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Intro to Pottery – February

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, February 3, 10, 17 and 24. The class is limited to 4 people. The outline of the class is as follows:

Week 1:
- - You will be throw 5 balls of clay, of which you will keep 3 that you like. Focus is on centering
  - Review of different ways to finish or decorate your pots.
Week 2:
- - 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, time permitting, of which you can keep 2 of your finished pots. Focus is on shaping.
  - Review pots that you have made. Discuss ways that they could be finished /decorated/glazed.
Week 3:
- - You will learn 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, time permitting, of which you can keep 1.
Week 4:
- - You will glaze all your pots made previously. You should potentially have as many as 8 pots that will need glazing – pending no disasters along the way.
  - 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 3 weeks of your last class.

To reserve your seat, click here – Intro to Pottery February

Open Studio – January 27

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 January, 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: open studio

This workshop is best for students who can work independently, and are comfortable with the rules of the studio.

Open Studio – January 20

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: open studio

This workshop is best for students who can work independently, and are comfortable with the rules of the studio.

Open Studio – January 13

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: open studio

This workshop is best for students who can work independently, and are comfortable with the rules of the studio.

Zentangle and Clay – January – Make a Tray

Join us for this multimedia fusion workshop where clay and mindfulness combine for an uber creative experience. Certified zentangle teacher, Donna Spencer, will start the first of 3 classes to share her knowledge of zentangle. Zentangle is defined as ” a form of meditative doodling that has repeating patterns, or tangles, put together to form a Zen-tangle.” This fun and relaxing art has numerous applications beyond how it will be used in this workshop. (Tied up on zoom meetings – pull out your zentangle designs and make the meeting more productive!) . No experience or artistic ability is required…if you can write your name, you can create beautiful Zentangle designs!

What we will be doing in this workshop is adding texture to a platter that you will make using stamps, that you will make, in a manner consistent with zentangle design.

During the first class, January 3, Donna will lead you through some selected zentangle patterns. You will take that knowledge to create a zentangle design of your own on paper – about the size of the eventual platter you will make. You will then take that knowledge and create clay stamps which will be used on your own clay platter.

The next week, January 10, you will make a clay platter. Your stamps will have been “fired”, so that they will be hard enough to stamp the clay, and can be used on your platter. The platter is about 5 by 12 inches*. The final platter will be oven proof, dishwasher safe, and microwavable.

The last day (January 17) of the workshop, week 3, will be spent refining your platter and glazing.

The combination of clay, where you take a lump of clay and turn it into something beautiful and functional, and zentangle, is surely one of the most mindful activities ever created.

Here is a fun example of how one potter uses stamps in his pottery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=354&v=d2iQ3bGJ2uE&feature=emb_title

Please familiarize yourself with my studio rules before signing up for this class.

This is a platter Donna made using a glazed zentangle design on a clay platter.

The class will meet January 3, 10, and 17, from 7 – 9 pm. The class is limited to 8 students. No experience needed.

Here are examples of zentangle design used on pottery from the internet (It requires joining pinterest which is free); zen pottery

To reserve your seat, click here: Zentangle Tray

Learn to Throw – Teens – winter 2022

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.

Make a Vase

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

Make Two Luncheon Plates – for teens

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.

Make a Valentine’s Plate

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.

Open Studio – January 6

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.