Ceramics (for ages 7-10, 11-13, and 14-17)
(8 classes)
3:45pm-5:45pm
Students will learn how to build with clay when they learn about the hand building skills of coils and slabs as they build pottery and sculptures. They will learn the techniques and methods of throw on the wheel also which is always so much fun to learn about! If interested, the students will also have the opportunity to work with additional three dimensional media such as paper mache, wire, cardboard, and found objects to help build their knowledge of three dimensional vocabulary and techniques!
*For ALL Ceramics Classes: Ceramics fee includes up to 1/2 bag of clay, glazes, and firing. Additional 1/2 bags of clay can be purchased, along with the additional glazes that will be needed for $25.
Adult Ceramics (for ages 16 and older)
(8 classes)
5:45pm-8:15pm
Students will learn how to build with clay by using hand building methods to make relief sculptures, coil pots, slab boxes AND learn how to throw on the pottery wheel. This class is for beginner and advanced levels.
*For ALL Ceramics Classes: Ceramics fee includes up to 1/2 bag of clay, glazes, and firing. Additional 1/2 bags of clay can be purchased, along with the additional glazes that will be needed for $25.
Ceramic class offerings will be based on Hand Building Skills—pinch pots, coil pots, slab building. Each age group will learn the basic hand building skills to prepare them for our upcoming wheel throwing classes.
IMPORTANT: When firing pieces in the kiln, Blue Door Studio is not responsible for quality damage during firing, which is sometimes an unpredictable and uncontrollable occurrence due to air bubbles, glaze applications, etc.
Please Note: Ceramic classes require sneakers, no flip-flops, and tied back hair in ponytails for safety purposes when wheel-throwing.