The ideal class for students who are interested in the potter’s wheel. Learn to center and transform a ball of clay into a finished pot. Weekly demonstrations introduce basic forms such as cylinders, cups, bowls, and plates. Studio slips and glazes will be discussed for completing your pottery. Students are responsible for their own pottery tools.
(A) Tom Richards / Studio 7 Wed 1/6-3/24 1-3:30pm / 12 weeks $410 / Members: $390
Welcome to the world of clay! Students will be introduced to a variety of clay-forming techniques to complete several unique projects. Coiling, pinching, and slab-building will be demonstrated; just add your own creative touch. Finish pieces with glazes in both high and low temperature firings.
Welcome to the world of clay! Students will be introduced to a variety of clay-forming techniques to complete several unique projects. Coiling, pinching, and slab-building will be demonstrated; just add your own creative touch. Finish pieces with glazes in both high and low temperature firings.
(C) Mitzi Davis / Studio 7 Thu 1/7-3/25 6:30-9pm / 12 weeks $410 / Members: $390
Welcome to the world of clay! Students will be introduced to a variety of clay-forming techniques to complete several unique projects. Coiling, pinching, and slab-building will be demonstrated; just add your own creative touch. Finish pieces with glazes in both high and low temperature firings.
The ideal class for students who are interested in the potter’s wheel. Learn to center and transform a ball of clay into a finished pot. Weekly demonstrations introduce basic forms such as cylinders, cups, bowls, and plates. Studio slips and glazes will be discussed for completing your pottery. Students are responsible for their own pottery tools.
Maria Scott / Studio 7 Tue 2/2-3/23 1-3:30pm / 6 weeks $250 / Members: $230
Return to how the earliest pots were formed by hand. During this 6-week course, find relaxation in the shaping of clay, connecting with the material, bringing volume and surface design to simple vessels. In the final two classes, finishing techniques will include pit firing and high firing. Your hands are your tools and previous experience is not required.
Mitzi Davis / Studio 5 Tue 1/5-3/23 6:30-9pm / 12 weeks Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics $420 / Members: $400
Learn or revisit basic forms on the potter's wheel using the studio red earthenware clay. Weekly demonstrations of cylinders, cups, bowls, and plates will help guide you in throwing consistent forms that you can use in your own kitchen. Students will be introduced to the wide range of possibilities for vibrant colors and layered surfaces using low-fire slip and terra sigillata. All low-fire work will be food-safe. Students are responsible for their own pottery tools.
Susan McHenry / Studio 7 Tue 1/5-3/23 6:30-9pm / 12 weeks Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics $420 / Members: $400
Strengthen your hand-building skills as you take a deeper dive into pinch, coil, and slab construction. While learning advanced techniques such as darting, creating customized templates, and utilizing bisque molds, students will be inspired to bring a spirit of play and experimentation to their making. Surface techniques will also be discussed, encouraging students to further personalize their work. Bring your ideas for forms you’d like to explore to the first class.
Sue MacQuarrie / Studio 7 Thu 1/7-3/25 1-3:30pm / 12 weeks Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics $420 / Members: $400
Bring stories to life in clay as we explore hand-building techniques inspired by folk art, nature, and the imagination. Students will create functional and decorative pieces—including houses, animals, vessels, and sculptural forms—while developing skills in slab, coil, and pinch construction. Emphasis will be placed on texture, surface design, glazing, and cultivating a personal artistic voice. This class encourages experimentation and creativity in a supportive studio environment, inviting artists to discover the many possibilities of handmade ceramics.
2027 VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOP / CLAY VOCABULARY: JAPANESE TRADITIONS, CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE
Hitomi and Takuro Shibata / Studio 7 Thu 2/4 6-7pm Complimentary Lecture, Auditorium / Workshop Fri & Sat 2/5-2/6 10am-5pm / 2-Days $250 / Members: $230
Join Hitomi and Takuro of Studio Touya for an immersive two-day hands-on workshop exploring the relationship between clay, form, surface, and function through the lens of Japanese pottery traditions and contemporary studio practice. Demonstrations will cover the complete making process, from throwing and trimming, to slab construction and hand-building, while discussing how thoughtful decisions about proportion, texture, and decoration shape the character of a pot. Participants will have the opportunity to create select forms such as yunomi, bowls, sake bottles, teapots, plates, or vases, to further understand how technique and intention come together in everyday pottery. All levels of experience are welcome to attend. This Visiting Artist Workshop is generously supported by the Jim and Lois Richmond Workshop Fund
Learn exciting processes for transforming your ceramic surfaces with patterns and imagery. This class will introduce you to several surface techniques, including silk screen, monoprint, and lithography. Each project will explore how to integrate these unique processes into your own ceramic work. Hand builders and wheel throwers are welcome.
Learn to confidently produce the pots of your imagination while refining (or refreshing) your craftsmanship. Techniques of forming spouts, lids, handles, and altered forms will be demonstrated. This class is a progressive step in mastering the potter's wheel. Surface decoration and high fire glazing will be demystified as you finish the pots that will become part of your home.
Learn to confidently produce the pots of your imagination while refining (or refreshing) your craftsmanship. Techniques of forming spouts, lids, handles, and altered forms will be demonstrated. This class is a progressive step in mastering the potter's wheel. Surface decoration and high fire glazing will be demystified as you finish the pots that will become part of your home.
Wyatt Lane / Studio 5 Thu 1/7-3/25 1-3:30pm / 12 weeks Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics $420 / Members: $400
Pulling hot pots from the kiln and seeing results within minutes describes the excitement of raku firing. Learn the various techniques and reduction variables that produce unique and beautiful results. With an instructional emphasis on firing and experimentation, you'll have the flexibility of hand building or wheel-throwing. Horsehair, naked raku, splash obvara, and sagger firings are offered in this popular class.
Wyatt Lane / Studio 5 Tue 1/5-1/26 and 3/2-3/9 1-3:30pm / 6 weeks Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics $260 / Members: $240
A six-week introduction to the process of raku firing. If you’ve been curious about flashy copper glazes, unique crackle effects, burnished surfaces, or how horsehair can transform a pot, this class is for you. Your first four weeks will be spent making pieces and viewing samples of the anticipated results. Return for two weeks of class to glaze and fire your work in several alternative and traditional raku methods.
Chad Bagge / Studio 5 Thu 1/7-3/25 6:30-9 pm / 12 weeks Prerequisite: Intermediate Ceramics $420 / Members: $400
Are you mystified by glazes and the glazing process? For the success of your ceramic pieces, proper and creative glaze application is critical. Learn glaze techniques appropriate to your forms, with instruction in pouring, spraying, dipping, or layering our high-fire studio glazes. Learning basic chemistry will provide you with an understanding of glaze composition and introduce you to the possibilities within the finishing stage.
Achieve ceramic surfaces only possible in the KIA wood kiln. Experience having your pieces glazed with wood ash and kissed by the flame while firing with a community of passionate stokers. The studio portion of this class discusses the loading, firing, history, and anticipated results as you produce pots and sculptures specific to our anagama kiln. At the kiln site students will prep cord wood to fuel the kiln and work shifts, keeping the firing burning for four days. Unloading day reveals pots that will be as unique as the wood fire process. This class requires physical work, stamina, full participation, cooperation, and availability in late September for our firing.
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