Professional Crafts
Western Piedmont Community College’s Professional Crafts programs offer unique opportunities for expressing your creativity. Our programs offer studio practice along with guidance for running an arts business. Whether you are a professional artist or someone wanting to explore a new hobby, a variety of course options are available to give opportunities in sculpture, pottery, and woodworking on our campus.
We invite you to learn more about our offerings below.
WPCC’s Studio Facilities
Students in our professional crafts classes have access to state-of-the-art facilities in which to practice their work. Wood-turning machines, pottery kilns, wheels, and other tools are available to assist in bringing ideas to life.
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Professional Crafts: Wood
John Ferguson, an instructor in the Professional Crafts: Wood program, talks about the tools you will use and what you will learn as a student studying in the program.
Closed Captioning of the video is available.
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Curriculum Classes
Come join us at WPCC for some fantastic courses offered in Professional Crafts. For current and upcoming classes, please visit the Class Schedules page.
Professional Crafts Continuing Education Courses
Professional Crafts instructors also offer opportunities for specialized learning through WPCC Continuing Education. These courses are non-credit and focus on specific topics. To get more information, select a class name on the calendar. You will be presented with a course description and a link to register online. To see class offerings in future months, click the Next button or choose the month name and hit the “Go” button.
Events in October 2018–September 2019
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Intro to CNC RouterJ Building1001 Burkemont AvenueMorganton, NC 28655USAClass Date: 10/12/18 - 10/13/18, Friday - Saturday
Cost: $75
Limited to 5 Students
Time: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Friday - 10 am - 3 pm Saturday
Location: WPCC Building J, Room J 20 & F-109 on 10/13)
Class Section Number: 56622Introductory CNC for Woodworkers is a 2 day introductory course on CNC use in woodworking. Students will learn how to make basic designs on the computer using CAD (Computer Aided Design), how to make ShopBot toolpaths with VCarve, and how to setup and run the “ShopBot BUDDY” CNC Router. After completing the course, students will have made a 12”x 12”x ¾” wall piece of their own design (ie. clock face, sign, wall art…)
Instructor: Sydney Garnto
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Intro to CNC RouterJ Building1001 Burkemont AvenueMorganton, NC 28655USAClass Date: 10/19/18 - 10/20/18, Friday & Saturday
Cost: $75
Limited to 5 Students
Time: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm on Friday and 10 am - 3 pm on Saturday
Location: WPCC Building J, Room J 20 & F-109
Class Section Number: 56623Introductory CNC for Woodworkers is a 2 day introductory course on CNC use in woodworking. Students will learn how to make basic designs on the computer using CAD (Computer Aided Design), how to make ShopBot toolpaths with VCarve, and how to setup and run the “ShopBot BUDDY” CNC Router. After completing the course, students will have made a 12”x 12”x ¾” wall piece of their own design (ie. clock face, sign, wall art…)
Instructor: Sydney Garnto
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Drinking VesselsRostan Building1001 Burkemont AvenueMorganton, NC 28655USADates: 10/29/18 - 12/03/18, Mondays
Cost: $88
Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
WPCC Rostan 1
Class Section Number: 55846In this class, students will create a variety of functional drinking vessels using hand-building methods such as slab, coil, and pinch techniques. Students will receive introduction to pattern making, texturing tools, and basic hand-building equipment such as slab roller and extruder. A variety of vessels will be created using slab, coil and pinch pot techniques. Students will learn the fundamentals of functional ware, pottery terminology, gain hands-on experience in all aspects of creating pottery and become acquainted with how a pottery studio operates. Students will finish their project with a glaze of their choice. A basic pottery tool set is recommended for this class and is available for purchase at the campus bookstore. All skill levels welcome. Class will not be held on November 12th.
Limited to 7 Students.
Instructor: Debra Zimmerman
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Intro to CNC RouterJ Building1001 Burkemont AvenueMorganton, NC 28655USAClass Date: 11/06/18 - 11/08/18, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Cost: $75
Limited to 5 Students
Time: 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: WPCC Building J, Room J 20
Class Section Number: 56986Introductory CNC for Woodworkers is a 2 day introductory course on CNC use in woodworking. Students will learn how to make basic designs on the computer using CAD (Computer Aided Design), how to make ShopBot toolpaths with VCarve, and how to setup and run the “ShopBot BUDDY” CNC Router. After completing the course, students will have made a 12”x 12”x ¾” wall piece of their own design (ie. clock face, sign, wall art…)
Instructor: Sydney Garnto
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The Professional Crafts Programs at WPCC
Western Piedmont Community College offers associate degrees, diplomas, and certificates in three areas:
Clay
WPCC offers the following studies in clay:
Wood
WPCC offers the following studies in wood:
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