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Beginner Pottery Lessons, Saturday AM

CA$600.00
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Saturday mornings, January and February.

There will be a total of 8 lessons. Each lesson is 3 hours long.

Who’s it for? Beginners who want to try pottery for the first time! You don’t need any experience to take this class.

This class will take people through the very first steps of making pottery in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.  You will lean how to wedge clay, center and throw on the wheel, make a cup & mug, bowl, and make a plate.  You will also have an optional slab building lesson, handles lesson, and glaze testing lessons.  Then you will glaze all your pieces on the last class. 

There will be max 5 people in this class, with a wheel available for each person at all times. Nice, small class sizes will ensure that you get the instructions you need. Learn from Paige Fraser, an experienced potter who has her own pottery business.  Paige is patient, kind, and super creative!  

Winter storms - If roads are to dangerous to travel on, a class may be rescheduled into March to ensure that students receive 8 lessons.  

What you get:

  • 8 “sessions” (3 hours)

  • The use of the wheels and studio space (work tables).

  • A shelf/cubby to store clay.

  • Kiln space to fire your 10 pounds of clay.

  • Use of studio glazes

  • 10 pounds of Cone 6 stoneware clay (Tucker’s Mid Smooth Stone)

Additional purchase options:

  • Extra clay (available at the studio to purchase), and extra kiln space.

Get an email when this item is ready to buy. The classes with the most people signed up on the waitlist will be offered this summer!

Saturday mornings, January and February.

There will be a total of 8 lessons. Each lesson is 3 hours long.

Who’s it for? Beginners who want to try pottery for the first time! You don’t need any experience to take this class.

This class will take people through the very first steps of making pottery in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.  You will lean how to wedge clay, center and throw on the wheel, make a cup & mug, bowl, and make a plate.  You will also have an optional slab building lesson, handles lesson, and glaze testing lessons.  Then you will glaze all your pieces on the last class. 

There will be max 5 people in this class, with a wheel available for each person at all times. Nice, small class sizes will ensure that you get the instructions you need. Learn from Paige Fraser, an experienced potter who has her own pottery business.  Paige is patient, kind, and super creative!  

Winter storms - If roads are to dangerous to travel on, a class may be rescheduled into March to ensure that students receive 8 lessons.  

What you get:

  • 8 “sessions” (3 hours)

  • The use of the wheels and studio space (work tables).

  • A shelf/cubby to store clay.

  • Kiln space to fire your 10 pounds of clay.

  • Use of studio glazes

  • 10 pounds of Cone 6 stoneware clay (Tucker’s Mid Smooth Stone)

Additional purchase options:

  • Extra clay (available at the studio to purchase), and extra kiln space.

 

Please remember that this is a new endeavor. If these classes do not fill up, Amy will refund you the deposit and cancel the classes.

Terms and conditions:

  • The cost of the 8 sessions are $600 total; a $300 deposit now and $300 cash on the first day (no e-transfers)

  • The deposit is holding your place in the class and is non-refundable. Missed classes are non-refundable.

  • If there is a snowstorm or the road isn’t plowed, the class will be rescheduled. It’s possible that Amy’s driveway will not be plowed but the road is cleared (then the class will continue). Rescheduled classes will occur on the next week after the last class. Amy guarantees that you will have the availability of 8 sessions.

  • There will be a “intro to the studio” short lesson on the first day.

 

★★★★★

 

“Don’t wait for inspiration. It comes while working”.

~ Henri Matisse