CLAY WORK

Clay Classes For Home School

New for 2022: Combo Clay Class for school credit

The classes listed below are unavailable right now. We will eventually reactivate some of these in 2022.
If you are someone who is interested in teaching these classes, please send us your resume!

Polymer Clay Sculpture Class
Not available right now.

Build a sculpture with polymer clay then paint in the details. Learn to draw your idea, build a wire armature, sculpt with polymer clay, then paint the figure. Learn by making a small item using the techniques presented. Bring a picture of your favorite icon, hero or character to get started. You will need to bring a sketchbook and pencil.

Class provides 10 hours of instructions, wood base, wire armature, neutral polymer clay, and paint.

Kids Poly Clay Adventures Class
Not Available right now.
Get started working with poly clay. Learn a few basic techniques. Join us for a one hour adventure with poly clay. We'll be using a gray, black, or beige single color to make a small item. After the items is baked, you can take it home to apply acrylic paint. Small items can become jewelry, earrings, D & D Characters, zipper pulls and other cool stuff.

Combination Class
Students learn basic hand building and wheel thrown techniques in this 2 day class.
Day 1:

Students learn studio etiquette
Students make a pinch pot

Students learn the hand building coil method
Students make a coil pot

Day 2:

Students learn the basics of the wheel throwing method
Watch a live demonstration on throwing a bowl
Students try wheel throwing and attempt to make their own bowl while trying the technique
Students clean up their wheel and tools thoroughly which shows respect for the craft
Due to the difficulty of this task it is reserved for older students during Covid-19 social distancing requirements. Younger students need hands-on support which is close-up and not recommended yet.

Coil Vase Making Day Class
Not available yet.

Students learn the coil-built method

This class meets the first Thursday of every month from 3 pm-5 pm

Students learn:

Basic hand building skills
The coil building technique
The significance of the coil method for strengthening and fortifying hand built projects

Slab Mug Day Class
Not available right now.

Students learn the basics of rolling slabs and using them to create functional projects

This class meets the second Thursday of every month from 3 pm-5 pm

Students learn:

Two methods of rolling a slab
How to make a mug using the slab method
How to make a handle using the slab method
Attaching pieces using basic hand building skills

Thursday Hand Built Basics Class
Not available yet.

This class mostly goes over proper studio etiquette. It is geared towards students who would like to use the studio for their own projects in their own time. Thursday 6-8 pm.

Students learn:

Proper studio etiquette
The slab technique
The coil technique
How to look after the hand building space

Optional Glaze Day

This is a day students can come in to glaze their hand built projects with brush on, low fire or stoneware glazes.

This class is unavailable at the moment. Otherwise it would be on appx. the 4th Friday of the month from 5 pm - 7 pm