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Soda Club Firing

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February 8 @ 9:00 am 5:00 pm

$125
276 East Napa Street
Sonoma, 95476
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(707) 938-4626

Schedule:
Saturday, February 8th: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday, February 9th 9th: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday, February 11th: 2:00 – 6:00 PM

Instructor:
 Community Led, Lead Studio Technician and Point of Contact Dan Clauson
Location:
 Kiln Shed
Ages:
Adults
Skill Level: Upper Level / Advanced **This club has a pre-requisite course, Intro to Mid-Range Soda Firing Workshop**
Registration Fee: $125

You can view the full class syllabus for this workshop here.

About the class

Class Description: 
Prerequisites to enroll in Soda Firing Club

  1. Must have taken at least one, Intro to Mid-Range Soda Firing Workshop
  2. Be well versed in protocols for loading the soda kiln, kiln safety, equipment and operating safety, and be willing and able to be unsupervised with the kiln during loading, unloading, and post firing cleaning of the kiln.
  3. Must have pre-approval from the Director of Ceramics

The “Julia” Soda Firing Club is designed for folks looking for longterm use with our Soda Kiln, Julia. The club is led by Studio Monitors, and a Studio Technician but involves no formal instruction in soda firing processes. Without a formalized instructor, our Soda Club offers a more financially accessible way of having work soda-fired, without the need to retake our Intro to Soda Firing workshop courses. The Soda Club will run firings monthly or as often as desired and needed depending on participant interest. Unlike our Soda Firing Workshops, club firings will include no instruction on wadding, slips, glazes, or any lectures on the subject of soda firing. As such, participants must feel comfortable with the safety and care of the equipment, as well as loading, firing, and maintenance procedures surrounding the firing process.

Each participant gets 1 cubic foot of firing space.
(Tip; Make sure all your pots fit approximately into a milk crate which is 1 cubic foot of space).
This firing will be a reduction fired cone 6 with sprayed soda at the end.

Soda Club Schedule:

Saturday, 9am-5pm
9-12: slip and glaze bisqueware, wadd and kiln prep
12-1: break for lunch
1-4: load kiln
4-5: brick up kiln
5pm: light!

Sunday, 10am-6pm
10-4pm: Studio Technician and/or Studio Monitor will make adjustments on kiln throughout the day.
(Every hour, checking kiln and making adjustments)
5-6: spray soda, draw rings, shut down

Tuesday, 2pm-5pm
2-3: unload kiln
3-finished: proper maintenance and cleaning procedures for our precious Julia Soda kiln


RULES AND REGULATIONS
Participants must bring:

  • Close toed shoes
  • Wear natural fibers and bring a long sleeve for soda spraying
  • A respirator; KN95 is ok, a full respirator is ideal
  • Water and a lunch, these are long days and we want you to stay healthy and hydrated!

All participants must:

  • Be present and active for all three days, if you have to leave early or have a schedule conflict please contact sonoma ceramics ahead of time.
  • Be present and active during the final unload day. Soda firing also means caring for the facilities that we use. Be present and active during clean up, you will be delegated tasks.

What sonoma ceramics will provide:

  • 3 options of flashing slips
  • 3 options of glazes (participants are welcome to bring their own, if you do so bring the recipe so we can cross reference it as a cone 5/6 glaze)
  • Wadding and materials for loading
  • 1 cubic foot of space in Julia the soda kiln

RECOMMENDED CLAY BODIES:

Sonoma ceramics has in stock a variety of cone 5 clay bodies. Here are some options that are tried and true for the soda firing:

Speckled Buff cone 5
Recycled
Red Velvet
B-mix cone 5
Nara cone 5

About the instructor

Dan Clauson

Lead Studio Technician

Daniel is a Queer and Trans Artist focusing mostly in ceramics. Dan utilizes their past experiences of gender dysphoria, relationships, and ‘home’ to influence their work. Connecting contradicting ideas of love and pain, trauma and acceptance, intimacy and ambiguity. From the University of Washington, Daniel received a Bachelors in Art in the 3D4M department, as well as a minor in Art History. Daniel has attended both the University of Colorado (Boulder) and the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) as a Post Baccalaureate in ceramics. This past Fall, they were one of the 2022 artists in residences at Anderson Ranch Arts Center.

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The Sonoma Community Center is committed to creating an accessible learning environment. If you require any special considerations(medical, physical, learning) please share them with Sean Baskin, Program Associate, by emailing him at sean@sonomacommunitycenter.org so that he can forward them to the relevant Program Director and Instructor.

Questions and Answers

  • All Levels
  • Welcomes participants from beginning through advanced. Instructor provides a balanced and flexible curriculum suitable for participants with any level of experience.
  • Beginning
  • Participant has little to no experience with this medium and needs or expects guidance at every step during the class. Participant wants to learn about materials, techniques, and vocabulary of the medium.
  • Intermediate
  • Participant is comfortable with the medium and expects both guidance and time to work alone with the medium.
  • Advanced
  • Participant is very confident with all aspects of the medium. Participant is self-motivated; ready to experiment and develop their artistic voice.

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We ask that you notify us at least 10 days in advance of a class if you need to cancel your registration. You may cancel by phone or email and we will gladly offer you a refund or credit toward a future class. If you cancel with less than 10 days’ notice, we will not be able to provide refunds, due to our contractual obligations and material purchases for each class. 

Sometimes, the Sonoma Community Center has to cancel a class due to low enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as a natural disaster or health emergency. If this happens and we do not offer a reschedule date, you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee, or credit towards a future class. If we are able to offer a reschedule date but you are unable to make the new date, we will gladly offer credit towards a future class.

Late additions to any program, class, or workshop that has already begun will be allowed on a per-case basis depending upon the Program Director & instructors approval. Late additions will have to pay the full registration cost of the class, along with any materials fees, and will not be prorated for the time missed. You may reach out to the program directors directly, or the Program Associate Sean Baskin at sean@sonomacommunitycenter.org to request a late addition.

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