What makes a glaze… a glaze? How does it melt and create the forms and colors? Why is my glaze not working?  Every potter has asked these questions!

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.

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.

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!

We’re offering space in our raku kiln during First Friday Artwalk!

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.

The evening begins with a teacher demo, after which participants will each have plenty of clay and wheel time to try out throwing.

This introductory course takes place over six weeks, plenty of time to experiment and familiarize yourself with the world of clay.

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.

We will be hosting the June members meeting for Clayfolk. All are welcome to attend. See the Clayfolk website for more information.

https://www.clayfolk.org/

Gracie and Julie have years of marketing tools built up and are so excited to share them with you!

We’ll talk about finding your audience, tricks with social media and product photography.

Hand building is an essential part of the pottery process and mastering all it's tricks can take time. Penelope has a wealth of knowledge to bring your skills to the next level and help refine your work along the way.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Join us to celebrate Ashland’s First Friday Artwalk. Spend some time talking with artists, sipping wine and shopping for that perfect piece of pottery.

And if your up for it try your hand in our throwdown competition!

Event Details: Join us for a wonderful afternoon of pottery, creativity, and socializing! Bring a snack to share—wine and beverages will be provided by RVPS.

Coming to us from Cave Junction, Jim Nordal is a curiosity driven teacher who will bring in his methods of making pottery tools of all kinds. You’ll learn how to make your own trimming and carving tools and walk away with a complete set of tools customized to your designs. We’ll also be making a few porcelain texture rollers that we’ll be sculpting. Jim has so many inspiring methods of tool ingenuity that you’ll learn and come away feeling equipped to create your own custom tool kit. 

Lunch provided (cannot accommodate dietary restrictions)

We’re offering space in our raku kiln during First Friday Artwalk!

You will learn

• Essential Kiln Loading

• Maintenance and Firing practices

• Kiln Anatomy

• Troubleshooting and Resources

Julie will teach how to build a relief tile with the right dimensions that will give the best result for long lasting tiles with no warping. Everyone will sculpt their tiles and their design of choice and we will build plaster molds from this sculpted tile. You will learn how to press those tiles and different methods for extracting them. Also the drying process and how to minimize warping. 

Julie has been making tile since 2020 and has tried a lot of different methods. She’ll show you ways to troubleshoot different design goals and how to finish the piece best.

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.