Working with Your Hands at PVCC

Jamie Blake, staff writer

There are many different classes people can take at PVCC that offer them a way into their future career path. There are also classes people can take that may be something they want to learn more about and have fun with it. The ART 153  beginner class and ART 154 advanced ceramics classes that PVCC offers are great classes to take for these options.

The ceramics classes are taught by Tom Clarkson, who has been playing with clay for almost his whole life. He has his own studio at his home and creates different types of functional wear that people could use in their kitchen, or as a decorative piece in their home.

The ART 153 class introduces the different techniques of clay and how many ways you can create something. There are several different projects throughout the semester in which each student must follow some simple rules, but also be as creative with it as possible.

Kayla Harris, a current student in ART 153 class, said, “I really took this class for the fun of it, but I have learned so much I am thinking of taking the advanced ceramics class next semester!”

In the ART-154 class, the techniques that the students learned in ceramics 1 are taken a level up. The students must complete projects with the techniques they have learned but add some new shapes and forms to them. The students need to make the pieces have different heights, textures and glazes to them.

The ART 153 classes are offered on Wednesdays from 1-5 p.m. and Thursdays from 12:30-4:30 p.m. The advanced ceramics class is offered on Tuesdays from 6-10 p.m.

The class is 4 credits and is taught in the Dickinson building.