Multi-Week Classes
Our classes meet once a week for 2.5 hours each week. May/June classes will be posted for signups on Monday, April 7th at noon. Classes will start April 28th.
What Makes Us Different?
We provide 25 pounds of clay for students. Students may use any of 5 clay types. Instructors will also make recommendations based on skill set. Classes include clay and use of tools and aprons.
We offer open studio hours to encourage students to practice and excel. Students may come in to practice 5 days per week (different days depending on your class day.)
Most classes run 8 weeks long instead of the standard 6 weeks. We want students to have the opportunity to have their pieces fired multiple times, to encourage learning, experimenting, and technique improvement.
Learn about our instructors here.
Intro to Throwing and Glazing
Wheel throwing classes teach the basics of making pieces on the potter’s wheel. Beginning students learn to prepare the clay, center, throw, and trim. After the pieces are fired, all students are taught how to glaze their pieces. Classes are capped at 11 students for high student/teacher interaction.
Mondays 6:30pm for 8 weeks for $425 taught by Cathy: April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19, (skip May 26/Memorial Day) June 2, 9, 16, & 23
Tuesdays at 6:30pm for 8 weeks for $425 taught by Jerry. April 29, May 6, May 13, May 20, May 27, June 3, 10. 17.
Next Step Wheel:
Throwing & Designing Planters
Brighten up these dreary winter days and welcome greenery into your home in preparation for spring with our Planter class. You’ll learn how to throw a variety of planter shapes on the wheel, build in drainage and catchers, and play with form with consideration of your plant’s unique needs.
In this class, we’ll cover throwing basic planters with drainage holes, explore shapes with curves and angles, design planters with matching plates and feet, throw a planter with an attached drip plate in one piece, and throw planters with a classic foldover rim. Using all these techniques, we’ll nerd out on how we can consider different plants’ biome in the planter design, from dry succulents and cacti to finicky indoor tropical plants to durable outdoor planters. Planters afford a lot of opportunity to play with surface texture and design, so we’ll dive deep into texture, slips, and glazing techniques.
Students should have completed a wheel throwing beginner class and be able to throw a cylinder. This builds off of beginner centering skills and will help you advance your skills.
Wednesdays 6:30pm for 7 weeks from 6:30-9 on March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16 for $400 with Keisha.
Intermediate Wheel Throwing:
Multiples!
In this class you will begin by exploring a variety of forms; whether a bowl, cup, plate or another piece of your choice. This focused exploration will allow you to narrow down your prototypes to one piece you’re most interested in.
Next you will focus on refining your skills to throw multiples of the same piece, creating a cohesive set of 4 to 8. (Ambitious students are welcome to throw multiple sets!)
With multiples, leaning into the details is key. Perfecting rims, feet, handles, and other specific areas are all a means of transforming your pieces into a cohesive and polished body of work. Prototypes from earlier weeks will serve as glaze tests and texture experiments, guiding us towards refinement.
Now that you’re a potter and all your friends constantly ask for dishware, this is the perfect class to hone your craft!
Thursdays 6:30pm for 7 weeks beginning March 6th for $400 with Daniel. (March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17)
Glazes & Handbuilding Series:
Oxides, and Making Porcelain Colored Clay
Join us for a deep dive on mason stains, metal oxides, and making brightly colored clay with porcelain. It’s an exploration in achieving very specific hues and tones of colored clay. Beginners to advanced students are welcome!
We’ll make richly saturated colored clay, and then cut it down with porcelain. You’ll learn how to make a perfect logarithmic gradient of colored clay, from rich dark hues to pastels to nearly white. Afterwards we’ll use our colored clay to make handbuilt pieces and demonstrate some fun ways to incorporate colored clay into your ceramic practice.
Week 1: What are stains and oxides and how do they make colored clay? We’ll provide examples and then make our own small samples of colored clay from trimmings and stains. You can test a variety of colors. Week 2: We’ll evaluate the fired samples. After refining your color palette and direction you’ll make logarithmic scales of saturation. Bring your biceps as we wedge and marble our colored clay to create your gradient. Ambitious students will end up with 20lbs of colored porcelain. We’ll fire samples of each color of your gradient. Week 3: Use your colored clay and make pieces! Week 4: Glazing our handbuilt pieces and continue making.
Tuesdays at 6:00-8:30pm: March 4, 11, 18, 25 for $250. Taught by Ashley. Students will receive 25lbs of porcelain as part of this class.
This is part of our “Glazing” series. #1 Troubleshooting #2 Oxide Washes #3 Staining Clay#4 Wild Clay, and #5 Glazing mixing will follow over the course of 2025. No need to take prior classes to take this one.
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