Special Topics: Animal Bust Sculpting Shortstack

Take your ceramic skills to the next level in this intermediate sculpting course focused on creating expressive animal busts. In this 5-week shortstack, students will build on foundational handbuilding techniques to construct hollow forms and develop lifelike or stylized animal features. Emphasis will be placed on anatomical accuracy, proportion, and surface detailing, with plenty of guidance on refining form and texture. This course is ideal for those with prior clay experience who are ready to explore more complex sculptural work in a supportive, creative environment.

This is an Intermediate-Level Shortstack. Prior clay experience is highly recommended.

Learn more about instructor Becca Headline.

We believe clay is for everyone! Need tuition assistance? Please visit our tuition assistance page for more information.

What’s Included:
• 1 bag of clay (pick-up first day of class)
• Access to use our studio during open studio hours
• Personal half-shelf for storage of tools, clay, and in process work

What to Bring:
• Basic Pottery Toolkit (should include a cut off wire, wooden knife, wooden rib, metal rib, needle tool, sponge, trimming loop tool and double-ended ribbon tool.)
• Apron or clothes that can get dirty are recommended.
**Pottery Northwest has communal tools available for everyone’s use if you cannot afford to buy your own tool kit. Personal tool kits and additional clay can be purchased at the online student store.

Please Note:

• If you are new to the Pottery NW studio, or if you have not attended orientation as of summer 2023 quarter, you must attend the first class to receive the mandatory studio orientation. New students who do not attend the first day will be dropped from the class without a refund of the class fee. On the first day of class, late arrivals beyond 15 minutes after the class start time will not be permitted to join. Returning students should still attend the first day of class as the instructor will not be able to reteach missed lessons and demos to absent students in the proceeding classes.

 • We are in Pioneer Square, so please plan ahead so that you have enough time to park. You don’t want to miss anything!