Clay Handbuilt Plates: Nature Motifs

I now offer Clay Open Studio for students of my classes to come back and make more self-directed projects. Learn more HERE.

Join me at my Columbia City clay and fiber art studio for a workshop creating your own rustic pottery plates with motifs of nature. We'll be focusing on Snakes and Insects, Leaves and Flowers, but you are free to paint whatever you please! Bring your ideas!

We'll be using the slab and slump method, and using a speckled buff clay with lots of grog that gives our finished plates a rustic intuitive beauty, perfect as a background for our drawings in colored clay slips.

I'll be firing your pieces for you, first to bisque temperature, and applying a clear matte glaze, and then to mid-fire Cone 6 - so the earthiness remains rather than an overly shiny beginner feel. Yet This project is perfect for beginners to Clay and those with experience. Once your pieces are fired, they'll be available for you to pick up in 2-3 weeks.

Do you have drawing anxiety? No problem! ( I do too sometimes!). I'll have a variety of handmade templates you can trace to get you started on a design, and then let your own ideas riff on that start. Sometimes the 'blank canvas' gets in our way...so this helps!

You'll be able to make 1-3 plates, depending on size and complexity that you choose!

FAQs : Please Read!

Class Minimum: Classes need 5 people minimum to run. So spread the word to friends! I'll let you know about a week before class if it is likely to be canceled or not, and a refund will be issued. If you want to have your class run, you need to invite friends along!

AGE/ABILITY: Great for beginners to clay! For adult learners, and children 10 and up who attend with a registered adult. Both must register for class. 15 years and up may attend alone.

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Contact me HERE

What's the refund policy? Please review before booking.

REFUND POLICY: Please review before booking.

Due to class minimums, I do not offer refunds, unless you have Covid-related health issues. If you are sick with Covid-related symptoms, please do not attend, and notify my ASAP so I can offer your spot to someone on the waitlist. I can offer to transfer you to any of my available classes, on-line and in-person, if there is no on on the waitlist. Eventbrite no longers allows me to offer credits.

When You Book:

WHEN YOU BOOK:

You will receive an important Informational Email.

It will come from "[email protected]" the day you order, with your Order Confirmation.

PLEASE SCROLL all the way to the end, to find the Informational Email, to know what you need to bring, and how to find the studio.

WHEN TO ARRIVE:

Please plan to arrive to the studio no later than the start of class; Please plan for finding parking before hand by arriving to the site 10 minutes early.

Sadly, we cannot accommodate people who arrive late.

Demos start promptly at the start of class time.Due to the structure of class, demos cannot be re-done for late-comers without cutting things out of class for everyone.

ON-DEMAND WORKSHOPS:

Don’t see a date you can do? Get five friends together and I will schedule a workshop that works for your schedule on most days. Then I’ll promote to fill the class. Have 12 friends? Schedule a private party and get a big discount. Just get in touch to learn more!

Private Parties:

Private Parties are available in my studio — . Contact me for availability

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