Private Lessons
Are you looking to learn a new hobby? Improve your current skills? Or do you just need some new kitchenware and want to make it yourself? Let’s hang out and dig in to pottery together, I love sharing this amazing art form with people! One of my favorite things about ceramics is its versatility. From sculptures to teapots to jewelry, you can really do it all with clay. On the spectrum of form vs function, where do you land with each piece that you make? I love to experiment with this contrast, and love seeing the infinite directions my students take it as well.
Our lessons might cover any of the following:
Wheel Throwing: use the potter's wheel to create pottery by shaping the clay as it rotates. Throwing can be used to create a wide range of forms, from basic bowls and plates to more complex forms, like vases and teapots.
Hand-Building: creating pottery without the use of a potter's wheel. Shape the clay using your hands, tools, and techniques like scoring and slipping, pinching, coiling, slab building, texture rolling, stamping, carving, and sculpting. Hand-building is a versatile technique that allows for a wide range of possibilities, your creativity is the only limit.
Glazing: Adding a layer of liquid glass, called a glaze, to the surface of a piece. It adds color and shine to pottery and protects it from moisture and wear. Glazing can be done using a brush, dipping, pouring, or really any sort of application to create unique and intricate designs.
Closed Forms: throwing pottery pieces on the wheel that are closed at the top and have a hollow interior like jars, bottles, and teapots.
Scoring and Slipping: Scoring and slipping is a technique used to join two pieces of clay together. The process involves making incisions in the surface of each piece, applying slip to the incisions, and then pressing the two pieces together. The slip acts as a glue, creating a strong bond between the two pieces.
Flat Forms: make platters, plates, spoon rests, coasters, tiles, ornaments, and wall hangings using the wheel or hand-building techniques.
Agate-ware: combining different colored clays to create a swirling, marbled effect. The process involves twisting and blending the clays together, and can be done using the wheel, or hand-building techniques.
Reclaiming: the process of recycling leftover clay scraps and reusing it.
Beginner Packages
If you are new to pottery start here! I’ll take you, or you and a friend, through the entire process of making pottery and getting familiar with how a pottery studio works. It’ll look something like this:
You’ll learn to throw on the pottery wheel, then learn how to give your thrown pieces a final trim, then send them through the first round of kiln firing (bisque firing), then learn how to glaze your bisqued pieces, then finally send your pieces through the final kiln firing (glaze firing), all the while learning the how-tos and etiquette of a ceramic studio.
4 2-hour sessions (we’ll customize a schedule over a 3-4 week period).
Includes all the tools you’ll need during the lessons.
Includes 25lbs of clay per person.
Includes free bisque and glaze firing.
Takes place at Fired Up Studios.
$380 for one, or $435 for two people.
*wear comfy clothes you don’t mind getting messy in, I’ll also have aprons if you’d like.
*wheel throwing is much more difficult with long nails (but not impossible) so you might consider a trim if needed.
Currently accepting new students. Send me a message to get started or if you have any questions :)
Schedule
Scheduling private pottery lessons is done on a case-by-case basis. Everyone has their own unique learning style, pace, and goals, and private lessons allow for a personalized experience that is tailored to your needs. Send me a message with your goals and we’ll work together to find a schedule and pace that works for you.
Currently accepting new students.