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This workshop will introduce you to the basic skills of throwing on the potter's wheel. No prior experience is required. You will get to keep the bowl or cylinder you have successfully created. We will glaze and fired it for you with our glaze pick of the week and we will contact you approximately 3 weeks after the workshop when your piece is ready...

This course offers a hands-on, dynamic exploration of clay as a material. Techniques covered include: Slab building Handbuilding Pinching Coil building to create sculptural and functional pieces of art. Students will also be introduced to surface decoration, glaze application, and firing processes. No prior experience necessary. Vaccination...

Students will get a feel for what goes on in classes and workshops with these bargain price trial sessions. This is risk-free shopping, try out a class to see how you like it before committing to a longer series. You’ll sample many techniques, but all work is recycled at the end of the class (You won't be able to keep what's made in class) Q&A...

If you've always wanted to work with clay, this introductory class will have you making beautiful pieces right away. Roll up your sleeves and plunge into basic ceramic techniques for both handbuilding and wheel.  Simple projects like vases, bowls, and platters, as well as pottery-wheel demos and practice, will be covered.

This introduction to handbuilding is an opportunity for students to work with clay as an art medium. Each student will become familiar with basic methods of construction, decoration, vocabulary, and tool descriptions and their functions. Demonstrations on rolling out slabs, wedging, pinching, and coil techniques will be performed in class. Vaccination...

This workshop will introduce you to the basic skills of throwing on the potter's wheel. No prior experience is required. You will get to keep the bowl or cylinder you have successfully created. We will glaze and fire it for you with our glaze pick of the week. Important Things to Note: We will contact you approximately 3 weeks after the workshop...

Evenings are for letting loose and relaxing! Couples, singles and friends come join us and get a little dirty while enjoying the wine or beer you brought in. This class can be repeated many times but gives you the freedom to register one class at a time. Our instructor will show and assist you with the basic techniques of the potter's wheel and will...

This workshop will introduce you to the basic skills of throwing on the potter’s wheel. No prior experience is required. This class can be repeated many times but gives you the freedom to register one class at a time. Our instructor will show and assist you with the basic techniques of the potter’s wheel and will move on to more advanced projects...

Join us for semi private wheel throwing serious fun! This Intensive week long “adult clay camp” focuses on basic wheel throwing techniques. Beginners will learn the fundamentals of throwing while more advanced students will review their techniques and target their difficulties while challenging themselves with new shapes and sizes. The glazing...

A great introduction to ceramics and the place to start. If you've always wanted to roll up your sleeves to have some fun working with clay, this is your opportunity. In this 2 1/2 hour Introductory Hand-Building workshop with our ceramic artists, you will learn many of the hand-building skills needed to make all kinds of functional and sculptural...

In this 16-session pottery class, students will learn and / or hone their wheel throwing abilities from the basics of wedging clay, center, pulling, and trimming to more advanced techniques of throwing off the hump, making multiples, and attaching and fitting pieces together. The class will focus on making functional pottery — pottery that is meant...

Handbuilding is an ancient pottery-making technique that involves creating forms without a pottery wheel, using the hands, fingers, and simple tools. This class will introduce the basic handbuilding techniques used to build functional pottery forms. The class will focus mostly on slab building techniques using bisque molds and stamps, but will also...

In this 2 hour class you will learn clay basics and fundamental hand-building techniques and apply them to create your own personal mug or planter. Class sizes vary from 4-8 people. You can choose to have your work fired and glazed for you for an additional $12. Your work will be finished and ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks. You can also have the piece...