Fall 2026: Beginning Handbuilding
Wednesdays, 2-5PM (September 16 to November 18, 10 classes)
Teaching Artist: Jillian Mae Seversky
TUITION: $330 members / $345 nonmembers

Beginning level: no prior experience needed.

Ready to explore clay for the first time or learn methods off the wheel? This class will give you a head start into the endless possibilities of hand-building. Skills learned will prepare you to create both pots and sculpture, and help you understand how to use tools and methods to create small to mid-size safe-to-fire forms. Learning will include essential methods like proper scoring and joining, as well as basic building methods like pinch, slab, coil-building, and combined building. This class will also cover basic ways to finish pots and sculpture such as glazing.

GOAL: gain understanding of the basics of clay and how it dries, and feel comfortable making small to mid-size sculptures and/or pots by hand.

NOT COVERED: large scale making, fine detail miniature, advanced decoration, complex forms such as advanced figurative work, style development.

INCLUDED:
First bag of clay
Access to community clay tools
Firing fees for all items made during 10-week class session (size limit- maximum 20" in any direction)
Access to open studio appointments for work time outside of class for the session duration
Teaching artist will cover how to sign up for appointments on the first day of class
Access to open studio appointments for about 1 month after the session for glazing only

Students must follow all studio health and safety guidelines. Student waiver required at registration or on the first day of class every session, and an up-to-date emergency contact must be provided for studio records.

10 STUDENTS MAX

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