Learn to throw on a potter’s wheel. Group lessons limited to 4 students. A great opportunity for your children this winter. Price is for 8 two hour classes and includes materials. The class will cover centering, throwing techniques, trimming and glazing . Techniques to decorate a pot, including adding clay, carving, sgraffito, and use of underglazes and washes will be covered.
If your child has taken a previous class with me, the focus will continue to be on throwing with additional attention on ways to finish the pot, adding texture and glazing, and working on throwing larger pieces of clay.
This is primarily focusing on beginner techniques. Click here for a course outline . 8 week class outline
This class will take place Wednesday afternoons, from 3 – 5 pm starting January 26. It will run 8 weeks: January 26, February 2, 9, 16 and 23, and March 2, 9, and 16.
Please read my studio rules before signing up.
Spring is coming and this workshop is an opportunity to show off beautiful spring flowers in a vase you make yourself. The first class, February 4, 6 – 8 pm, students will be given a square cylinder of clay about 8 inches tall, and 2 inches square. Using additional clay to decorate the tube, there is no end to the designs that are possible. Add clay to make flowers, add texture, make a mountain scene…no end to where your imagination will take you. Students will also finish the tube so that it holds water. The second class, February 11, students will glaze their vases. Depending on how much detail you include, it is likely that each class will take the full 2 hours provided.
To reserve a seat for this workshop – vase
This workshop is specifically for children during winter school vacation week.
During this workshop, students will make two plates, about 9 inches in diameter. The plates will be microwavable, oven proof and dishwasher safe when completed.
The plates will be made using a mold, and then finished on the potter’s wheel. The first day of this 2 day workshop, will be spent making the plates. The second day will be spent using underglazes to decorate the plate. A method of mono-printing will be used. Various stencils of prints will be used and layered on each other. A final stencil, that will be the focal point of the plate, will be used. Students will be encouraged to find their own final design that I will print out for them. Simple silhouette designs of dragons, flowers, mandalas, trees, animals….are all possibilities.
The workshop will take place Monday Dec 27 and Wednesday Dec 29 from 11 am to 1 pm.
The plates will be ready for pick up with in 3 weeks from the last class.
To reserve a seat in this workshop: monoprint plates
The examples below are monoprints. The plates your children make will be plates – not platters.
I have yet to figure out what this will actually look like…I have been thinking about it, but have yet to create a design. Anyway, we will make a plate, about 9 inches across that when finished will be microwavable, dishwasher safe and oven proof if protected from thermal shock.
The class will be limited to 8 students, and no experience is needed. The plate will be made from a slab of clay molded into a form and then finished on the wheel. The workshop will take place on Monday afternoon, from 4 – 6 pm, December 20 and 27.
This is a 2 day workshop. The first day we will make the plate. Based on the ideas bouncing around my brain, I think it could take about 1 1/2 hours to make the plate. The second day, a week later, we will glaze the plate. That will likely take about an hour.
To reserve a seat at this workshop, click here: valentine
Pictures to come, hopefully.
Feeling creative!? Join us Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 pm to make your own creations. I will be available to provide technical assistance for you to achieve your clay ideas. Pretty much no limit on what you can make.
This will be a test run for the month of December, where clay and materials are included in the price. If you make something at home, or take something home to work on, you will be charged an additional fee for glazes and/or firing.
Prerequisite: 2 previous classes or workshops with me, or a completed Prescott Class. Limit of 6 people per class.
To reserve your seat – Click here – Jan 6
This workshop is best for students who can work independently, and are comfortable with the rules of the studio.
This is a 4 week class that will introduce you to the basics of throwing and pottery. The class will meet Thursday afternoons , 4 – 6 pm, January 6, 13, 20, and 27. The class is limited to 4 people. The outline of the class is as follows:
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Week 1:
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- You will be throw 5 balls of clay, of which you will keep 3 that you like. Focus is on centering
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- You will trim the pots you made from the previous week.
- You will make 1 slab plate using the wheel to finish.
- You will throw 4 balls of clay, of which you can keep 2 of your finished pots. Focus is on shaping.
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- You will earn about different techniques to finish your pots. The plate you made in the previous week will be finished with a method called sgraffito.
- You will make a slab bowl that you will finish on the wheel. The focus on the bowl will be using texture in the design.
- You will trim the pots from the previous week.
- You will throw 3 balls of clay, of which you can keep 1.
- Week 4:
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- You will glaze all your pots made previously. You should have at least 8 pots that will need glazing – pending no disasters in the kiln.
- You will trim your pot from the previous week. Underglazes will be used to decorate your pot.
Your pots will be available for pick up within 2 weeks of your last class.
Feeling creative!? Join us Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 pm to make your own creations. I will be available to provide technical assistance for you to achieve your clay ideas. Pretty much no limit on what you can make.
This will be a test run for the month of December, where clay and materials are included in the price. If you make something at home, or take something home to work on, you will be charged an additional fee for glazes and/or firing.
Prerequisite: 2 previous classes or workshops with me, or a completed Prescott Class. Limit of 6 people per class.
To reserve your seat – Click here – Dec 30
This workshop is best for students who can work independently, and are comfortable with the rules of the studio.
Feeling creative!? Join us Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 pm to make your own creations. I will be available to provide technical assistance for you to achieve your clay ideas. Pretty much no limit on what you can make.
This will be a test run for the month of December, where clay and materials are included in the price. If you make something at home, or take something home to work on, you will be charged an additional fee for glazes and/or firing.
Prerequisite: 2 previous classes or workshops with me, or a completed Prescott Class. Limit of 6 people per class.
To reserve your seat – Click here – Dec 23
This workshop is best for students who can work independently, and are comfortable with the rules of the studio.
Feeling creative!? Join us Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 pm to make your own creations. I will be available to provide technical assistance for you to achieve your clay ideas. Pretty much no limit on what you can make.
This will be a test run for the month of December, where clay and materials are included in the price. If you make something at home, or take something home to work on, you will be charged an additional fee for glazes and/or firing.
Prerequisite: 2 previous classes or workshops with me, or a completed Prescott Class. Limit of 6 people per class.
To reserve your seat – Click here – Dec 16
This workshop is best for students who can work independently, and are comfortable with the rules of the studio.
Feeling creative!? Join us Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 pm to make your own creations. I will be available to provide technical assistance for you to achieve your clay ideas. Pretty much no limit on what you can make.
This will be a test run for the month of December, where clay and materials are included in the price. If you make something at home, or take something home to work on, you will be charged an additional fee for glazes and/or firing.
Prerequisite: 2 previous classes or workshops with me, or a completed Prescott Class. Limit of 6 people per class.
To reserve your seat – Click here – Dec 9
This workshop is best for students who can work independently, and are comfortable with the rules of the studio.
