Handbuilding Class

In this two hour class you are given a slab of clay to work with, instructions on how to make the piece and then you can have fun and start to create your masterpiece. 

You can add your own person touch to each piece using texture pieces from home or texture provided in the class and by using underglazes to paint pieces. 

At the end of class you will be given 3-6 color options to choose from for your piece. 

To Sign Up For Classes:

1) Pick your desired class that you would like to take.

2)Pick a day and pay for the class either online or at our retail location. 

3)Day of: Please show up on time or 15 minutes early to the class. 

There is a long process each piece has to go through before it can go home with you. After the class your piece will go through a two week drying period before being put into its first kiln fire. After the first fire it will be glazed in your pre-picked choice of colour by the teacher and then fired one more time for its final fire before it can be picked up by you. 

A Little Note About the Pottery Process

Pottery is an amazing skill to learn, but part of working with clay is accepting that sometimes it has a mind of its own! While we do everything we can to carefully dry, fire, glaze, and finish the pieces you create, there are several stages your pottery goes through after you leave the studio, and occasionally things don't go according to plan.

Pieces can crack while drying, small cracks can appear in the bottom of bowls, glazes can behave unexpectedly, and, on rare occasions, pieces can even break during firing. These are natural risks that come with the pottery-making and kiln-firing process and can happen even when everything has been done correctly.

We take great care of every piece created in our studio and always do our best to give your pottery the best chance of making it safely through the entire process. Unfortunately, because clay and kilns can sometimes be unpredictable, we cannot guarantee that every piece made during a class will survive the drying and firing process perfectly.

It's all part of the wonderfully unpredictable process of turning a little lump of clay into something handmade and uniquely yours!