Handbuilding Basics

$385.00

15 Hours of Studio Time | All Levels Welcome

Join our creative community for a hands-on pottery experience—perfect for total beginners and those seeking to expand their practice. Over 6 class sessions, you’ll join artist Lizzy Hamlin Volz to explore making decorative and functional pieces using slab techniques in a relaxed, supportive studio environment.

What’s Included

~ 15 hours of guided instruction and independent practice

~ Full access to equipment, tools and materials

~ 7 lbs of clay

~ Firing of all work completed within our schedule and guidelines

Want More Clay or Studio Time?

~ Additional clay available: $5/lb (up to 3 lbs)

~ Extra studio sessions: $30 for 3 hours (available on select weekday evenings and Sundays, TBA)

Schedule at a Glance:  September 14 - October 12

We aim to complete all work within this cycle so that you can take home everything you’ve made. We follow this schedule:

~ Sessions 1–4: Handbuilding 

~ Session 5: Making very small and thin items (under 4”), such as ornaments or jewelry

~ Session 6: Glazing session**

** In this cycle, we are trying something a little different. Instead of meeting every Monday for 6 continuous weeks, we are meeting for 5 Mondays and then taking a week break and coming back to glaze during weekend times the weekend of October 24th and 25. The studio will be open all weekend, with specific times TBA.

Finished pieces for the first fall session will be ready for pickup a a week or two after glazing weekend.

If you are continuing your practice with us, we’ll begin the second fall session on October 19, and return to our typical practice meeting for 5 weeks, then skipping class Thanksgiving week while work dries, and then finishing up with glazing the first week of December. We’ll open enrollments in late September.

Registration Details

~ Registration is nonrefundable and applies only to this session. 

~ We offer studio time during regularly scheduled wheel classes (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 6-8:30 and Tuesday mornings, 10am-12:30pm) if you need to miss a class. We’ll share details once class begins. 

~ Can’t attend after paying? You’re welcome to give or sell your spot to a friend. Email us, too — we sometimes have a waitlist, and are motivated to fill our seats with creative people. 

15 Hours of Studio Time | All Levels Welcome

Join our creative community for a hands-on pottery experience—perfect for total beginners and those seeking to expand their practice. Over 6 class sessions, you’ll join artist Lizzy Hamlin Volz to explore making decorative and functional pieces using slab techniques in a relaxed, supportive studio environment.

What’s Included

~ 15 hours of guided instruction and independent practice

~ Full access to equipment, tools and materials

~ 7 lbs of clay

~ Firing of all work completed within our schedule and guidelines

Want More Clay or Studio Time?

~ Additional clay available: $5/lb (up to 3 lbs)

~ Extra studio sessions: $30 for 3 hours (available on select weekday evenings and Sundays, TBA)

Schedule at a Glance:  September 14 - October 12

We aim to complete all work within this cycle so that you can take home everything you’ve made. We follow this schedule:

~ Sessions 1–4: Handbuilding 

~ Session 5: Making very small and thin items (under 4”), such as ornaments or jewelry

~ Session 6: Glazing session**

** In this cycle, we are trying something a little different. Instead of meeting every Monday for 6 continuous weeks, we are meeting for 5 Mondays and then taking a week break and coming back to glaze during weekend times the weekend of October 24th and 25. The studio will be open all weekend, with specific times TBA.

Finished pieces for the first fall session will be ready for pickup a a week or two after glazing weekend.

If you are continuing your practice with us, we’ll begin the second fall session on October 19, and return to our typical practice meeting for 5 weeks, then skipping class Thanksgiving week while work dries, and then finishing up with glazing the first week of December. We’ll open enrollments in late September.

Registration Details

~ Registration is nonrefundable and applies only to this session. 

~ We offer studio time during regularly scheduled wheel classes (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 6-8:30 and Tuesday mornings, 10am-12:30pm) if you need to miss a class. We’ll share details once class begins. 

~ Can’t attend after paying? You’re welcome to give or sell your spot to a friend. Email us, too — we sometimes have a waitlist, and are motivated to fill our seats with creative people.