Spend eight weeks learning to build vessels from the ground up — one coil at a time. Coil construction is one of the oldest pottery techniques in the world, and it's the method that lets you make taller, rounder, and more ambitious forms entirely by hand. You'll start with a simple coil bowl to learn how to roll even coils, join them cleanly, and smooth your walls, then move on to a vase and a tall vessel as your confidence grows. By the end you'll have a set of pieces that show off real range: from trivets to vases. This handbuilding class is beginner friendly, but open to all skill levels.

In the early lessons we'll focus on technique: rolling consistent coils, using our extruder, smoothing and hammering the coils, and shaping your walls as they rise. From there you'll learn the surface techniques that make coil work sing: paddling, burnishing, and adding texture, along with colored slip decoration. Jerry leads through group demonstrations, discussion of example pieces, and one-on-one feedback, with firing and glazing happening throughout the class.