Whistle (while you) work
Oct. 22nd, 2015 12:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrAs I think I mentioned, I ran into a bunch of former students of mine at the Corvallis Fall Festival. This isn't surprising, after all. I taught for 10 years at the UO Craft Center, three or four classes a term, up to ten students per class or workshop. That adds up to enough subjects to form their own statistical universe, though the sample bias is probably extreme.
I frequently get asked whether I'll be teaching again. The long answer involves best use of my time, available workspace, energy levels, relative remuneration; the short answer? Probably not.
One of the folks from Corvallis asked about the Ceramic Whistles class I used to teach. We made ocarinas--eight note whistles--in a couple of styles, in either one or two three-hour session. I haven't made a whistle in years, but did remember where I'd filed the class handouts, so I was able to scan them and clean them up. Emailed them to Tina, and also to Renae, another Craft Center resident potter who's now teaching in Portland, and gets asked about ocarinas (ocarinae?) regularly.
And I thought I'd share them here as well. Picture one is for Andean-style ocarinas; two and three for European. Click to embiggen.
I frequently get asked whether I'll be teaching again. The long answer involves best use of my time, available workspace, energy levels, relative remuneration; the short answer? Probably not.
One of the folks from Corvallis asked about the Ceramic Whistles class I used to teach. We made ocarinas--eight note whistles--in a couple of styles, in either one or two three-hour session. I haven't made a whistle in years, but did remember where I'd filed the class handouts, so I was able to scan them and clean them up. Emailed them to Tina, and also to Renae, another Craft Center resident potter who's now teaching in Portland, and gets asked about ocarinas (ocarinae?) regularly.
And I thought I'd share them here as well. Picture one is for Andean-style ocarinas; two and three for European. Click to embiggen.
