Spring 2024 Class Schedule & Details

Spring 2024 Session: April 01 - June 23

  • Priority Registration: February 18 - February 25 *(current students only; see email) *
  • Class Lottery: February 18 - February 25
  • Lottery Takes Place: February 26 - March 03
  • Independent Registration: February 18 - March 24 *(members only)
  • Independent Registration: March 18 - 24 ($25 late fee applies)
  • Independent Registration Closes: March 25

We offer handbuilding and wheel classes to students and members of all experience levels. Each class session is 12 weeks, and classes meet once a week for three hours.

Students must attend 9 of 12 classes to be eligible for Priority Registration in the following session. Additionally, students with more than three unexcused absences will not be able to count that class towards membership eligibility.

 
 

Monday
9:00am - 12:00pm

Wheel: ken kang

This class is open to all levels. We will cover many wheel throwing techniques and shapes using a variety of tools. The last class will be at my studio at home for a raku firing session. I will explain the firing process and then have the students participate in firing their pieces.

Clay Recommendation for Beginning Students:
Any clay with grog (Soldate, Rod’s Bod, Bmix with grog) for couple of pots for the last class raku firing, but I don’t want to hold you back from using any clay. Order 1 bag only to start.

Monday
6:30pm - 9:30pm

handbuilding: dee oliva

Open to all skill levels, this hand building class can be an introduction to ceramics or foundation for those with previous clay experience. Functional and non functional wares will be explored through a variety of hand building techniques. We will cover pinch pots, slab building, coil vessels, and hollow forms. Surface design, underglaze, textures, impressions, intaglio, scgraffito, wax resist, and basic glazing will be covered. Feel free to bring in your own ideas and designs.

Clay Recommendation for Beginning Students:
Soldate or Bmix with grog. Order 1 bag only to start.

 

Tuesday
6:30pm - 9:30pm

Wheel: erin yuasa

This session’s class will mainly include wheel thrown and altered vessels for food and for plants. Techniques will combine wheel and handbuilding skills and tools, including making some of our own tools. Silhouettes and surfaces will range from soft and organic to hard and geometric, with lots of opportunity for playful and dramatic clay texture and glaze layering. And I always bring in a variety of free plants for you to put into your new plant pots at the end of the session!

Clay Recommendation for Beginning Students:
Any clay body with medium grog and good plasticity, such as Soldate and Bmix with grog. Some recycled clay is good too, for a few specific things such as for bisque toolmaking and for making pieces with a rougher, more organic surface quality. Lighter colored clays offer wider glaze color options. Darker colored clays are especially beautiful when exposed and unglazed. Order 1 bag only to start.

Wednesday
9:00am - 12:00pm

Wheel: mark white

Starting with the basics at the potter’s wheel, weekly lessons present increasingly interrelated techniques that expand the student’s pottery skills. Including a detailed look at glazes and glazing techniques, this class offers a variety of thrown and altered forms that students will find challenging and inspiring. All skill levels welcomed.

Clay Recommendation for Beginning Students:
Recycled or Bmix. Order 1 bag only to start.

 

Wednesday
6:30pm - 9:30pm

Wheel: Jon Vongvichai

Wheel throwing techniques will be emphasized to explore and find one's own style. Open to all levels, exploration of clay versatility, glaze application and discussion of the ceramic process.

Clay Recommendation for Beginning Students:
Bmix with grog or soldate. Order 1 bag only to start.

Friday
9:00am - 12:00pm

Handbuilding: rochelle lum

Learn a variety of techniques Weekly projects will cover a basic hand building technique of pinch, coil, slab, and/or combination highlighting a specific project and shape for each technique including cylinders, spheres, cones and plates. Decorative techniques: decals, stamping, slips, transfers, underglaze and basic glazing also will be demonstrated. Open to all.

Clay Recommendation for Beginning Students:
Soldate or Bmix with grog (if you prefer a white clay body). Order 1 bag only to start.

 

Saturday
9:00am - 12:00pm

Handbuilding: rayna galati

In this class we’ll explore underglaze transfers, silkscreen, stencils, texture tools, botanical embossing and molds while making patchwork bowls, vases, mugs, serving dishes and other functional ware. Students may work on independent projects if desired.

Clay Recommendation for Beginning Students: Bmix without grog. Order 1 bag only to start.

Saturday
9:00am - 12pm

Wheel: gerald toyama

This wheel throwing class is for all levels. Beginning students will learn basic wheel throwing skills and techniques to create a variety of shapes and forms. Advance students will learn different techniques and design skills to improve their throwing skills as well as thinking about the aesthetics and feel of their artwork. 

Clay Recommendation for Beginning Students:
Soldate. Order 1 bag only to start.

 

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