Continuing Clay - Handbuilding

$400.00

Are you ready to take your handbuilding skills to the next level?!

In this intermediate course we’ll expand on your beginning clay knowledge to fine-tune your skills. Have you always wanted to make a large fruit bowl? …Or a hanging vase for your wall? …Or a big ol’ planter for your beloved plant babies? Each week we’ll focus on a new technique including pinching, coiling, slab building and eventually combining all methods in to one. Students must be 16 years of age or older. Classes are limited to 8 participants.

All students enrolled in a multi-week class are allotted up to 6 hours of unguided Open Studio time weekly to practice outside of class.

Please check our FAQ’s page for additional information on the studio and read our Cancelation Policy prior to booking!

This is an 8 week course and each session is 2.5 hours long. Tools are not included in multi-week classes; kits can be purchased from the studio as desired. There must be 6 students registered to confirm.

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Are you ready to take your handbuilding skills to the next level?!

In this intermediate course we’ll expand on your beginning clay knowledge to fine-tune your skills. Have you always wanted to make a large fruit bowl? …Or a hanging vase for your wall? …Or a big ol’ planter for your beloved plant babies? Each week we’ll focus on a new technique including pinching, coiling, slab building and eventually combining all methods in to one. Students must be 16 years of age or older. Classes are limited to 8 participants.

All students enrolled in a multi-week class are allotted up to 6 hours of unguided Open Studio time weekly to practice outside of class.

Please check our FAQ’s page for additional information on the studio and read our Cancelation Policy prior to booking!

This is an 8 week course and each session is 2.5 hours long. Tools are not included in multi-week classes; kits can be purchased from the studio as desired. There must be 6 students registered to confirm.

Handbuilding - Tool Kit
Handbuilding - Tool Kit
$22.00

Classes are on the same day for eight (8) consecutive weeks

The class fee includes a 25-lb bag of clay and firing for that first bag; additional bags of clay can be purchased and will require a $3/lb firing fee. Tools are not included in the class fee. Students may bring their own, or purchase a tool kit they can pickup at the first session of class.

Students in multi-week classes are given a 4 ft shelf to store their works in progress during each session and can sign up for up to 6 hours of self-guided Open Studio time per week of class. Students will be notified when their wares are ready for pickup. Come explore clay with us!

Meet the Instructor

Lindsay Wood  (she/her) began playing with clay back in 2015 when she took her first ceramics class at the Visual Arts Center in Richmond, and has been hooked ever since! Using handbuilding techniques, she creates both functional and sculptural forms. Some of her wares are carved with imagery reflective of her inspirations, joys, memories and nature. Lindsay has taught classes through local nonprofits Art 180 and Art on Wheels, and has been a part of the Hand / Thrown team since summer of 2019. She believes that art has healing powers, and can touch people’s lives by reducing stress, boosting self-esteem, and encouraging self-expression.

Rice Evans is a multi-medium artist primarily working in clay and video. Originally from the Midwest, Evans received her BFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2016 and her MFA in Ceramics from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2021. She is adjunct faculty in the Clay Area of the Craft/Material Studies department at Virginia Commonwealth University. To quote Evans about her work: “My art practice meanders through concepts, techniques, and mediums to arrive at a messy, confusing, and overwhelming shared experience of digital life. It is here where we find humor, creativity, and most importantly our own contemporary folk culture.”