Ceramics
Code: C0709-25
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III
Level III
Students have significant experience with clay forming techniques, such as throwing, hand building and modeling. Students are comfortable with ceramics equipment, such as wheels, extruders and slab rollers. Students are self-starting with some formal training and have taken a minimum of three classes or workshops.
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IV
Level IV
Students have advanced skills and knowledge of the ceramics field. Students are highly motivated, have a minimum of five years experience in the field and have a portfolio of their artwork. Typical students are academics and professional artists.
Korean Onggi: Coil, Paddle, Form, Ferment
Jul 14 - 25, 2025
9AM-5PM
Tuition: $2,010.00
Studio Fee: $260.00
Registration Fee: $45.00
NEW: Tuition includes the welcome dinner and daily lunch
Registration Information
Concept
Adam Field shares the traditional Korean Onggi coil and paddle pottery techniques he learned during his Onggi apprenticeship with Onggi Master Kim Ill Maan. Participants learn and practice all steps of this ancient process including rolling and paddling large coils, wheel throwing and forming traditional Onggi vessels, glazing, firing, and even fermenting with guest fermentation professionals. Participants gain a historical perspective through the creation of the oldest continuously practiced pottery tradition. Generous discussions about aesthetics, materials, ceramic history, and studio workflow are certain to encourage individual discovery, growth, and development of fresh ideas. Participants gain skills, knowledge, and confidence to create and decorate historically informed functional pots in their own voice.
Media & Techniques
Clay, slips, glazes, potter’s wheel, paddles, clay tools, wheel-throwing, hand-building, cone 8 reduction, wood firing, gas firing, fermentation
Faculty
Adam Field
Adam Field is a studio potter in Helena, MT. He began his studio practice in San Francisco in 2000. In 2008 he apprenticed under sixth generation Onggi master Kim Ill Maan in South Korea, and was a long-term resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation in 2013.
Adam Field, Onggi
Tuition: $2,010.00
Studio Fee: $260.00
Registration Fee: $45.00
NEW: Tuition includes the welcome dinner and daily lunch
Registration Information
Ceramics
In 1966, American ceramicist Paul Soldner selected the site for what is now Anderson Ranch Arts Center, forming the foundation for a thriving ceramics program. Then and now, Anderson Ranch is a place where students exchange ideas and examine ceramic art and pottery techniques. It has always been a place where seminal moments of growth happen in an artist’s creative and critical thinking. Here, both beginning and emerging artists gain strong fundamental support, while established artists achieve new perspectives and advance their techniques.
The Ranch Ceramics team provides support, feedback and technical problem-solving, giving each artist the freedom to experiment and grow. Our primary focus is on personal advancement through a process of creative discovery.
The Soldner Ceramics Center makes up more than 10,000 square feet in three buildings with 3 studio spaces and 1 kiln yard; Soldner Studio, Long Studio, Sorenson Studio and Lyeth/Lyon Kiln Building. Soldner and Long studios are used for wheel-throwing, hand-building, or general ceramics creativity. Sorenson studio is equipped with five PotterBot 3d clay printers. The Lyeth/Lyon kiln building is equipped with gas, electric, soda and wood kilns for both oxidation and reduction firing at all temperature ranges. The Ranch offers three wood kilns including a gas/wood hybrid kiln, three gas reduction kilns, one soda kiln and eleven high-temperature electric kilns.
Anderson Ranch is happy to extend a tuition discount* in summer one- or two-week adult ceramics workshops** for NCECA members at the student membership level or above. Please email reg@
Workshop Details
Workshop Supplies
For general information about studio access, shipping, and more, please visit our info page.
If you have any questions regarding your supplies for your workshop, please contact Joanne Seongweon Lee, [email protected].
Provided by Anderson Ranch
Equipment
- Heat Gun
- Kilns
- Shared Tables
- Water Buckets
- Weed Burner
- Wheel
Supplies
- Onggi Glaze
- Plastic for Covering Works
- Shop Glazes
- The clay allowance is 150 pounds for this two-week workshop. Only the clays and glazes chosen for the workshop will be available for use, which are predetermined by the instructor. Please do not bring additional clay from your studio.
What you need to bring
Required Tools and Supplies
- 16" Section of Quilted Cotton Martial Arts Belt
- Apron and/or Towel**
- Basic Pottery Tools**
- Favorite Pottery Tools From Your Home Studio
- Non Synthetic Long Pants and Shirt and Closed Toe Shoes for Firing
- Respirator/N-99 Dust Mask**
- Sketchbook/Notebook**
- Wooden Knife Tool or similar**
Optional Tools and Supplies
- Onggi Paddle Set of 3 Paddles. Please email Adam Field at [email protected] for more info.
- Onggi Shaping Rib Set of 2. Please email Adam Field at [email protected] for more info.**
- Packing Materials**
- T-Shirt for Screen Printing**
* Available for purchase in the studio.
** Available to purchase at the Anderson Ranch ArtWorks Store for 10% off.
Learn more about shipping supplies and artwork to and from the Ranch in the Student Handbook.
Lodging & Meals
Housing is limited and includes shared and private lodging options. Reservations will be managed on a first-come, first-served basis. The earlier you reserve housing, the better your chance of receiving your preferred option. Please note: Workshop costs do not include accommodations.
NEW: Tuition includes a welcome dinner and lunches. In our effort to foster a stronger sense of community and accessibility at Anderson Ranch, we include the welcome dinner and all lunches as part of the tuition for summer workshop students. Our hope is that this adjustment will encourage all students to come together to share meals and engage in meaningful conversations. The Ranch Café Meal Plan, which is included with Room and Board fees, strives to provide healthy, creative meals that will nourish your artistic creativity. Learn more.
We have established a Business Safety Plan with added layers of precaution that prioritize the health and safety of our staff, students, faculty and guests while continuing to provide you with the Anderson Ranch experience that you know and enjoy.
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Scholarships, College Credit & Discounts
Making Art Accessible
Applications for scholarship support are encouraged. Specific scholarships are funded by Ranch supporters, either through endowed funds or special gifts.
Many colleges and universities offer college credit for workshops taken at Anderson Ranch. Discounts are available for students and teachers.
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