Check out our upcoming classes and workshops!
Wheel Classes
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Pizza starts at 4:00 pm, and the class starts at 4:30 pm
This class is the perfect opportunity to get your kids started on the potter’s wheel. Anya Beldon will guide students through the stages of making functional pottery and will focus on centering clay, pulling up the walls, shaping, trimming, making spouts, and adding handles. Students will get to make bowls, mugs, ring holders, pitchers, spoon-rests, and more. Domino’s pizza will be provided so that dinner is taken care of. No experience necessary, beginners welcome.
Instructor: Anya Beldon
Price: $180
Max Number of Students: 6 (Ages 11+)
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Come learn to throw functional pottery on the wheel. This is an in-depth class where students will get loads of practice centering clay and throwing basic forms such as cylinders, bowls, vases, and plates. Each week will begin with the demo of an exciting new assignment. The class will focus on mastering simple throwing and trimming techniques and will cover handle pulling for mugs, securely attaching clay features and embellishments, decorative carving, the use of stamps and textures, as well as tried and true glazing methods. First-time beginners are welcome!
Instructor: Kyrsten Bryant
Price: $180
Max Number of Students: 9 (Ages 14+)
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Take this opportunity to hone your throwing skills and gain confidence on the wheel. This all-level class will focus on setting achievable goals and working on foundational skills such as centering, pulling up the walls of a piece, and creating consistent cylinders. The class will also cover trimming and decoration techniques, as well as how to addhandles and other charming flourishes to your creations. Whether you’re new to ceramics, or just needing a refresher, this class will set you up for success.
Instructor: Mary Tuttle
Price: $180
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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Take this opportunity to hone your throwing skills and gain confidence on the wheel. This all-levels class will focus on setting achievable goals and working on foundational skills such as centering, pulling up the walls of a piece, and creating consistent cylinders. The class will also cover trimming and decoration techniques, as well as how to add handles and other charming flourishes to your creations. Whether you’re new to ceramics, or just needing a refresher, this class will set you up for success.
Instructor: Mary Tuttle
Price: $180
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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In this class students will be making a set of giant beads (both handbuilt and thrown on the wheel) that will later be strung onto a piece of rebar to fashion a trendy garden totem sculpture. This is your chance to make this artistic piece to your own liking, in the color palette of your choosing. Students will be able to implement any theme that inspires them or simply make the shapes that speak to them. The class will use impressions of real plants, practice carving, and using underglaze transfers. The sculpture will be crowned with a spherical shape that features a hand-sculpted animal. Rebar and washers (to fit between beads) will be provided.
Instructor: Valya Boutenko
Price: $150
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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Jump into this awesome, well-rounded introduction to ceramics! In the first week students will have an introduction to handbuilding. The second week will center around practicing wheel throwing, while the third week will focus on trimming, adding handles, and finishing your pieces. Finally, in week four, students will practice glazing their work. This is a beginner level class for students looking to dip their toes into the wonderful world of pottery and get a good sense of what working with clay is all about.
Instructor: Mary Tuttle
Price: $120
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
Handbuilding & Decorating Classes
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Join this class and learn to knit in the continental style—renowned for superior efficiency and speed. Over the course of six weeks, students will master several new stitches, understand how to obtain gauge, manage tension, and take home several finished pieces of clothing including a hat, a dishcloth, fingerless gloves, and more. The instructor will gradually introduce casting on, binding off, the knit stitch, purl stitch, working decreases, knitting in the round, and even using double pointed needles. After completing this course, students will have the skills to easily comprehend and follow any pattern from home, and there will truly be no limits to what they can knit!
Instructor: Valya Boutenko
Price: $150
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 12+)
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In this class students will be making a set of giant beads (both handbuilt and thrown on the wheel) that will later be strung onto a piece of rebar to fashion a trendy garden totem sculpture. This is your chance to make this artistic piece to your own liking, in the color palette of your choosing. Students will be able to implement any theme that inspires them or simply make the shapes that speak to them. The class will use impressions of real plants, practice carving, and using underglaze transfers. The sculpture will be crowned with a spherical shape that features a hand-sculpted animal. Rebar and washers (to fit between beads) will be provided.
Instructor: Valya Boutenko
Price: $150
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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This offering is an intermediate 6-week class where students bring in ideas they came up with on their own, or were inspired by online, and the teacher helps facilitate these unique projects. Make your pottery wishes come true with this flexible class that easily accommodates the distinct goals of each student. Whether you want to make an elaborate ceramic wind chime for your porch, a gnome sculpture for your garden, or a set of dollhouse furniture for your grandkids, this is the class for you.
Instructor: Esther Cranfill
Price: $180
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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Jump into this awesome, well-rounded introduction to ceramics! In the first week students will have an introduction to handbuilding. The second week will center around practicing wheel throwing, while the third week will focus on trimming, adding handles, and finishing your pieces. Finally, in week four, students will practice glazing their work. This is a beginner level class for students looking to dip their toes into the wonderful world of pottery and get a good sense of what working with clay is all about.
Instructor: Mary Tuttle
Price: $120
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
Kid and Adult Workshops
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This extra special iris vase design has a hidden feature that sets it apart. It has what’s known as a floral frog, which is a pronged metal disk. The stems of flowers are then pressed onto the prongs, and this makes it possible to produce effortless, stunning arrangements in the Japanese ikebana style. Delicate flowers such as irises are optimal for the use of floral frogs. Students will have the option of returning to glaze their own piece, or have the staff glaze it for them at no additional cost. Floral frogs provided. Beginners welcome.
Instructor: Esther Cranfill
Price: $85
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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In this class, clay slabs are cut into bottle shapes, and a whole mini world is created to look like a beautiful terrarium with hidden Easter eggs. Students will be able to explore different textures as they make their unique creation. Projects can hang on a wall or be displayed on a stand. Beginners welcome!
Instructor: Christy Pilson
Price: $65
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 7-100)
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Come make 6 adorable, bunny-themed napkin rings to take home. This year your table setting could include touching handcrafted accents that will make the celebration all the more special, joyful, and memorable. All finished napkin rings will be glazed, fired, and ready in time for Easter Sunday. Students of all ages are welcome to hop on into this fun-filled class.
Instructor: Abby Kiracofe
Price: $90
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 12+)
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Calling all bunnies! It’s time to hop on into the studio and make some Easter mugs. Esther will share all her secrets on how to carefully craft the ultimate showstopping Easter mug at a level of cuteness that’ll leave spectators cooing with joy. This is the perfect class to get a taste of what it’s like to work with clay and try your hand at glazing. Entry level class, bunnies—I mean beginners welcome.
Instructor: Esther Cranfill
Price: $85
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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Join us for this light-hearted handbuilding class, where students will get to make a set of Easter themed candleholders. This is your chance to make the custom table center piece of your dreams! Ceramic candleholders are not only the quintessence of beauty and elegance, but they also have a lovely sturdiness which makes them ideal for tapered candles. All finished centerpieces will be glazed, fired, and perfectly ready in time for Easter Sunday. Students of all ages and skill levels are welcome.
Instructor: Abby Kiracofe
Price: $90
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 12+)
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Join us for this inspiring, deeply creative class where students will get to build dinosaur sculptures. The second class will be devoted to painting on bright colors of underglaze in many layers. In this way, the sculptures will come to life with stripes, feathers, or even polka dots! The sculptures may be large or small, but they are sure to be hugely expressive! Students are welcome to sculp dinosaurs from history or make up their own whimsical creatures. Sculpted dinosaurs can be cute and silly, or seriously terrifying! Either way, this charming class is sure to fill up quickly, so sign up soon! The studio will glaze finished sculptures clear before pickups. Beginners welcome.
Instructor: Esther Cranfill
Price: $80
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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Come build a gnome home with us! Provide a home for gnomes to dwell in your garden. There will be a variety of styles and glazes to choose from. Each student will create a one-of-a-kind shelter that is decorative and whimsical in the garden. Students have the option of coming back to glaze their work or having Clayground staff glaze it for them.
Instructor: Christy Pilson
Price: $75
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 7-100)
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It won’t be long until radiant yellow sunflowers are tempting us from every corner of the Staunton Farmers market. “But where will I put them?” each one of us will wonder. Before it’s too late, come make an extra-sturdy vase with us to hold these fiery summer beauties. The season goes by quick—and fortune favors the bold. Beginners welcome.
Instructor: Mary Tuttle
Price: $85
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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