It's hard to imagine the Greeks without amphorae. These large containers were used for everything from transporting wine and olive oil to using as funerary urns. Students will learn clay hand-building as well as sgrafitto in making their own Amphora during this one-week crash course in ancient Greek pottery-making!
read moreCreate the wildest creatures you can imagine! Students will learn a variety of handbuilding skills such as coil making, extruding, and how to make a pinch pot. Students will leave with a sculpture of an imaginary (or real) monster, alien, or mythical creature of their creation!
read moreLearn the basics of wheel throwing, trimming and glazing. This extended, two-week class offers more time to practice on the wheel and more opportunities to complete projects. Create handmade functional pottery, experiment with various glazes and learn about safety in the ceramics studio.
read morePokémon and monsters and imaginary friends, oh my! This clay class will introduce hand-building techniques such as pinching and coiling. We'll discuss animal characteristics and learn to sculpt real and imaginary creatures in their natural habitats. Walk away with two or three sculpted creatures!
read moreLearn a variety of ceramic hand building techniques such as pinch pots, coil and slab building. You'll learn to create functional vessels and creative sculptural objects.
read moreUnicorns, elves, mermaids and more! This class will start with a fun story about a fantastical creature, then we will learn how to build creatures out of clay. We’ll use air-dry clay to make your creatures come to life!
read moreLearn various hand building techniques such as pinching, coiling and using slabs to create vessels that hold flowers and plants. We will make planters, vases, wall pockets, hanging vases, and airplant holders! We will paint with underglazes to add color.
read moreFrom humble hobbit holes to fantasy mansions, your imagination is the architect. Create miniature dwellings and all the tiny things that go inside.
read moreUnicorns, elves, mermaids and more! This class will start with a fun story about a fantastical creature, then we will learn how to build creatures out of clay. We’ll use air-dry clay to make your creatures come to life!
read moreLearn various hand building techniques such as pinching, coiling and using slabs to create vessels that hold flowers and plants. We will make planters, vases, wall pockets, hanging vases, and airplant holders! We will paint with underglazes to add color.
read moreMake 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 moreCome 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 moreHead 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 moreLearn 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 moreLearn to create small, sculptural hand-built objects with a focus on form, process and sustainability. We will work with paperclay, low fire clay and wild clay. Explore and investigate basic coil, pinch and slab making techniques with these three different clay bodies. Learn where clay comes from, and how to use it sustainably and economically:
read moreThis class is designed for those interested in expanding their skills, techniques, and concepts in clay. Weekly demonstrations will be individualized to cater to each student's skill level and interest.
read moreExplore 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 moreLearn the basics of fountain building. We will build the components for a simple slab-built tabletop fountain and learn how to plumb it.
read moreHead 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 moreFocus on making functional handbuilt ceramics such as bowls, sugar bowls, urns and platters with an added sculptural element. Focus will be on slumping and slab construction. Create small animals or abstract elements to give your work some whimsical and reverent personality.
read moreHave 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 moreLearn 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 moreHave 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 moreUsing simple hand-building techniques, we will construct a multi-part Seder plate, a mezuzah case, a menorah, and a pair of sabbath oil candlesticks.
read moreBrush 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 […]
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