Class Descriptions
Beginning Wheel Throwing: "Getting Over the Hump"
Josh Allen
• Monday evening, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Class fee (8 weeks): $235, includes 25lbs. of clay, glazes, and firing
• Class fee (7 weeks): $210, includes 25lbs. of clay, glazes, and firing
• Class fee (4 weeks): $150, includes 25lbs. of clay, glazes, and firing

This class is for beginners and for those with some previous experience. Get hands-on instruction to the fundamental basics of working with clay on the potter's wheel. Learn about materials and techniques. Explore throwing, trimming, finishing and basic glaze application. Make functional vessels using your new skills. Create various forms such as mugs, bowls, plates, and small vases.
Hand Building
Ellen Davidson
 • Tuesday evening, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm   
• Wednesday morning, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
• Thursday evening, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Class fee (8 weeks): $235, includes 25lbs. of clay, glazes, and firing
• Class fee (7 weeks): $210, includes 25lbs. of clay, glazes, and firing
• Class fee (4 weeks): $150, includes 25lbs. of clay, glazes, and firing

Are you a little intimidated by the potters wheel? Then this class is for you! Hand building is fast, fun, and a forgiving way of working with clay. Make almost anything you can imagine - no centering required. Discover many ways to form and texture your pieces. Add depth and richness to your work with colored slip decoration. Learn the ways of glaze application and overglaze decoration which can add both graphic and textural interest. Beginning, intermediate, and advanced students are welcome as well as those who work on the wheel and are interested in graphics and decoration techniques with slips and glazes.
Handbuilding with Porcelain
Katie Swenson
• Wednesday evening, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Class fee (7 weeks): $221, includes 25lbs. of porcelain clay, glazes, and firing
 
Meet your dragon—identify your self! Greet the day holding onto something you believe in. Your morning cup can be a place for that "Winged Whatsit", "Serpentine Benevolence", "Fire-breathing Protector" to enhance! All are welcome. You might be completely new to porcelain or maybe you are already enchanted/entranced by it. Once you have experienced the creative expression there are no boundaries. We use the dragon to remind us of courage, strength, and also that elusive quality of spirit which art allows. (If you have another project in mind, please feel free to work on that!) Premixed colors and your own bag of porcelain will be used to build your project from your own hands. Working with porcelain is much like exploring a dragon's nature. It can shift from fluid to rigid and be compliant or defiant. Using this clay does reward and teach one material awareness. With methods I will share, it is delightful and exciting to see forms become real (and truly—a dragon can emerge from your mind's eye!).

This is a good class to learn the nuances of working with porcelain.
Basics of Beading
Shannon Hardin
• Thursday evening, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (4 weeks)
• Class Fee: $85 plus materials list

In this class students learn the technique of basic wire wrapping and simple jewelry design using readily available materials and tools. My goal is to help all students (new and experienced) gain confidence in their design ability and wire wrapping skills. I hope to give students an opportunity to relax and have fun during the class.

As an instructor, I give lots of one on one if needed and plenty of class time to work on projects. After four weeks of instruction, students will have learned how to design and create their own jewelry including earrings, bracelets and necklaces using basic wire wrapping and stringing.

At the beginning of each class, we'll go over the weekly project and talk about materials needed for the next class. I stress the importance of practicing the wire wrapping everyday, even when we are not meeting as a group. It is a technique that our brains can't make sense of at first. I will also talk about where and how to look for materials used in the weekly projects and encourage students to observe jewelry when they are out and about. I have found that a personal sense of stye and design is developed with time and practice.
 
Material Supply List:
Craft wire - 20, 22 gauge any color. Does not need to be precious metal wire!
Stringing wire - 7 strand, .015", 30 feet nylon coated steel or other sturdy stringing wire, but not silk or cotton.
Head pins - 2" or shorter, base metal, silver or other metal
Crimp tubes - #2 or other size
Clasps - Toggles or lobster claw
Assortment of beads - can be glass, metal, stone, wood, etc.
Optional: pewter or silver spacer beads, charms

Needle nose pliers
Round nose pliers
Small wire snips
Flat nose pliers

12" ruler
Cloth napkin, placemat or piece of cloth

(Do Not buy a crimping tool. It is not needed for the projects.)
Beginning Clay Sculpture: Starting with the Basics
Marina Herrera de Hajek
• Wednesday evening, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm   
• Class fee (8 weeks): $235, includes 25lbs. of clay, glazes, and firing

Sculpture teacher Marina Herrera de Hajek will teach the basic techniques involved in creating three dimensional forms in clay. Students will learn these techniques through the creation of free standing figurative forms of abstract high relief wall pieces. No previous experience needed. Bring your enthusiasm and ideas!

For Friends and Family

For those of you who are interested in experimenting with clay for the first time or for those trying to remember what it was like so long ago. Here are a few classes designed to help you find your way with this magical medium.


Clay Tasters
Parent and Child: ages 3 to 6  

Fee: $25 

In this one-hour class you and your child will have a chance to feel the earth between your fingers as you sculpt one of our many projects. These classes are also great for grandparents and their grandchildren.

This is an experience-only class. Projects that are created will be finished at the student's request and available for purchase. $5 per project.

 
Kids in Clay: ages 7 to 12 

Fee: $25 

Led by our well-versed clay staff, let your child be swept away in this whirlwind of clay and imagination. This one-hour class is designed to give young minds a hands-on clay experience that encourages them to decide if clay is something they want to continue working with. This is an experience-only class. Projects that are created will be finished at the student's request and available for purchase. $5 per project.


Pottery Wheeling: ages 13 and Up 

Fee: $25

Come and get your hands in the mud as we lead you through this one-hour tutorial on the centuries-old technique of working on a potter's wheel. This is an experience-only class. Projects that are created will not be finished.



Check-it-Out! Sessions
On the Potter's Wheel: ages 15 and Up

Fee: $40 per session
These sessions will give you a chance to experience working on the potter's wheel. At the end of class you can choose a piece or two to have fired. A short follow-up session will give you the chance to glaze what you make. We’ll high fire your pieces and they’ll be ready for you to pick up 2 weeks later.


Make-It! Sessions
Specific Guided Hand Building Projects: ages 15 and Up

Fee: $40 per session

Clay Space will provide the student with all the parts and demonstrate the construction and various decorative techniques. We’ll glaze and high fire your mugs and they’ll be ready for you to pick up 2 weeks later. Two fired pieces per student.

Make-It! Sessions can be planned for making mugs, vases, luminaries, planters, holiday decorations and more!

Date Night

Fee: $45 per person or two for $75

Come on in and have some fun on a Friday night!

Bring a date, come with friends, or meet someone new at Clay Space. Our instructors will walk you through a few simple clay projects and after that you are free to make your own creations. Clay Space can glaze and fire your work. Beer, wine, snacks and materials are included.

 
Private Lessons
Fee: $40 per hour
Private lessons are available by appointment.