Ceramics
Intermediate Wheel Throwing: Session I
Already have some wheelwork under your belt, but need more guidance to improve your skills? This class includes a quick review of the basics with the goal of refining your throwing techniques. Bob & Jennifer will then help you create simple open forms like bowls, cups, vases, and more! If you are ready to progress further, this class will accommodate those who want to learn more advanced level projects. Prerequisite: Wheel Throwing I or prior wheel throwing experience.
Class Schedule & Tuition
Teaching Artist: Guest Artist Jennifer Owen
Summer Session: Mondays, 8 weeks
Dates: June 3 – July 22
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Location: Ceramics Studio
Tuition: $225 ($282 nonmember)
Supply Fee: $15
Lab Fee: $30
Click here to download a supply list for this class. Additional lab fee TBD.
Click here for open studio information.
Coming soon!
Beginning Ceramics
Start your ceramics journey on the right foot with this fundamentals class! Students will experience the magic of creating functional ceramics on the potter’s wheel as they learn proper terminology and the techniques of wedging, centering, and forming vessels. Students will gain a well-rounded understanding of the ceramics process and will build solid skills in the medium.
Class Schedule & Tuition
Teaching Artist: Deb Zaleski
Summer Session: Wednesdays, 8 weeks
Dates: June 5 – July 24
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Location: Ceramics Studio
Tuition: $225 ($282 nonmember)
Supply Fee: $15
Lab Fee: $30
Click here to download a supply list for this class. Additional lab fee TBD.
Click here for open studio information.
Deb Zaleski has been involved in the Maui art community for thirty years. As a founding member of the Maui Crafts Guild, she served as the first President and as an Executive Board member for five years before owning and operating her own gallery. She returned to the Hui in 2006 and has been the Hui’s Ceramics Manager for the past four years.
Know Your Clay, Know Your Glaze
Familiarize yourself with the Hui’s clay bodies and glazes! Using shrinkage and other simple tests, participants will assess the differences between clays and their best uses. The class will fire and evaluate the individual raw materials in the glaze mixing room, which will add vastly to students’ understanding of glazes. After testing the Hui glazes, creating new glazes from ashes, local Maui clay, and ground feldspar rock, and inventing glazes by understanding their necessary proportions of silica, alumina, and flux, the glaze room and glaze mixing will never be a mystery again! Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics or equivalent experience
Class Schedule & Tuition
Teaching Artist: Guest Artist Jennifer Owen
Summer Session: Friday, 7 weeks
Dates: June 7 – July 19
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Location: Ceramics Studio
Tuition: $195 ($244 nonmember)
Supply Fee: $25
Lab Fee: $30
Click here to download a supply list for this class. Additional lab fee TBD.
Click here for open studio information.
Coming soon!
FREE Artist Presentation & Pot-luck with Visiting Artist Ken Matsuzaki
Join the Hui and Maui ceramics community in welcoming Ken Matsuzaki of Mashiko, Japan on Friday, June 14 from 6-7pm in the ceramics studio! Please bring a dish to share for a pot-luck. After dinner and conversation, Ken will present a video and exhibit a few of his pots. See Artist Bio in class listing below.
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Japanese Pottery Techniques with Visiting Artist Ken Matsuzaki
Ken Matsuzaki has developed a unique method of handbuilding, which he will be demonstrating each morning. Students will see the Japanese method of throwing “off the hump” as well as various decorating techniques. In the afternoons, Ken will work one-on-one with students. Each student will be provided with a “hera” (wooden knife) and a wooden paddle, which are included in the class fee. Don’t miss this opportunity to work with one of the most important contemporary potters in Japan!
Class Schedule & Tuition
Teaching Artist: Ken Matsuzaki
Day/Duration: Saturday & Sunday, 2 days
Dates: June 15 & 16
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Ceramics Studio
Tuition: $185 ($231 nonmember)
Supply Fee: $20
Please bring basic handbuilding and throwing tools. Please wear closed toed shoes and have hair tied back.
There is no open studio for this class
Ken Matsuzaki received a degree in Ceramic Art from Tamagawa University School of Fine Arts, Tokyo. After graduating in 1972, he moved to Mashiko to apprentice with National Living Treasure Tatsuzo Shimaoka (who himself had moved to Mashiko to study with Shoji Hamada). After a five-year apprenticeship, Matsuzaki established his own kiln, Yuushin Gama, down the road from Tatsuzo Shimaoka. Although his approach is very contemporary, Ken’s works have a strong grounding in the Mingei philosophy. His work introduces a focus on the Oribe style with yohen, shino, and oribe glazing. Ken is currently the president of the Mashiko Potters Association. His pottery is among the collections of major galleries and museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Worcester Museum of Art, and the Tikotin Museum in Israel. He has exhibited widely in Japan, the United States, and the UK. yuushin-gama.com
Intermediate Wheel Throwing: Session II
Already have some wheelwork under your belt, but need more guidance to improve your skills? This class includes a quick review of the basics with the goal of refining your throwing techniques. Bob & Jennifer will then help you create simple open forms like bowls, cups, vases, and more! If you are ready to progress further, this class will accommodate those who want to learn more advanced level projects. Prerequisite: Wheel Throwing I or prior wheel throwing experience.
Class Schedule & Tuition
Teaching Artist: Bob Flint
Summer Session: Thursdays, 8 weeks
Dates: July 25 – September 25
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Location: Ceramics Studio
Tuition: $225 ($282 nonmember)
Supply Fee: $15
Lab Fee: $30
Click here to download a supply list for this class. Additional lab fee TBD.
Click here for open studio information.
Bob Flint earned his BFA and MFA with specialization in ceramics from the University of Hawai‘i. He has taught ceramics for fifteen years and continues to produce work from his Makawao studio. Bob has completed several public works of art for the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture & the Arts.