Beginning Handbuilding: Garden Treasures

Learn fundamental handbuilding techniques while making decorative and functional pieces for your garden. This project-based class will explore slab-built pottery with easy-to-use templates. A great class for beginners and more seasoned potters looking to expand their handbuilding skills.

Week 1 (June 17): wind chime

Week 2 (June 24): garden gnome

Week 3 (July 1): garden flower

Week 4 (July 8): bird feeder

Week 5 (July 22): luminary

Week 6 (July 29): glaze

*no class on July 15

Join MakerSpace instructor, Kelly Long, as she guides you through the step-by-step process of making these forms and shows you how to customize them with texture and embellishments. No pottery experience necessary.
Students will receive one 25 lb bag of clay and all tools will be provided. Students can bring any pottery tools they may have but none are required.

Refund Policy:

• Transfers to another class follow the same refund rules as your original date.
• 14+ days before the first class: Full refund.
• 7–13 days before the first class: Refund minus a 50% administrative fee.
• Fewer than 7 days before the first class: No refunds.
• Seat transfer: If you find a replacement who pays for and takes your seat before the first class begins, you are eligible for a full refund.

To cancel or request a transfer, please email [email protected]. For general questions, you’re welcome to visit MakerSpaceCharlotte on Wednesdays at 6:30 PM. For urgent, time-sensitive issues with your reservation, contact Steve at (704) 353-3300.

Class may be canceled due to low enrollment in which case a full refund will be issued.
Cancellation Policy:

MakerSpace reserves the right to cancel any class with insufficient enrollment. If a class is canceled by MakerSpace, fees are 100% refundable.

About the Instructor
Kelly Long
Kelly has been making pottery for the past 15 years. Her work is handbuilt and glazed using terra sigillata with a patina finish to enhance the textures she stamps into her clay. Kelly has taught handbuilding classes at Clayworks and throughout the Charlotte community. As much as she enjoys making pottery, she loves teaching it even more. It makes her feel like a proud mom whenever her students create something they are excited about.