Team Building & Events

Let us host your team event in our private studio! Team workshops foster collaboration and creativity. Time outside the workplace allows colleagues to get to know one another while building a skill. Our team off-site events are hosted around large communal tables to maximize conversation and creativity. We love working to curate your team’s experience.

In addition to corporate events we host adult birthday parties and children’s parties.

ACTIVITY

This introductory class teaches basic handbuilding, coiling, and textural techniques. Students learn to create beautiful forms using texture, color, and plaster molds. We draw out each student’s creativity while they work on their own pieces.

The class can be geared towards mugs, planters, or vases. If your group is larger than 12, we will break into two groups and each can have a different project. Deviation from the demonstration is encouraged and our instructors will work with you 1-on-1 to build what you’re imagining.

LOW BAR / HIGH CEILING

Handbuilding has a low entry point, but endless possibilities. It allows students with no experience and students with past experience to excel equally. Students push their own creativity, but we also provide example pieces and photos to inspire.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Students are provided with the tools, clay, aprons, and instruction needed for the event. They are encouraged to get messy and you may bring food and drinks. Pieces will be glazed, fired, and ready for pick-up in 4 weeks.

We aren’t able to provide food or drinks, but can set up side tables for you to bring food spreads and both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. We can provide carafes of water, glass wine glasses, and helpful things like bottle openers.

DETAILS

Typical team bookings are hosted from 2:30pm-5:00pm weekday afternoons and we can host up to 30 participants. Monday-Friday afternoons are available. Please email if you need an alternate timeslot. With advanced notice, we can do weeknight evenings. Private events, like birthday parties, can be booked for weekend afternoons or evenings. Please email with details on your group size and preferred dates and we will provide pricing. lorraine@hickoryclay.com.

Private Lessons

Looking to further your clay skills? We offer 60 and 90 minute private lessons at beginner or advanced levels. Topics are chosen by students and the instructor will work with you on your goals. Lessons can be one-time or build a syllabus of goals. Some options:

Beginner Topics: learning to throw, trim, glaze, troubleshooting centering and pulling. (A single beginner lesson will not yield any fired/completed work. You’ll need to book multiple lessons or check out our One Time Classes where we glaze the work for you.)

Advanced Topics: Specific forms (closing vases big or small, throwing tall cylinders, throwing larger amounts of clay, plates,) trimming advanced forms with a chuck, crawl glazes, cleanly glazing difficult forms, making colored slip

$120 for 60 minutes | $150 for 90 minutes

Participants can be one or two people for the pricing above; for higher numbers or private group classes pricing will be adjusted. Please email lorraine@hickoryclay.com to coordinate all lessons.

Event & Space Rentals

Looking for a space to host your art class, Christmas party, or other event? Email us! The studio is available every Saturday night, and other times can be arranged. Email lorraine@hickoryclay.com.