Image uploaded by Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts

Weekly Hand Building Ceramics

with Maureen Garcia

Next session: June 19th to August 21st, 2024

$325 More Info

Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced

Using clay to create pottery, sculpture, architectural and other forms, reaches back as far in time as 28,000 years ago when the first paleolithic Venus figurines were sculpted. From the magnificent, Native American pots to modern day tilework, sculptures, and functional vessels, hand-building processes have played an important role in artists’ abilities to express their imaginations and cultures through this most malleable medium. During this exciting course, students will learn a variety of processes, tools, and approaches to realizing form. There will be demonstrations of pinch, coil, and slab techniques, firings, and ample time to pursue individual work in our beautiful, friendly studio.

Learn more: instagram.com/maureengarciaclay

Fee: $285 (includes first bag of clay) + $40 Non-Refundable Registration Fee

Waiting list available
Image uploaded by Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts

Weekly Wheel Throwing Ceramics

with Meredith Kunhardt

Next session: June 19th to August 21st, 2024

$325 More Info

Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced

There are many reasons that making pottery on the wheel has become so popular. Making pots gets us more in touch with our elemental ‘selves’. Fashioning pots with our hands, and minds, serves our desire to create and realize our imaginations. The farm to table movement has made us more aware of the relationship between locally grown foods and handmade wares. We aim to celebrate this relationship by offering an introductory course to making pots. Students will learn how to prepare clay and, using the potter’s wheel, create tableware shapes. There will be demonstrations, individual attention, discussions about ceramic’s rich history, glazing, and firing. We can’t guarantee your pots will make an appearance at your next feast, but it’s worth a try!

Learn more: 28aclay.com

Fee: $285 (includes first bag of clay) + $40 Non-Refundable Registration Fee