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3 Week Advanced Throwing
Jan
20

3 Week Advanced Throwing

Our instructor Frank Jacques will teach advanced throwing for those who want to take their wheel throwing skills to the next level. He’ll teach best practices to throwing big, wedging heavy and knowing how to create those creative shapes that are so challenging. The class is fluid to what the students want to learn and practicing those skills over a 3 week period.

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Wheel Throwing Try Night
Jan
23

Wheel Throwing Try Night

The evening begins with a teacher demo, after which participants will each have plenty of clay and wheel time to try out throwing. The class is limited to 8 so each participant will receive personal time with the teacher.

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Figurative Sculpture Clinic
Jan
24

Figurative Sculpture Clinic

Expression, it is the soul of figurative sculpture and a most thrilling challenge. In this Figurative Sculpture Clinic we'll explore the subtle nuances that bring faces to life and discover how abstraction can often amplify emotional impact.

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6 Week Intro to Clay
Jan
28

6 Week Intro to Clay

Our instructor Carmen Proffitt will teach you clay basics starting with wheel throwing and hand-building techniques all the way through to glazing. This comprehensive course takes place over six weeks, plenty of time to familiarize yourself with the world of clay. Let yourself be challenged to try something new in this discovery process.

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Basics of Mold Making for Slip Casting
Jan
31

Basics of Mold Making for Slip Casting

Taking the fear out of mixing plaster and creating your own unique design!

Join us to find out in a hands-on two day workshop! We will make plaster molds of fruit and  vegetables as “patterns”, resulting in functional “slip casting molds”.  

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Holiday Scraffito Circle
Dec
14

Holiday Scraffito Circle

Join us for a wonderful afternoon of pottery, creativity, and socializing! This event is perfect for coming with friends, especially if they’re curious about pottery but have no prior experience. Scraffito is accessible to all skill levels!

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Wheel Throwing Try Night
Dec
13

Wheel Throwing Try Night

The evening begins with a teacher demo, after which participants will each have plenty of clay and wheel time to try out throwing. The class is limited to 8 so each participant will receive personal time with the teacher.

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Kids Ornaments Class
Dec
6

Kids Ornaments Class

Kids will create little ornaments and use their imagination to celebrate the season with their fancy touch. This will be a very hands-on experience with texture, stamping and fun shapes to choose from. They’ll get to decorate and paint each piece to give it a finish. 

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Raku Firing
Dec
5

Raku Firing

Join our raku firing for a specatular experience of an alternative firing. To register for our upcoming Raku Firing, we request all artists pay the $20 to hold their spot. 

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Wheel Throwing Try Night
Nov
14

Wheel Throwing Try Night

The evening begins with a teacher demo, after which participants will each have plenty of clay and wheel time to try out throwing. The class is limited to 8 so each participant will receive personal time with the teacher. 

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6 Week Intro to Clay
Oct
29

6 Week Intro to Clay

Our instructor Carmen Proffitt will teach you clay basics starting with wheel throwing and hand-building techniques all the way through to glazing. This comprehensive course takes place over six weeks, plenty of time to familiarize yourself with the world of clay. Let yourself be challenged to try something new in this discovery process.

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Wheel Throwing Try Night
Oct
24

Wheel Throwing Try Night

The evening begins with a teacher demo, after which participants will each have plenty of clay and wheel time to try out throwing. The class is limited to 8 so each participant will receive personal time with the teacher. 

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4 Week Intro to Clay
Oct
14

4 Week Intro to Clay

Explore essential hand-building techniques, immerse yourself in the magical world of ceramics and have fun in this 4 week introductory class. Frank will guide you from construction through glazing, from idea generation to completion. You will go home with work that just might get you hooked.

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Ghosting Night
Oct
10

Ghosting Night

Come for a spooky night of playing with clay and creating your own little goolish ghosts. Tina will take you through the process of hand building your own Casper and adding all the fun details to make it your own. We’ll have some hot chocolate going and monster music going! Bring a friend or your whole family for a fun evening to celebrate the fall season. Costumes are encouraged but be aware of droopy sleeves among the muddy mess.

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Scraffito Design Dual
Oct
4

Scraffito Design Dual

Julia Janeway is a well known ceramic artist and illustrator in Southern Oregon and has an evening planned that will challenge your design work and sgraffito detailing! Each participant will get to design, carve and create two tiles. One white and one black with contrasting slip. Bring your own designs/ideas or choose from Julia’s folder of images. Bring snacks to share and RVPS will provide wine and beverages!

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Pumpkin Kids
Sep
27

Pumpkin Kids

Kids will create little pumpkins and add the silly faces to make their pumpkins come alive! This will be a very hands-on experience where they’ll understand how clay moves. They’ll get to decorate and paint each piece to give it a finish.

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Sculpture Workshop
Sep
19
to Sep 21

Sculpture Workshop

There is magic in the details and this is a hands-on experience where you’ll be challenged and taught how to go big and bold with your pieces.

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Two Week Kids Camp
Aug
23
to Aug 30

Two Week Kids Camp

This will be a very hands-on experience where they’ll learn how to handbuild…Each kiddo will come away from this experience with 3-4 complete projects they’ve made

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Creative Attachments
Jul
21
to Jul 22

Creative Attachments

We’ll start the afternoon by throwing vessels of various forms and shapes while discussing the handles and attachments we’d like to learn and practice. And the second day will be all about attaching and best practices.

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4 Week Kids Clay Camp with Tina Guerra
Jul
5

4 Week Kids Clay Camp with Tina Guerra

4 Week Kids Clay Camp

Kids will learn all about clay and what all you can create with it. This will be a very hands-on experience where they’ll learn to handbuild to understand how clay moves. They’ll get to decorate and paint each piece to give it a finish. Each kiddo will come away with 3-4 complete projects they’ve made. Wear clothes that can get messy and close toed shoes. No adult supervision needed. Cancellation policy below.

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Intermediate Throwing Class - Shape Refining with Summer Brendlinger
Jun
23

Intermediate Throwing Class - Shape Refining with Summer Brendlinger

Enhance your throwing skills using ribs to create unique profiles for your vessels. Summer will bring her experience in a variety of design shapes. Bring your ribs or ideas and she can help you get there. The studio provides all the clay and tools to throw with. If you have a tool kit, please feel free to bring it.

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Pottery 101 with Julie Furrer
Jun
21

Pottery 101 with Julie Furrer

Pottery 101 is a basic introduction into the art and application of ceramics. The perfect gathering for someone with no pottery experience, or maybe someone who hasn’t touched clay since high school to get acquainted and comfortable with the creative process, tools and materials of the trade.

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Intro to Clay- Wheel Night with Penelope Dews
Jun
14

Intro to Clay- Wheel Night with Penelope Dews

The evening begins with a teacher demo, then participants will each have wheel time and plenty of clay to practice throwing. The class is limited to 6 so each participant will receive personal time with the teacher. Participants will get to choose one piece to be fired and glazed. Pieces can be picked up 3 weeks later.

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Kids Clay Ages 7-9 with Lily Myers Kaplan
Jun
12

Kids Clay Ages 7-9 with Lily Myers Kaplan

We’ll be forming a pinch pot into a cup, bowl, or any other shape they desire! Using our imagination to paint/decorate with shapes, symbols, or favorite animals, monsters, flowers, or butterflies by using colorful underglaze. We’ll learn about the simple act of forming clay into objects that can be used and cherish at home. Each piece will be fired and clear glaze-finished at the studio.

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Kids Clay Ages 4-6 with Lily Myers Kaplan
Jun
12

Kids Clay Ages 4-6 with Lily Myers Kaplan

Kids will experience clay and all its sensory excitement! The littles will be making a memento of a hand or foot pressed into the clay and use their imagination to paint/decorate it with provided clay-stamps and underglaze. They’ll learn about textures and the super fun movement of mud. Each piece will be fired and clear glaze- finished at the studio. Please wear clothes that can get messy and closed today shoes. The piece will be ready for pickup within two weeks. Kids need to have a supervising adult with each child attending.

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