You are invited to Enjoy Ceramic Classes with
David Gould & Suzanne Gould's
Good Earth Pottery & Garden. 918-3848
degstg@bellsouth.net
www.goodearthpotteryandgarden.com

We are located about halfway between Calvander & Maple View Ice Cream!
All our classes are based on personal initiative and imagination.
We offer you the chance to create on the wheel, the slab roller, or hand-sculpt.
Whether you decide to keep your creations, sell them, or give them as gifts, they are sure to bring thoughtfulness and beauty into the world for many, many years to come.
2007 July – August – Rolling Admissions Welcome
Tuesdays       July 3 – August 21  (8 weeks)  
Grades           4:00 – 6:00  $ 160 friends   $165 public includes 1 bag of clay, glazes, firings
Wednesdays   July 11 – August  22 (8 weeks) 
Adults              6:30 – 8:30       $ 160 friends   $165 public includes 1 bag of clay, glazes, firings
Thursdays      July 5  – August  23,  ( 8 weeks) 
Adults           6:30 – 8:30    $ 160 friends    $165 public includes 1 bag of clay, glazes, firings
During the summer months you may enroll for fewer than the full number of classes per session, a minimum number of 5 during the summer.

Full refund for cancellation by either party is possible one week in advance of first class.  Make-ups are only scheduled during current term.
Class size is usually 6-7 students   Pottery Class tuition is due at least  two weeks before each session begins, so I can notify people on the waiting lists.  Your place in class is held only if you are current.   Current class members do receive first choice for the classes, and in return I ask for your thoughtfulness and understanding.  If you do decide to not continue for the next session, please let me know  as early as possible so I can work/advertise to maintain full classes.   It's more fun for everyone and I can continue to teach classes.
This 6-7-person class size provides for a nice group dynamic while still retaining individual attention.
Classes are taught through individual initiative and direction, while David provides technical and thoughtful support.
David & Suzanne Gould are the lead instructors at Good Earth Pottery & Garden.

About the Instructors
David  is a 1988 graduate of Northwestern University with a B.S.S. in Speech and an area of concentration in Art.  David is the co-owner/director of Good Earth & Pottery in Chapel Hill, NC with his wife Suzanne Gould. He enjoyed making pottery as a child, collecting "Indian Clay" from down the creek behind his parent's house in Cincinnati, Ohio. Yet he never had any inkling he would become the ancient potter he is today.  His official time started with a classical apprenticeship in Sweden in 1979. After that beginning time, he also worked in Norway, Crete, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Seagroves, and finally Calvander, NC.  David has been making pottery/ceramics for over 25 years now, and teaching for over 15 years.   David taught adult classes for Northwestern, Duke, UNC-CH, and The Carrboro ArtsCenter.  He also enjoyed teaching children's ESL classes in Sweden and Crete. David taught second graders as Helen Maxwell's assistant for two years at Carrboro Elementary and fourth graders as Meg Millard's assistant at Frank Porter Graham.  For the last eight years David has enjoyed teaching over a thousand children through classes at the ArtsCenter, CHCCS Middle School Face Jug Workshops with Hollie Novak & Missy Valentine, and at his own studio – Good Earth Pottery & Garden (formerly Running Cedar Studios).
Suzanne Gould Is a graduate of UNC-CH with a degree in Art Education.  Suzanne’s grandmother  was an artist, and she can remember sitting in her high chair making art.  Her early love of drawing, painting and sewing continued all through school, and as a young adult at UNC-CH she took her first art course and knew that was the place for her. Throughout a professional career as a teacher, side ventures into graphic arts, interior design and set design and  building for drama have offered her some interesting alternatives to studio art.  Motherhood and the snatches of time available to work on art,  made the experience of creating  seem even more valuable to her.  In the early 1990’s she and David met at church and found they had  many common interests, art and creating was very important to both. After marrying, they decided to build Good Earth Pottery and have worked there for the last fourteen years.  Family life, friends, classes, church and school mesh with the seasons moving along, and time has allowed Suzanne to create many different types of art.  Her favorite things to create in the studio are “bird plates”, a long running series of block printed and hand-painted one of a kind ceramics with birds metaphorically representing the characters in her life who enrich and sustain her. She has also achieved a National Teaching Certification, having taught nearly 12,000 students during her 24 year career. The practice of building her own home, studio and gallery led to her decision to earn her General Contractor’s license. In the meantime her family is growing and thriving and pursuing their own dreams.

Summer Offerings
This summer (2007) at Good Earth we have some special opportunities for classes and workshops!
Saturday mornings from 9:30-11:30 classes in the studio are available to people of all ages. Special pricing is available to parents who would like to take a class with their youngster. Saturdays July 7-August 28.  Eight weeks, at least five of which are needed to confirm your space in the classes. Price $160/friends, $165/public for eight weeks. Classes are again of your own initiative and you can bring a special idea of something you would like to work on to class. 918-3848

Saturday Afternoon Workshops in Pottery making:

MINIs… Learn to make tiny 2”-5” pots by throwing off the hump.  These tiny jewels are like the ones we sold to the NC Museum of Art. You are sure to treasure the new knowledge you gain in learning to throw these. Class size is limited to 8. Register today for this class taking place on Saturday afternoon, JULY 7, from 1-5:00 pm     Price is $ 60./friends, $65./public, and $15. materials fee.
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SCULPTING LARGE PLAQUES WITH DEBBIE ENGLUND…
Learn to sculpt like you wouldn’t believe with the help of this artist, our very own friend and fellow artist, Debbie Englund. These are awesome, animated, discs that are bas-relief sculptures which can only make you say “WOW!” This workshop will be offered in two parts on Saturday afternoons from 1-6:00 pm. Saturday, July 14, and Saturday, July 21.The first session will emphasize plastic sculptural techniques (making the face), the second session will emphasize carving and finishing techniques. To get the most out of the workshop, we recommend both sessions, but depending upon summer schedules, you have the option of attending only  one session. Price per afternoon session is $75./friends, $80./public.(a total of $150. for the two
5 hour sculpture classes. Sign up for one or both.) $15. materials fee. Class size is limited to 6. 918-3848

DECORATING TECHNIQUES WITH SUZANNE GOULD…
Have pots and don’t think your glaze added much to the creation?  In this class you can learn to overcome that, adding real excitement to your creations artistically. Wax resist, glaze combinations, slip decorations, block printing and carving on clay, underglaze techniques, drawing on glaze, waxing your pots,  dipping, pouring and splashing as well as using a Chinese brush. You will feel like a pro once this class is finished and your pieces will show a marked improvement in design awareness. You will need to bring 4  bisqued pieces and 3 greenware ones (unfired) in cone 6 clay.
Class limited to 8 people. Saturday afternoon July 21, 1-6 pm.  Price is $70./friends and $75./public. $15. materials fee. 918-3848

BIG POTS… Join in the excitement of going huge!  Learn to make sectional pots and make pieces bigger than you ever dreamed of making. David will guide you through the steps so that it seems EASY.  Class size is limited to 6. Register today so that you get in on this exciting growth challenge. Saturday August 11, from 1-6:00 pm.  Price is $75./friends, $80./public.$15-$30, depending on the size of your pot(s), materials fee. Overnight Bonfiring of these pots on Labor Day weekend on Saturday night Sept. 1, and into the morning of Sept. 2. is a separate class you can sign up for. See Below description. 918-3848

BONFIRING BIG POTS (and little ones) OVERNIGHT AT GOOD EARTH POTTERY     Saturday night Sept. 1 and into Sunday morning Sept. 2. 
This workshop is the sequel to the BIG POTS workshop taught on August 11 by David.  Join us and Edge Barnes, Raleigh potter who has done this before successfully. We think this one is going to be so exciting and fun.  A wood firing done in a totally different way from anything we have ever done. Big pots can be fired in this way and little pots can, too. So if you would like to participate, bring your sleeping bag and lunch box, thermos and join us!  Class begins at 10:00 am on Saturday and goes until the pots are finished on Sunday morning.  Or you can leave and go home and come back early on Sunday. Class limited to 8. Price for this event is $90./friends, $95./public. Materials cost included in tuition. Please bring 5-8 pots, and come prepared to help build a bonfire kiln! 918-3848

Call Now to Reserve Your Space!
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