April 25, 26 and May 2 and 3, 10 am to 12 noon. Peter Shrope will introduce and guide participants through the processes of creating large work on the potters wheel. From assembling smaller pieces into larger pots to gaining experience in how to coil and throw a very large vessel. Watch this for an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jas9CMKr__M&t=47s This workshop is tailored to folks who have experience on the potter's wheel, would like to push the boundaries of their wheel work and in general have an interest in increasing their skills in pottery making. Artist Bio: Peter has a long and rich history in pottery making after studying with master potters Vivika and Otto Heino, and earning an MFA from Penn State. In the 1980’s he built a 2 chambered wood fired kiln in New Hampshire, as well as teaching at two colleges. In the 1990’s he dug local clay out of his backyard in Baltimore to make sculptural work. He now uses Adirondack rock dust as a glaze ingredient in his original glaze recipes.