Ceramics
Code: C0203-25
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Level I
Students are new to ceramics and have no formal training.
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Level II
Students have a basic understanding of forming techniques, such as throwing and hand building. Students have taken one or two ceramics classes or workshops.
Work and Play: Expressions in Clay
Jun 9 - 20, 2025
9AM-5PM
Concept
This workshop focuses on creating utilitarian pots through various methods including wheel throwing, slab building, and coiling. Firing is with gas reduction at high temperature. Students explore various slip application techniques, including brushing, pouring, inlaying, stamping, and carving. Emphasizing creativity and experimentation, participants learn how to use these methods to express their unique artistic voices in clay and surface. Some experience with basic wheel-throwing and working with clay is recommended. This class offers the opportunity to enhance your skills, deepen your understanding of clay, and discover new ways to express yourself through ceramics.
Media & Techniques
Stoneware, decorating slips, terra sigillata, glazes, potter’s wheel, hump molds, pottery tools, wheel-throwing, slab and coiling construction, forming, slip application techniques, oxidation and reduction firing
Faculty
Minsoo Yuh
Minsoo Yuh was born and raised in Seoul, Korea. She earned her MFA in ceramics from Hongik University, then relocated to the United States. Currently based in Athens, GA, Yuh thrives as a full-time studio potter while teaching workshops and classes. She presents her work through gallery exhibitions and pottery tours nationwide while also actively participating in art residencies.
Minsoo Yuh, Untitled
Join Waitlist for Work and Play: Expressions in Clay
Thank you for your interest in the waitlist. When space in a workshop or program becomes available, registration will open on the website. Everyone on the waitlist will be emailed to alert them of the opening. This ensures that everyone has an equal opportunity to register for the workshop or program.
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
- Banding Wheel
- Bats
- Containers
- Kilns
- Shared Tables
- Slab Roller
- Various Hump Molds
- Water Buckets
- Wheel
Supplies
- Colored Glazes
- Plastic for Covering Works
- Shop Glazes
- Terra Sigillata
- The clay allowance is 125 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.
- Wax Resist
What you need to bring
Required Tools and Supplies
- Apron and/or Towel**
- Basic Pottery Tools**
- Carving Tools/Loop Tools**
- Favorite Pottery Tools From Your Home Studio
- Flat Hake Brushes: Various Sizes**
- MudTools: Do All Trim Tool for Inlay**
- Paint Brush**
- Respirator/N-99 Dust Mask**
- Round Trip Brushes: Various Sizes**
- Sketchbook/Notebook**
- Small Flat Tip Brushes**
- Trimming Tools**
- X-Acto Knife**
Optional Tools and Supplies
- 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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