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Home / Art Classes / Pottery

Pottery

  • Students making pottery on the wheel
  • A student carving a design into a vessel
  • Four porcelain vessels
  • A student shaping clay over a mold

Early Bird Dates: Tuesday, 2/12– Friday, 2/15.  Use coupon code: EarlyBird

All Pottery courses include three hours per week of wheel practice time. Clay and glazes are provided. There is a firing fee of $2.50 per pound. Tools are not supplied. Participants may purchase a basic set from studio for $20 at the first class

Spring Term Daily Practice Times

Starting March 11, 2019

Monday 12:30 – 3:30 pm  &  6:00 – 7:00 pm
Tuesday 12:00 – 3:00 pm  &  5:30 – 7:00 pm
Wednesday – 4:00-7:00
Thursday – 12:00 – 3:00 pm
Friday – 7:00 – 10:00 pm
Saturday –12:00 – 3:00 pm
Sunday –  9:30 am – 12:30 pm

 

 

All Levels

Next-Level Pottery

Violet Harlow

Are you a potter/ceramicist who wants to explore the world of surface decoration on a playful and artistic level? If so, then this class is for you. Using slips, washes, textures, resists, glazes, and more, we will combine one or more techniques on each piece and make them unique. Experienced hand-builders and wheel-throwers welcome. Wear clothes that can get dirty. Optional: bring a small towel. Tools are available for sale. Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

Supplies: None

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: None

Mondays, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM, 3/11 – 6/3
No class 5/27
12 sessions: $468; Early Bird price: $445 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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Techniques for Wheel Throwing

Stephen Rodriquez

New and experienced students will focus on making pottery on the wheel. We’ll start by using methods of wedging, centering, hand and finger positioning for raising a vessel, and positioning one’s body for dealing with a mass of clay on the wheel. Demonstrations will cover the importance of trimming techniques and various forming processes. Wear clothes that can get dirty. Optional: bring a small towel. Tools are available for sale. Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

Supplies: None

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: None

Tuesdays, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 3/12 – 5/28
12 sessions: $468; Early Bird price: $445 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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Beginning and Intermediate Pottery

Charles Jones

This class introduces students to all aspects of pottery making for participants with no previous experience or for those seeking further development of hand-building, throwing, and glazing skills. Wear clothes that can get dirty. Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

Supplies: Optional: bring a small towel. Tools are available for sale.

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: None

Tuesdays, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, 3/12 – 5/28
12 sessions: $468; Early Bird price: $445 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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All Levels Pottery

Louise Harter

Make functional pottery using the potter’s wheel as our primary tool. We will cover clay preparation, forming pots on the wheel, and glazing. Every class include both demonstrations and individually focused instruction. Wear clothes that can get dirty. Optional: bring a small towel. Tools are available for sale. Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

Supplies: None

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: None

A: Wednesdays, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM, 3/13 – 5/29
12 sessions: $468; Early Bird price: $445 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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B: Wednesdays, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, 3/13 – 5/29
12 sessions: $468; Early Bird price: $445 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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Introduction to Hand-Built Pottery

Violet Harlow

Making pottery without a wheel will be the focus of the class. Slab, coiled, and pinched pots will be used to create a wide variety of functional and decorative shapes. Wear clothes that can get dirty. Optional: bring a small towel. Tools are available for sale. Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: None

Wednesdays, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, 3/13 – 5/29
12 sessions: $468; Early Bird price: $445 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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Pottery- Basics and Beyond

Anita Griffith

Students of all levels will develop pottery designs by hand and on the wheel in a variety of clay bodies, slips, and glazes.

Supplies: None

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: None

Thursdays, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 3/14 – 5/30
12 sessions: $468; Early Bird price: $445 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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Afternoon Clay

Michael Bradford

Teens, college students, and adults are welcome to join our exploration of all things stoneware, using both hand-building techniques and the potter’s wheel. Start by learning the foundational skills to create basic ceramic objects, such as cups, bowls, and floral containers. As students refine these skills, they will work on more complex projects, enabling them to combine techniques and to push their creativity and problem solving abilities. Glazing and other surface treatments will be explored. Each student is taught individually at their own experience level.Wear clothes that can get dirty. Optional: bring a small towel. Tools are available for sale. Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

Supplies: None

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: None

A: Thursdays, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM, 3/14 – 4/18
6 sessions: $156; Early Bird price: $148 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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B: Thursdays, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM, 4/25 – 5/30
6 sessions: $156; Early Bird price: $148 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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Learn Pottery Together (Adults and Children)

Gul Rukh Selim

Celebrate the special relationship between parent/caregiver and child while working on a clay art project. We will explore clay techniques like pinch pot making, slab-building, bas-relief, and wheel-throwing. Both parent/caregiver and child will have the opportunity to work on individual or joint projects while bonding with each other. All materials provided.

Supplies: None

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: None

A: Fridays, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, 3/15 – 5/31
12 sessions: $630; Early Bird price: $599 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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B: Sundays, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, 3/17 – 6/9
No class 5/26
11 sessions: $578; Early Bird price: $549 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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Making Functional Pots

Alice Chittenden

Whether you throw pots on the wheel or prefer to build by hand, or are a beginner or an intermediate level student, as long as you are interested in making ceramic pieces for the home this class is for you. Various techniques for pot making will be taught as well as considerations pertaining to each form. Students will learn ways to modify forms to create pieces uniquely their own. Classes will include both teacher demonstrations and one-on-one student instruction. Surface treatments including engobes, stains, and glazes will be covered. Wear clothes that can get dirty. Optional: bring a small towel. Tools are available for sale. Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

Supplies: Optional: bring a small towel. Tools are available for sale.

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: None

Thursdays, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, 3/14 – 5/30
12 sessions: $468; Early Bird price: $445 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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Pottery Traditions of the Americas

Anita Griffith

Spend a quiet afternoon learning to build pinch and coil pots in the traditional method of the indigenous people of the Americas. Finished pieces will be carved, scraped, and burnished before firings. Traditional ground firing will be done weather permitting. Wear clothes that can get dirty. Optional: bring a small towel. Tools are available for sale. Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

Supplies: None

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: None

Thursdays, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, 3/21 – 4/11
4 sessions: $104; Early Bird price: $99 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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Intermediate + Advanced

Intermediate and Advanced Pottery

Stephen Rodriguez

Develop your skills in this course as you focus on wheel-throwing techniques in stoneware and porcelain. Lessons will cover both functional and decorative pottery with emphasis on classical forms as we know them. Students will be shown how to apply glazes and/or oxide washes to achieve desired results, such as combining glaze colors and the application of wood ash to create unexpected effects on their work. Wear clothes that can get dirty. Optional: bring a small towel. Tools are available for sale. Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

Supplies: Tools for working on a pottery wheel.

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: No restrictions

Mondays, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, 3/11 – 6/3
No class 5/27
12 sessions: $468; Early Bird price: $445 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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Advanced

Open Studio–Pottery

Studio Potters

Monitored sessions for participants with experience and approved by an instructor or department head. Wear clothes that can get dirty. Optional: bring a small towel. Tools are available for sale. Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.

Supplies: None

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: Must have prior approval from instructor or department head.

Fridays, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, 3/15 – 5/31
12 sessions: $288; Early Bird price: $274 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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Workshops

Pottery Sampler

Michael Bradford

Consider a one-day sampler to find out what pottery is all about without committing to a whole term. You will be introduced to the studio and briefed on how to use our equipment, then dive in for some hands-on time with the potter’s wheel and a lump of clay. We provide the tools—just show up with an open mind and be ready to play!

Supplies: None

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: None

Saturday, 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM, 6/8
1 session: $38; Early Bird price: $36 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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Texture and Clay

Charles Jones

Explore adding texture to clay surfaces on both hand-built and wheel-thrown forms. Participants will experiment with common objects to create texture as well as construct texturing tools of their own. Wear clothes that can get dirty.

Supplies Provided: None

Prerequisite: None

Saturday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, 6/15
1 session: $120; Early Bird price: $114 (Discount available until 2/15/2019)

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