Hand Building: Make a Votive Candle Holder (Adults and Youth 12+ with a Registered Adult)

Bring some brightness to your cozy winter nights—make some candle holding pots with us! Make hand-turned vessels using the ancient pinching method. Carve marvelous designs into your vessels to allow the light to spill out. Create and take home up to two ceramic votive holders to spread happiness and warmth throughout your home all winter long!

Special Notes

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  This class includes a glaze firing which students can choose from 2 options. These may not be done in time for the holidays.
  Please bring a towel and a set of basic clay tools if you have them.
  
  Accessibility notes: Many artmaking processes require the ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time, fine motor skills/finger dexterity, repetitive motions, vision, and some amount of physical strength. VisArts values making classes accessible to everyone, and is always happy to work with students to make accommodations when possible. Please reach out to [email protected] with specific questions related to accessibility or accommodations.
  
  If under 18, student must be accompanied by a registered adult. Classes are confirmed one week prior to the start date. In order to help us confirm classes, please register as early as possible.
  This instructor speaks Spanish, but the class is held in English.

About the Instructor

Claudia Meyer

Claudia is an artist and object-maker living and working in Richmond, VA primarily working in clay and paper media. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Sculpture + Extended Media in 2020. Her handbuilt works in clay, although they are made of hardened earth, feel soft to the touch. Their colors are as jovial and earthly as bursting laughter. These objects emit energy through their whimsical forms and patterns. She learns from the way that the moon and the trees wave to each other and the deep knowledge rooted in the earth and our bodies.

Through her teaching, she aims to democratize the classroom space, leveling the student/teacher relationship to one of reciprocity rather than authority. Her students learn just as much from the world around them as they do from each other. In her classroom, Claudia exists as a guide for her creative students' journeys and she endeavors to teach her students limitlessness in their creative pursuits.

Instagram: @ paloma.claudi

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