Beginning Clay - Handbuilding
Beginning Clay - Handbuilding
A great course for first time handbuilders or experienced enthusiasts!
You’ll create beautiful clay forms using handbuilding techniques including pinch pottery, coiling and slab building. You’ll learn how to use slump and hump molds, as well as how to make molds out of everyday household items. You’ll explore some basic surface decoration techniques using sgraffito, colored slips, and underglaze to finish your work with a bang! Class is limited to 7 participants and must be 12 years of age or older.
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 a 6 week course and each class is 2.5 hours long, there must be 5 students registered to confirm.
CLASSES ARE ON THE SAME DAY FOR SIX (6) CONSECUTIVE WEEKS
This class is a 6 week session, 2.5 hours per session with materials, tools, and firing included in the class fee (additional clay can be purchased if needed). Students are given a 4 ft shelf to store their works in progress during each session and will be notified when their wares are ready for pickup! Come explore clay with us!
Meet the Instructor
Lindsay Wood (she/her) began her clay adventure 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 methods, she focuses on both functional and unique forms that are then painted and carved using a variety of surface decoration techniques. Her wares are carved with imagery reflective of her inspirations, joys, memories and nature. Lindsay teaches classes through local nonprofits Art 180 and Art on Wheels, and is a member and teacher at Carved in Mud Studios. 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.”