ONSITE: Wheel Throwing for Everyone (B)
Have you always wanted to try wheel throwing? Come throw a pot using white stoneware, then fire and finish your pieces using food-safe glazes.
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ONSITE: Take + Bake Polymer Clay Workshop (B)
Learn how to sculpt, add texture, and mix colors with polymer clay in this one-day workshop. Students will learn the basics of polymer clay in a process that can be easily replicated in the home studio. Class time will be used to make our creations and students will bake at home.
read moreONSITE: Intermediate Wheel Throwing (A)
Expand your skills by learning additional throwing techniques and working on complex projects. We'll explore larger-scale pieces, throw platters, make sets, and add hand-built elements to our pieces. This class caters to individual interests, so we'll address specific techniques for your projects. Discussion on reduction firing in the gas kiln and glaze firing to cone […]
read moreONSITE: Sculptural Ceramic Containers
Explore the world of hand-built clay structure. Designed for all skill levels, students will delve into fundamental techniques over eight sessions. They will craft unique functional ceramic containers, disguised as sculptures, like castles, beehives, or houses. Participants will learn the basics of slab and hand-building techniques, how to create lids with a keyhole locking mechanism, […]
read moreONSITE: Create a Sculptural Creature Birdhouse
In this workshop the student will learn a new technique for creating a whimsical creature birdhouse. The student will expand their knowledge of different ways of finishing the surface of a piece by using texture rollers, and stamps to bring the surface to life. We will discuss size and proportion in the class to ensure […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to the Wheel (C)
Learn to throw clay on a potter’s wheel. We’ll cover the foundations of wheel work, including wedging and centering clay and forming cylinders, cups and bowls. Basic glazing information will help you finish your final forms.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to the Wheel (D)
Learn to throw clay on a potter’s wheel. We’ll cover the foundations of wheel work, including wedging and centering clay and forming cylinders, cups and bowls. Basic glazing information will help you finish your final forms.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to the Wheel (E)
Learn to throw clay on a potter’s wheel. We’ll cover the foundations of wheel work, including wedging and centering clay and forming cylinders, cups and bowls. Basic glazing information will help you finish your final forms.
read moreONSITE: Raku Firing Workshop (A)
Head over to VisArts' courtyard and join us for some raku pottery firing—an exciting approach to pottery surface design! Participants will glaze their pieces, help load them into the kiln, grab a beer or snack across the street at Goatocado, then return to enjoy the campfire-like atmosphere with friends on our back patio.
read moreONSITE: Raku Firing Workshop (C)
Head over to VisArts' courtyard and join us for some raku pottery firing—an exciting approach to pottery surface design! Participants will glaze their pieces, help load them into the kiln, grab a beer or snack across the street at Goatocado, then return to enjoy the campfire-like atmosphere with friends on our back patio.
read moreONSITE: Surface Design with Slip for Wheel Throwers
Learn how to create your own mason stain slips and successfully apply to thrown pieces: brushing, slip trailing, mocha ware techniques, sgraffito, stamps and more. We will have time to throw during class, but demos will focus on surface treatment. Intermediate to advanced throwers, please see supply list.
read moreONSITE: Hand Building: Make Your Own Clay Mug (C)
Have you ever wanted to drink out of a mug you made? Learn the techniques of coil building to make your own mug.
read moreONSITE: Raku Firing
Join for a raku pottery firing series to become more confident and creative with the raku process. Each week participants will glaze their pieces, help load them into the kiln, grab a beer or snack across the street at Goatocado or use the studio time to work on pieces, then return to enjoy the campfire-like […]
read moreONSITE: Wheel Throwing for Everyone (E)
Have you always wanted to try wheel throwing? Come throw a pot using white stoneware, then fire and finish your pieces using food-safe glazes.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Clay
Explore the basics of clay. We’ll cover the proper use of studio tools, equipment and materials. You’ll learn about slab construction, coil building and combined techniques. We’ll also demonstrate wheel throwing and discuss how various clays and glazes respond to each other.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to the Wheel (A)
Learn to throw clay on a potter’s wheel. We’ll cover the foundations of wheel work, including wedging and centering clay and forming cylinders, cups and bowls. Basic glazing information will help you finish your final forms.
read moreONSITE: Family Studio: Clay Animals: Lions + Tigers + Bears, oh my!
Make art side by side as a family. exploring a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Get messy with us and spend your morning creating little critters out of air dry clay. Form a mound of clay to look like a real life animal or a creature born of your imagination! […]
read moreONSITE: Family Studio: Creating with Clay: Airdry Trinket Bowls
Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Get your hands in some mud by using air dry clay to make small bowls and plates. These pieces of art can hold all your little trinkets! You can take these […]
read moreONSITE: Create a Hand-Built Tequila Set
In this workshop the student will learn about hand building a Tequila Set. They will learn different ways of finishing the surface of the piece using stencils and layering underglaze colors on the clay to create a dynamic surface design. We will discuss size and proportion in the class to ensure the pieces work as […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to the Wheel (C)
Learn to throw clay on a potter’s wheel. We’ll cover the foundations of wheel work, including wedging and centering clay and forming cylinders, cups and bowls. Basic glazing information will help you finish your final forms.
read moreONSITE: Wheel Throwing Refresher (A)
Brush up on the basics! We'll review wheel throwing techniques and skills. Create and complete work during class, with enough time to fire and glaze. This class is open to students who have previously taken wheel throwing classes. We will review and refresh our knowledge of wedging, centering, throwing, trimming and glazing. We will take […]
read moreONSITE: Intermediate Wheel Throwing (B)
Expand your skills by learning additional throwing techniques and working on complex projects. We'll explore larger-scale pieces, throw platters, make sets, and add hand-built elements to our pieces. This class caters to individual interests, so we'll address specific techniques for your projects. Discussion on reduction firing in the gas kiln and glaze firing to cone […]
read moreONSITE: Intermediate Wheel Throwing (A)
Expand your skills by learning additional throwing techniques and working on complex projects. We'll explore larger-scale pieces, throw platters, make sets, and add hand-built elements to our pieces. This class caters to individual interests, so we'll address specific techniques for your projects. Discussion on reduction firing in the gas kiln and glaze firing to cone […]
read moreONSITE: Make a Set of Clay Coasters
Design a unique set of clay coasters to adorn and protect the tables in your home. Learn how to roll as strong slab and implement textures and drawn images. Using colored slips or underglazes we will create a cohesive color scheme for the coasters to unify them as a set.
read moreONSITE: Hand Building: Sculpture Meets Function
Design some unique wares that teeter between the realms of function and sculpture. This clas will construct some gravity-defying, mystifying objects that are more than a feast for the eyes. Expand your understanding of what it means to create with clay, pushing past the perception that for an object to be a sculpture it cannot […]
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