Family Play with Clay Workshop: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt! 🐻

Join us for a bear-y fun morning of stories, imagination, and clay!

Children and their caregivers are invited to share in a playful creative adventure. We’ll read a few beloved bear-themed stories, go on a pretend bear hunt, and then bring our own clay bears to life in the studio!

This workshop is best suited for children ages 3 and up.

Cost:

    •    $10 per person attending (includes storytime, bear hunt, and hands-on studio time)

    •    $25 per pound of clay. Bears will be weighed and can be any size. Cost includes all materials firing, and glazing.

It is not required to keep your bear. Clay bears will be ready in about two weeks after the workshop for you to return and paint together!

Baby Belly Bowl

Create a one-of-a-kind ceramic bowl inspired by the beauty of pregnancy and the anticipation of baby with Connie Nelson-Laird on Thursday, August 21st from 5:00pm to 6:30pm.

This special workshop is open to individuals or couples who would like to craft a meaningful ceramic piece using a plaster belly cast as a starting point. Whether you’re currently expecting or have a mold from a previous pregnancy, you’re welcome to join us! If this date does not work for you. It is also available as a private event. $145 for couples, $125 for small groups.

Create your own Stoneware Plank Slab Mug in this step by step workshop. Lots of fun patterns to choose from. No experience necessary. $50 for first mug and $30 for each additional one. Please allow 10 days for the mugs to be fired. After which time you will need to return to the studio to glaze your piece(s). Glazing and second firing are included in price.

Join us for a fun evening of Karaoke with host Rebecca Itow. Open to all ages. No need to RSVP, it is free!

Baby Bowl Making Workshop

Create a one-of-a-kind ceramic bowl inspired by the beauty of pregnancy and the anticipation of baby.

This special workshop is open to individuals or couples who would like to craft a meaningful ceramic piece using a plaster belly cast as a starting point. Whether you’re currently expecting or have a mold from a previous pregnancy, you’re welcome to join us!

Workshop Fee: $125

Includes: Studio time and access to tools, instruction and guidance, bisque and glaze firings, and glazes to decorate your final piece

What to Expect: A 10-minute opening time set aside for connection and intention-setting, 20 minutes of instruction and 1 hour of supported studio time to create the belly bowl. Participants should plan to come back after about 2 weeks to glaze their piece on their own, any time the studio is open.

Please Note: Participants must bring a pre-made plaster belly cast to use as a mold form for their bowl.

Prefer a private session? Private sessions are available for $150.

Celebrate the special mothers in your life with a pottery painting event! A $10 non-refundable ticket reserves your spot. Enjoy refreshments, a 20% discount for moms on pottery, and a small floral bouquet. Choose your pottery piece and create a memorable gift or keepsake. Because this event is so popular we are offering two separate sittings: 1pm-3pm and 3:30pm- 5:30pm.

April Showers bring May Flowers! Join artist Connie Nelson Laird for a morning of making mobiles together inspired by signs of Spring. Rainbows, raindrops flowers, Spring creatures and all kinds of shapes can be cut out to be fired, painted and assemble into a mobile you can enjoy indoors or out! $35 per person.

Learn how to make a vessel out of slabs and decorate it with Underglaze transfers in this step by step workshop with artist Becky LaPadula. No experience necessary!

Learn the folk art of Pysanka writing, the decorating of eggs using wax and colored dyes, as has been practiced for thousands of years in Ukraine and other parts of Eastern Europe with artist Natalie Kravchuk.
All supplies will be provided. You may work on as many eggs as time allows. We will be working with hot wax and dyes, so please dress accordingly. Aprons will be provided. The cost is $30 per person.

Come make a slab tray and a small bowl with slabs that are textured from a variety of textured wooden planks in this step-by-step workshop. No experience with clay is necessary! Includes instruction, materials, firings and glaze.

Monster Making Fun! Enjoy a reading of "Glad Monster, Sad Monster" followed by a hands-on pinch pot monster workshop with artist Connie Nelson Laird. Perfect for kids and caregivers! Monsters will be ready to glaze in two weeks. $35 per person

Come make a slab tray and a small bowl with slabs that are textured from a variety of textured wooden planks in this step-by-step workshop. No experience with clay is necessary! Includes instruction, materials, firings and glaze.

Workshop includes 2 tiles per technique. Participants are also welcome to bring their own firm leather hard green ware. It should not be bone dry. No experience with clay is necessary! Includes instruction, materials, firings and glaze.

Youth Classes

Our next session will begin the week of March 3rd.

Includes instruction for throwing on the wheel, slab, coil and other hand-building technique. Wide selection of glazes and painting techniques provided.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Afternoons

This 5 week class session begins March 3rd and ends February 27th. Class is from 4:30pm to 6:15pm. Includes all materials and light snack.

Instructors: Connie Nelson Laird on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Gaia Hendrix-Petry on Wednesdays.

Price: $190.

Age: Open to all levels. Ages 5-14.

Come make a small plate and a small bowl with slabs and choose from a variety of designs to decorate them with under glaze transfers. No experience with clay is necessary! Includes instruction, materials, firings and glaze.