Mesa Verde Mug Ceramic Workshop
September 26-28, 2008

No other Mesa Verde ceramic tradition captures the uniqueness of the Mesa Verde like the Mesa Verde mug. The workshop will include lectures, hands-on learning, mug graphic design, and traditional firing techniques. Each participant will build a replica Mesa Verde mug, or mugs if time permits.

No potting experience is required for this workshop - just an interest in learning about the history of the Mesa Verde mug and how they were made. 

Sept 26 Friday
9:00 am	Check in
10:00 am	Greetings and Introductions: Class introductions (purpose, schedule, talk about materials, archeological research, replication and relevance)
Noon	Lunch
1:00 pm	Grind and mix clay, make paint
2:00 pm	Making a Mug: demonstration by leaders, followed by participants beginning to build vessel, adding handles, finishing and shaping
6:00 pm	Dinner
Sept 27 Saturday
7:00 am	Breakfast
8:30 am	Slip and polish mug Yucca brushes, paint (maybe a quick trip to Chapin Mesa Museum to look at vessels and designs)
Noon	Lunch
1:00 pm	Intro to designs, paint mugs
6:00 pm	Dinner
Sept 28 Sunday	(Sunday schedule subject to change due to fire restrictions in the park)
6:30 am	Start prefire
7:30 am	Breakfast
8:00 am	Load kiln, fire, smothering
Noon	Lunch
1:30 pm	Ranger guided tour of Mug House on Wetherill Mesa
4:30 pm	Return to kiln, uncover, unlaod, questions, wrap-up

The firing process will be taught, but the schedule may change due to potential fire restrictions.

Paul Ermigiotti, a former Ranger at Mesa Verde and long-time educator at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center will lead the instructional team. 

Instructional materials will include a hands-on lecture on the history and significance of the Mesa Verde and how it developed through time. This will be done via multi media as well as by using replicas and possibly original specimens. Pigments and clays will be gathered in advance and tools will be provided by the instructors.

The workshop will be limited to 25 people.  The workshop will require at least 15 registrants to proceed.  More information will be added to this page as it is received.  

Workshop Only	$495.00
Workshop and Double Occupancy Lodging	$675.00
Workshop and Single Occupancy Lodging	$775.00

Ceramics Workshop - Sept 26-28, 2008 During this workshop Paul Ermigiotti will lecture and provide instruction on the entire process of making your own ceramic mug. From preparing the clay to firing a vessel, students will learn the entire process of constructing vessels from start to finish. Using prehistoric techniques, participants will design their own Mesa Verde Black on White mug while learning the importance and significance of ceramics in the prehistoric record. More... Number in Stock: 25 Our Price: $495.00 Options: Choose Workshop Lodging Preference (if any): Workshop Only Workshop and Double Occupancy Lodging Workshop and Single Occupancy Lodging $495 Total: Quantity:  available