Old School Clay and Ceramics

Drop In Sunday - Make an Owl Planter
2024-06-02 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Old School Clay and Ceramics, 145 Main St, Groton, Ma, 01450
Join us Sunday, June 2, to make a small container with an owl on its front. use it as a planter, to hold pencils, paperclips of the proverbial belly button lint. You will make the container from a slab of clay wrapped around a can. A template will help you to form the owl face, body, wings, feet and eyes.
Come back after two weeks and glaze it. You can choose between white or brown glaze, or use an underglaze, more or less a complete color palette, with a clear gloss coat to add color. (Finished product pictures coming soon)
You can pick up your owl within 3 weeks from when you glaze it.
This is the project for Sunday6/2. The drop in workshop is offered from 2 – 4 pm. It will probably take you about an hour to make the container. A different project will be offered each week. For a list of future projects, check here.
Payment may be made through this website or at the door with cash. Attending a drop in studio does not count towards the prerequisite requirements for attending open studio.
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Rhubarb Leaf Birdbath
2024-06-03 18:00 - 20:00
What could be more beautiful in your garden than a birdbath you created yourself! Using rhubarb (or you could choose burdock) leaves from my garden (you are welcome to bring your own, but my kiln is only so big, so the leaves can be no bigger than 15 inches in any direction) you will make a clay fossil of the leaf. We will then form the leaf around a mold in order to give it depth so it can hold water. Two weeks later , June 17, you will come back and glaze your leaf. Rhubarb and burdock have wonderful veining, so will will talk about ways to highlight or accentuate the veins using glazes. This workshop will take place June 3 and 17 from 6 – 8 pm.
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CANCELLED - Sunday Drop In - People Bells
2024-06-09 14:00 - 16:00
CANCELLED – Charming wind chimes for your garden! I am going to be unloading the kiln shortly where my models are – hopefully they turn out good enough. In the event they do not, I have included some examples from the internet.

This woman specializes in making single woman bells: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1133849909/woman-figure-ceramic-bell-with-flower
Due to the nature of glazes, only the bell part of the windchime will be glazed with a gloss glaze. Underglazes can be used on all the other body parts because the glaze will not melt onto the kiln shelf. In the picture enclosed, the picture on the right shows the bells being glazed with underglaze. The color is permanent, but not glossy.
You will be provided with a slab of clay and a template to make one large wind chime, or 3 small chimes. Decoration or details (hat, flower, shirt, etc.)will be up to you.
The windchimes should not be left out during the winter of freezing temperatures. It will be up to you to assempble the pieces.
This is the Sunday Drop In project for Sunday, June 9. Drop IN studio is from 2 – 4 pm. You can pay on line or at the door.
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Sunday Drop In - Garden Flowers
2024-06-16 14:00 - 16:00
Yes, this Sunday is Father’s Day, but Sunday Drop In will still happen.
Looking to add some dramatic splashes of color to your garden? How about some ceramic flowers?
You will be given an 8 x 11 slab of clay from which you can make flowers. I have flower cookie cutters, or you can make your own flower design. You could make several smaller flowers or one giant flower. Final assembly of your flowers is up to you , but you can make hanging flowers, or flowers that are secured ro a dowel (i can show you how to engineer that). Come back on 2 weeks to glaze. The nearly full color pallette of underglazes can be used or use white, red or yellow glazes.
The flowers should not be left out during the winter of freezing temperatures. This is the Sunday Drop In project for Sunday, June 16. Drop IN studio is from 2 – 4 pm. You can pay on line or at the door.
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Drop In Sunday - Ikebana Vase
2024-06-30 14:00 - 16:00
Ikebana is a Japanese style of flower arranging. We will make a flower vase that complements that style of flower arranging. You can do it in the manner of Georgetown pottery or you could make one more in the style of this artist. The ikebana vase is really good for flowers with a short lives – like iris or day lilies. You can highlight the beauty of the short lived flower without going through the hassle of making an involved bouquet, only to have the flowers dead the next day. With the ikebana, just stick your flower in, and make it the focus of the arrangement. Flowers frogs will be available for free those who make a vase in the style of Georgetown. If you do another style, extruded tubes can be used for your flowers.
This is the driop in project for June 30th from 2 – 4 pm. Come back 2 weeks later to glaze your vase. White, green or blue glazes will be available, or use the nearly full pallette of underglazes to add color to your vase.
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