Workshops, classes, private instruction and group activities for adults and youth.
Clay Works! offers a wide variety of pottery opportunities to experience what is possible with clay; hand building, throwing on a wheel, sculpting, glazing, and more.
If you want to learn to hand build a coffee mug or throw a bowl on the wheel this is the place to get started. Beginners who are totally new to pottery are encouraged to try it all. Our instructors encourage you to work in a way that supports what you want to learn. Please check our Calendar of Events for dates and times!
Beginning or Advanced
Are you an advanced potter and need a place to work? Here, you can have studio access 24-7! If you need help with a specific technique, have glazing or firing questions, or just want to discuss an idea - one of our instructors or mentors will gladly share their knowledge with you.
All Age Levels, Groups and Individuals: Adults, youth, friends, family and organizational events
Pottery instruction is a versatile activity suitable for all ages - it’s perfect for friends, family, parties and organizational activities or a quite solo creative process. Groups enjoy bonding over the creative process, while pottery parties add an extra element of fun to your gathering. Even if your groups has a variety of experience levels our instructors group activities can accommodate them all. Enjoy a hands-on clay experience to foster connection and create lasting memories.
Our workshops and classes are typically project based - meaning you have a finished piece(s) of pottery once the firing and glazing is completed. Our schedule varies throughout the year and if you’d like we will be glad to plan a specific workshop or activity for you and/or your group.
The possibilities are endless just for starters you could. Hand build: a mug with a handle, a luminary (object to put a candle under), a serving dish, kitchen wares, decorative items… Sculpt flowers, animals, human forms, whatever your imaginations comes up with… Throw (on the wheel) a bowl, vase, mug, dish, flower pot…
What about a mini workshops for surface techniques such as glazing, under glazing, stenciling, carving, sgraffito…
Holiday project and community events are also part of what we do at Clay Works. If you don’t see something that peeks your interest on our schedule please contact our instructors to discuss what you’d like to do.
Workshops / Classes
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Learn how to throw on the potter's wheel.
1st class you will learn how to center and create a cylinder.
2nd class you will learn how to trim your pottery.
3rd class you will learn how to glaze your pottery.
Sept. 3rd, 10th and 17th. Up to 4 students per class. An over flow class is offered for more students.
Time for 1st class is 10am to 12 pm
Time for 2nd (overflow) class is 1pm to 3pm
$190 per student for 3 classes
Contact the instructor, Rika Blue at 707-218-5121, text, call or email at Rika@rikablue.com
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Join Rika for an immersive and hands-on pottery workshop that promises to awaken the artist within you!
Hand building with slabs.
Creating texture and handles
Glazing to compliment your piece
Sept 6th from 3 to 5 pm build your dish
Sept 20* from 3 to 5 pm to glaze your dish.
$100 per person
RIKA BLUE
707-218-5121
RIKA@RIKABLUE.COMPLEASE CALL, TEXT OR EMAIL TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE TODAY.
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Create a wall shelf for your garden or home. Use clay slabs, texture and imagination to design your perfect piece.
Instructor: Rika Blue
Sept. 6th and 20th
11:00 -1:00 pm
$100 per person
Register at Rika@rikablue.com
707-218-5121
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LETS MAKE BOWLS FOR THE EMPTY BOWLS PROJECT!
Come enjoy a slice of pizza and learn how to make a handbuilt bowl using soft slabs of clay. Add texture using placemats, rollers, anything you can think of-even the bottom of your shoe. Instructor: Robin Ireland
Donate the first bowl and make an extra one for yourself.
$80 covers everything.Thursday, September 4th 5-8 pm-Make bowls
Thursday, September 18th 5-7 pm-Glaze bowls
REGISTER AT
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Handbuilding Series for Intermediate Students
Create several fun projects using soft to leather hard slabs of clay.
Some clay experience required. Build on skills learned in beginning classes. Some projects such as the box may require two or more sessions to complete. All materials provided. Projects are priced separately.
Fish Wall Hanging - $120
Make Hanging: Sun. Sept. 7, 1-4 pm
Glaze: Sun. Sept 21, 1-4 pmKeepsake Box - $140
Make Box: Sun. Oct. 5, 1-4pm, and Sun. Oct. 6, 5-8 pm
Glaze: Sun. Oct. 19, 1-4 pmPumpkin Luminary - $120
Make Luminary: Sun. Nov. 2, 1-4 pm
Glaze: Sun. Nov. 16, 1-4 pmInstructor: Robin Ireland
REGISTER AT
RIRELAND3@GMAIL.COM
Clay Works! has a diverse team instructors who offer fun experiences in hand-building and throwing on the wheel along with glazing and decorative techniques.
Whether you're eager to sculpt animals, delicate flowers, or expressive human forms, or perhaps you lean towards the abstract, Clay Works! welcomes you to explore the world of pottery. Our classes offer the chance to hand-build practical kitchen accessories like platters and bowls, allowing you to infuse functionality with your own creative flair. If you’re drawn to the mesmerizing spin of the wheel, learn to throw bowls, mugs, and vases and other “round” pieces. Whatever your pottery passion - our studio provides the perfect space to hone your skills and unleash your imagination.
Our instructors can schedule workshops and private lessons tailored to what you want to create or the kind of shared experience you want to have.
