Beginner Hand Building Level 1

Instructors will take students through the three basic construction methods, pinch, coil, and slab, to create several projects from clay.  Glazing instruction and firing included, as well as four extra weeks of studio access for students to continue to explore hand building techniques.

Date: Tuesdays, June 3 to July 8, 2025
Time: 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Course Fee: $285.00
Instructor: Natalie Brekkaas

This class includes:

• 6 evenings of instruction, plus one month of studio time following classes
• clay and use of guild tools
• glazing and firing during classes

Chattering Tips and Tricks

This class introduces chattering, a method of surface decoration involving texture creation. Our instructor will demonstrate how to make your very own chattering tool and how to use it. You will have the opportunity to practice with your own pottery, but make sure it is in the cheese-hard stage (softer than leather-hard).

Date: Sunday, April 27 • 1-4pm
Instructor: Jim Rawlings
Cost: $65.00

If you wish to participate in the practice portion of the workshop, to you must provide a finished vessel.

All current classes are for participants ages 16 years and up. You can register on-line at www.studio2880.com/programs/pg-potters-guild-classes