Students Bring:

• Pencil, notebook/sketchbook, scissors

• Hand drawn or computer generated images. No size requirement. Suggestions: patterns, plants, animals, shapes, abstract, photographs

• Laptop/iPad/ tablet if generating images

• Favorite tools for building such as scoring, cutting, and wire tools, ribs

• Painters Tape

• Variety of brushes such as:

  • Hake brush

  • Calligraphy brush

  • Liner brush

  • Watercolor brushes

• Small clean up sponge

• X-acto knife, needle tool

• Slip Trailer (Alex’s favorite)

• Palette or tray to hold underglaze

• Box and bubble wrap to transport finished work

• Bagged lunch (coffee and lite snacks provided)

  Optional:

• Soft-Leatherhard work to apply transfers (hand built or wheel-thrown). Forms such as cups, mugs, vases, and lidded forms work best for learning

• Banding wheel

• Apron

• Texture tools

Alex will provide:

• All materials for screen-printing set up for each student

• Newsprint

• Earthenware clay for small exercises

• Underglaze

• Brayers

• Spatulas

• Informative handouts

• Printer

If you are traveling by plane, Double Island Studio may be able to accommodate you with various materials and tools. Email us HERE.