notes.