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Required prerequisite: One surface design class
Explore the adventurous side of surface decoration!
Each week you'll learn new techniques and explore layering and experimental surface design think of it as mixed media collage for clay! You'll start with Gelli printing and then expand into screen printing on ceramics, creating handmade underglaze transfers, and incorporating dimensional techniques like slip trailing, water etching, sgraffito, and mishima. Finish class with a toolkit of approaches to mix and match to your individual skills and designs.
• Download course syllabus and materials list here.
• No class October 13
• If one class is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is December 8
Open Studio time is included with registration. Open Studio allows currently enrolled students to work on their projects in Oklahoma Contemporary’s studios outside of class meetings. Availability varies weekly and times are posted outside each studio.
Want to enroll in Experimental Surface Design but haven’t taken Introduction to Ceramics? Special admittance to the class is granted on a case-by-case-basis pending approval from David Stevens, Senior Manager of Studio School. Email: dstevens@okcontemp.org for more information.




