Check out our upcoming classes and workshops!
Wheel Classes
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Come join this exciting wheel class! Kyrsten will guide her students through the essential steps of throwing on the wheel. With her thoughtful, skill-building assignments and mastery of applied textures, carving, and sculpture, you will find your work soaring to new heights under her gentle guidance. Kyrsten brings much to the table with her unique artistic style. She’s known for incorporating handbuilt elements into her thrown work which never fails to yield show-stopping results. Beginners welcome.
Instructor: Kyrsten Bryant
Price: $180
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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No class on Memorial Day, May 25.
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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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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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+)
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Come join this inspiring, stress-free wheel throwing class. The instructor will focus on gradually building throwing techniques and the creation of attractive, functional forms. Students will practice centering clay, pulling up the walls, and mastering basic cylinder and bowl shapes. This is a Saturday afternoon class with wiggle room for special student requests. Beginners welcome.
Instructor: Esther Cranfill
Price: $180
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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The idea of the Clay Club arose from the desire to help intermediate potters move beyond basic forms and develop in new directions. In this class, we will be building on the existing skills of the students and focus on implementing unexpected artistic elements into our work. The objective of this class is to broaden the horizons of what’s possible, spark curiosity, and find delightful ways to refine and elevate one’s signature style. This class starts with a simple wheel thrown assignment that is then augmented with handbuilt details to give each piece it’s uniqueness character and “je ne sais quoi”. The last class is for glazing all the artwork.
Instructor: Valya Boutenko
Price: $150
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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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 small 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, as well as students looking to solidify their skills and build confidence.
Instructor: Valya Boutenko
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. Students can either choose to glaze their own work or opt to have the staff glaze their finished totem.
Instructor: Valya Boutenko
Price: $150
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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Pizza starts at 12:00 pm, and the class will start at 12:30 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. Pizza will be provided so that lunch is taken care of. No experience necessary, beginners welcome.
Instructor: Anya Beldon
Price: $180
Max Number of Students: 6 (Ages 11+)
Handbuilding & Decorating Classes
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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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Come learn to make your own jewelry. The instructor will teach students to make earrings, bracelets, and necklaces. Students will practice using jewelry making tools and learning the elements of design. Participants will get to make wearable art to their own liking that can be worn right out of class. Mary will share all her magical tips for making balanced, elegant pieces that are sure to become your new favorites. Beads and jewelry-making supplies are included.
Instructor: Mary Tuttle
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+)
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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. Students can either choose to glaze their own work or opt to have the staff glaze their finished totem.
Instructor: Valya Boutenko
Price: $150
Max Number of Students: 8 (Ages 14+)
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No Class on July 4
Do you want to learn one of the most fundamental and historic forms of handbuilding? From functional to sculptural, coil building can be used to make anything from simple vases and pots to ornate sculptures and oversized vessels. Designed for both beginners and intermediate students, in this class we will begin with coil building basics, then progress to more sculptural or structurally ambitious pieces. Over the course of 4 weeks, students will have the opportunity to design and create two distinct projects, with extra allotments of clay and firing space. There will be a two-week break, (giving the clay vessels ample time to dry). In the fourth class, students will glaze their masterpieces.
Instructor: Anya Beldon
Price: $250
Max Number of Students: 6 (Ages 14+)
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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+)
Kid and Adult Workshops
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In this collaboration with Silver Line Theatre Exchange, you’ll spend the first half of the day learning theatre-making and the second half learning clay!
Price: $300
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In this collaboration with Silver Line Theatre Exchange, you’ll spend the first half of the day learning theatre-making and the second half learning clay!
Price: $240
Get in touch! We’re happy to answer your questions.
