229-Sculpture
In Person | This class is completed
Students will explore various techniques and concepts within the medium of ceramic sculpture. They will utilize reductive carving, relief, coils, and slab building etc. The subjects and concepts will be representational ways of seeing including the figure, and the natural world as well as abstracted ways of seeing. Students will have the ability to fire and finish their work in a variety of methods including oxidation and reduction firing in addition to cold finishing.
- Students require a basic pottery tool kit and clay. Students may purchase a set of tools from The Center or bring their own. Clay must be bought from The Center.
John Reinking
John Reinking is a functional and sculptural ceramicist living and working in Pittstown, NJ. A graduate of Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts, he also earned his MFA at Marywood University in Scranton, PA. John is currently an Adjunct Professor of Ceramics at Raritan Valley Community College, as well as the Ceramics Program Director at The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster. He is currently represented by Peter's Valley Craft Center in Layton, NJ, the Connections Gallery in Easton, PA, Creative Hands Gallery in Cape Cod, MA, and the Charlie Cummings Gallery in Gainesville, FL.
His work has been exhibited at various venues across the country and most recently at Peter's Valley Craft Center in Layton, NJ and at The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster.