Course Description: In this five day workshop we will concentrate of throwing a variety of domestic pottery vessels on the wheel. Attention to finishing and trimming will also be covered. This class is not a beginning course. It will be best suited for students with basic familiarity with wheel techniques. Note that there will be no firing included in this experience.
Biography: Joseph Bennion is a native of Utah. For the past 35 years he has lived and worked in Spring City, Utah with his wife Lee Udall Bennion who is a painter. Joseph attended Tuscarora Pottery School and Brigham Young University where he holds an MFA degree in Ceramics. He has lectured and taught workshops in Japan, Europe, Canada, Jamaica and throughout the United States. His work, which is widely published, appears in numerous private and public collections in the US and abroad. He currently operates Horseshoe Mountain Pottery and works seasonally as a Grand Canyon river guide.
