🏺 The Big Clay Table: 4-Part Handbuilding Experience
🏺 The Big Clay Table: 4-Part Handbuilding Experience
🏺 The Big Clay Table: 4-Part Handbuilding Experience
There are many ways into clay.
This one gives you time.
The Big Clay Table is a slower, more spacious pottery experience designed for people who want to learn handbuilding without rushing through it.
Instead of meeting every week, we gather every other Saturday — giving your work time to rest, dry, and develop naturally between sessions.
This is not a one-night sampler.
It is not a marathon.
It is a guided, start-to-finish experience built around learning real techniques, working thoughtfully by hand, and creating finished ceramic work you can keep.
How It Works
This experience takes place across four class sessions held every other Saturday, followed by a later pickup window once final firings are complete.
Session 1 — Build Foundations
You’ll be introduced to core handbuilding techniques and begin your first projects.
We’ll explore the foundations of working with clay while building confidence with the material itself.
Session 2 — Continue Building
We return to the table to continue building, refine ideas, and develop forms further.
This session allows space for experimentation, adjustment, and creative exploration.
Session 3 — Finish Work
This session focuses on refining and completing your projects.
You’ll shape details, strengthen forms, smooth surfaces, and prepare pieces for firing.
Session 4 — Glaze
Once your work has been bisque fired, you’ll return to glaze your pieces and complete the final stage of the process.
We’ll explore finishes, surface choices, and glazing techniques before your final firing.
Pickup
Finished work is typically ready for pickup approximately 2–3 weeks after the glazing session.
Pickup details will be coordinated during the final class.
What’s Included
- Approximately 12 lbs of clay per participant
- Studio glazes
- Bisque and glaze firings
- Use of all studio tools and materials
- Guided instruction across all four sessions
What You’ll Make
Each participant works at their own pace, but this experience is intentionally designed to give you enough time, space, and material to create multiple finished handbuilt pieces.
There is room here to learn, revise, experiment, and develop your ideas more fully than a single-session class allows.
Details
- 4-part series
- Every other Saturday
- 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM
- Maximum 6 participants
- Beginner-friendly
- All materials included
Make Yourself at Home
The studio includes a refrigerator, stove, and oven, and participants are welcome to bring snacks or drinks.
Tea and coffee will also be available during sessions.
If you don’t see a schedule that works for you, I’d love to hear your ideas.
