298 Intersession Access Pass | Wheel Throwing

298 Intersession Access Pass | Wheel Throwing

Open Studio - Ceramics | This class is completed

251 N Spruce St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 United States

Wheelthrowing - Ceramics

Intermediate to Advanced

6/20/2023-7/7/2023

9:30 AM-9:00 PM EDT on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri

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$117.00

This pass is designed to provide focused time for experienced students to work in-between class sessions and is available only to students who will have completed at least 2 clay classes at Sawtooth prior to the intersession start date. If you do not meet this requirement, you can be added to the waitlist by contacting registrar@sawtooth.org. If any seats are unfilled, we will contact waitlisted students to register. 

You will have access to the wheel throwing studio and glazing areas as well as your personal cubby space and room on overflow shelving for work in progress. Wheel Throwing students should register for 298 A. Please see below for the Intersession Access Pass open studio schedule.

Ages: 18+

298 Open Studio Schedule: Monday - Friday, June 20th - July 7th.
Please note: the studio will not be available on Tuesday, June 20th from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The studio will be closed Tuesday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day

  • No clay is included with registration, but is available for purchase in the studio or at the registration desk.
Liu, Po Wen

Po Wen is the Director of Ceramics at Sawtooth. He studied ceramic engineering in Taiwan and received his BFA degree in ceramics and ceramics sculpture from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and MFA degree in ceramics from Northern Illinois University.

Po Wen is the manuscript consultant for 2002 Newbery Medal awarded book, A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park, regarding making celadon. A Place of Reflection, by Dr. Elizabeth Perril, an article about Po Wen and his works was featured in Ceramics Monthly.

Po Wen served as the director of The Pottery Workshop Jingdezhen, and executive director of Jingdezhen International Studio from 2015 to 2018 where he oversaw international residency program and facilitated international ceramics events, serving the international ceramics community in China and abroad.

Po Wen has also taught ceramic courses and workshops nationally and internationally including University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Sawtooth School for the Visual Art, Leksands folkhögskola, Leksand, Sweden and the School of Design and Arts, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.