Mudcraft offers small classes and parties for five to thirty people. We have a small gift shop, too.

We operate by appointment, yet welcome visitors anytime our lights are on.

Date Night, $110 per couple

Do couples who play together stay together? We think so! Socialize with up to seven other couples while learning how to throw a bowl or a cup with your partner on the pottery wheel. We will glaze and fire your pieces, which will be ready within a month. Tickets are for this date only and are nonrefundable.

Event poster for 'Paint a Plate in the Park' organized by South Burlington Recreation & Parks and Art in the Park, scheduled for July 25 at Goose Pond from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The poster features colorful logos, trees, and musical notes, and includes decorative heart illustrations.

Paint a Plate in the Park, $25-$35

Enjoy a summer evening of music, community and creativity with us in South Burlington’s parks! We’ll bring some of our handbuilt plates, and invite you to decorate them any way you like using underglaze pencils, bottles and/or brushes. We’ll glaze and fire your work, which will be ready for pick up within a month.

A promotional flyer for a handbuilding ceramics class featuring a close-up of hands shaping clay. The flyer includes details about the class schedule, instructor Lizzy Hamlin-Valz, time commitment, cost, start date, and studio branding.

Handbuilding, $385

Join artist Lizzy Hamlin Volz to explore making decorative and functional pieces using slab techniques. Registration includes 15 hours of studio access, 8 pounds of clay, and bisque/glaze firing of work completed within studio production guidelines.

Close-up of hands shaping clay on a pottery wheel, covered in wet clay.

Mixed Level Wheel Throwing, $395

Our limited summer classes have sold out. Join our mailing list to get notified when we open fall enrollments.

This 15-hour studio workshop is open to both total beginners and experienced potters. We provide guided instruction and independent practice in each class session. Class fees include studio access, with use of tools and materials, including 10 pounds of clay, and bisque/glaze firing of all work completed within our production guidelines/schedule. Registration is nonrefundable and available only for this session. If you sign up then change your mind or can’t make it, give your seat to a friend!

Flyer advertising clay pottery parties with images of hands shaping clay on a wheel and sculpting clay, decorated with colorful streamers and fireworks graphics, text about booking on weekends for groups of 5-18, costs $65 per person, and contact information for reserving.

Come play with us! $325+

We love parties! Birthdays, anniversaries, team building, or just a fun outing with friends — any reason will do. We offer handbuilding or wheel throwing experiences, making simple items you envision.

Parties last up to two hours, and can accomodate up to 16 people for handbuilding or wheel throwing (for $65/pp), and up to 32 for a paint-your own experience (at a slightly reduced fee of $50/pp) .

The studio finishes and glazes your work, which you pick up within about a month.

 

Gift cards

Purchase a gift card for a loved one — and use it for a handmade piece in our shop, or a pottery experience with us, in a scheduled event or by appointment for a private party ($300 minimum). Printed versions of cards are available in the studio.  

  • A family group of four people and a dog in a pottery studio, holding ceramic art pieces and a plate, smiling at the camera. The background shows shelves with various pottery items and plants.

    Private parties

  • Group of people smiling and posing behind a table with pottery and ceramics in a studio.

    Workshops

  • Two women sitting at a table with handmade ceramic pottery and decorative items, smiling at the camera, in a ceramics studio with shelves of ceramics in the background.

    Six-week classes

  • A hand holding a large, round, yellow ceramic vase with a blue rim against a brick wall background.

    Handmade gifts

  • Four women in a pottery studio, each holding a handmade ceramic vase, smiling and standing in front of shelves with various pottery and artwork.

    Our affiliated artists