Ceramics

Pre-registration is required for classes & workshops - please register online below or call 508-693-1850.
Minimum age requirement for all adult classes is 14 years old unless otherwise noted.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY:
Please read all class descriptions and be aware of age, skill level and materials requirements in ADVANCE of registering for any classes and workshops. Featherstone does not issue refunds unless we cancel the class due to low enrollment.

Raku Workshop with Frank Creney
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, October 21 & 22
Time: 9:00AM - 4:00PM
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $300 for 2 day workshop, includes materials fee (glazes & firing)
Please bring 4-6 bisque pieces

In this two day workshop, participants will experiment with raku, horsehair, obvara and saggar firing. Students should have 4-6 bisque pieces prepared for the weekend event, please use B-mix 5 or porcelain for pieces (B-mix is preferred). Glazes and firing materials will be provided.
This low-fire process involves heating bisqueware then placing it into containers with combustible materials which can produce a stunning variety of affects
Please note, Raku is a decorative process and glazes are NOT food safe. Most of this workshop will take place outdoors so please dress accordingly. Please contact Frank with any questions.

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Beginner Wheel Throwing with Debbie Hale
Days: Mondays
Dates: Session 1: January 23, 30, February 6, 13 // Session 2: March 6, 13, 20, 27 // Session 3: April 3, 10, 17 (school vacation week), 24 // Session 4: May 8, 15, 22, 29 // Session 5: June 5, 12, 19, 26 // Session 6: July 10, 17, 24, 31 // Session 7: August 7, 14, 21, 28 // Session 8: September 4, 11, 18, (no 25), October 2 // Session 9: October 16, 23, 30, November 6 // Session 10: November 20, 27, December 4, 11
Time: 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $195 (4 classes/8 hours), includes materials fee (clay, glazes, firing)
Attendees bring their own aprons and clean up towels. Please note, long nails and jewelry get in the way of working with clay!
THIS IS A 4 WEEK CLASS - please only register if you will be able to attend all 4 classes.

In this beginner's ceramics class, students will learn techniques to create forms on the potter’s wheel - cups, bowls, vessels, etc. You will learn the basics of the pottery studio, wheel throwing, glazing and firing.

Intro to Wheel Throwing with Mark Bateman
Day: Tuesdays
Dates: Session 1: January 17, 24, February 7, 14 // Session 2: February 28 (school vacation week), March 7, 14, 21 // Session 3: March 28, April 4, 11, 18 (school vacation week) // Session 4: April 25, May 2, 9, 16 // Session 5: May 23, 30, June 6, 13 // Session 6: June 27, July 11, 18, 25 // Session 7: Aug 1, 8, 15, 22 // Session 8: August 29, September 5, 12, 19 // Session 9: October 3, 10, 17, 24 // Session 10: November 7, 14, 21, 28
Time: 5:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: The Pottery Studio
Fee: $275 (4 classes/12 hours), includes materials fee (clay, glazes, firing)
Attendees bring their own aprons and clean up towels. Please note, long nails and jewelry get in the way of working with clay!
THIS IS A 4 WEEK CLASS - please only register if you will be able to attend all 4 classes.

In this 4-week course, students learn the skill of centering and evenly distributing clay on a pottery wheel to make cups, bowls, and plates, as well as the application of handles for mugs. The course includes instruction in glazing techniques. No previous experience is required. This class is a good option for those with previous experience to refresh their basic skills.

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ART NIGHT! Pottery Pumpkins with Sabrina Kuchta
Date: Wednesday, October 11
Time: 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $45

Excited for Halloween?! Create festive hand-made pumpkins and jackolanterns during a special Wednesday night hand building class while you sip on refreshments with friends! With simple hollow form building techniques we will create special pumpkins that will bring harvest delight to any holiday table! A fun “Art Night," you will learn how to hand form a clay pumpkin and through follow up open studios, finish your project to make a festive centerpiece or decoration. Wine, cider and tea included (or BYOB) 🎃.

For continuing students of Debbie's. To be added to wait list:

Intermediate Wheel Throwing (for continuing students) with Debbie Hale
Days: Wednesdays
Dates: Session 1: January 18, 25, February 1, 8 // Session 2: March 1 (school vacation week), 8, 15, 22 // Session 3: March 29, April 5 (Passover), 12, 19 (school vacation week) // Session 4: May 10, 17, 24, 31 // Session 5: June 7, 14, 21, 28 // Session 6: July 5, 12, 19, 26 // Session 7: August 9, 16, 23, 30 // Session 8: September 6, 13, 20, (no 27) October 4 // Session 9: October 18, 25, November 1, 8 // Session 10: November 22 (day before Thanksgiving), 29, December 6, 13
Time: 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $190 (4 classes/8 hours) Includes 25 lb bag of clay - all glazes, firing fees and additional clay are in addition to the class fee and paid separately.
Attendees bring their own aprons and clean up towels. Please note, long nails and jewelry get in the way of working with clay!

Intermediate wheel is for students who have completed the 4 week Beginner Wheel Throwing and would like to continue to hone their skills.

Wheel Throwing II - Intermediate with Mark Bateman
Days: Thursdays
Dates: Session 1: February 2, 9, 16, 23 // weekly individual classes March 2, 9, 16 ($40 per class, clay/firing addl.) // Session 2: March 30, April 6, 13, 20 (school vacation week) // Session 3: April 27, May 4, 11, 18 // Session 4: May 25, June 1, 8, 15 // Session 5: June 29, July 6, 13, 20 // Session 6: Aug 3, 10, 17, 24 // Session 7: August 31, Sept 7, 14, 21 // Session 8: September 28, Oct 5, 12, 19 // Session 9: October 26, Nov 2, 9, 16
Time: 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $190 (4 classes/8 hours) Includes 25 lb bag of clay - all glazes, firing fees and additional clay are in addition to the class fee and paid separately.
Attendees bring their own aprons and clean up towels. Please note, long nails and jewelry get in the way of working with clay!

In this 4 week course, students will have the opportunity to build upon the skills they have learned in Intro to Wheel Throwing (or those who have mastered the basics of centering and creating basic shapes are welcome to participate). Students will learn advanced techniques on both the wheel and in glazing.

4 Week Hand Building with Mark Bateman
Day: Fridays
Dates: Session 1: January 20, (no 27), February 3, 10, 17 // Session 2: February 24, March 3 (school vacation week), 10, 17 // Session 3: March 24, 31, April 7, 14 // Session 4: April 21 (school vacation week), 28, May 5, 12 // Session 5: May 19, 26, June 2, 9 // Session 8: September 1, 8, 15 (Rosh Hashanah), 22 // Session 9: September 29, October 6, 13, 20 // Session 10: October 27, Nov 3, 10, 17
Time: 3:00PM - 6:00PM (2 hour classes July-August)
Fee: $275 (4 classes/12 hours), includes materials fee (clay, glazes, firing).
Dates: Session 6: June 30, July 7, 14, 21 // Session 7: Aug 4, 11, 18, 25
Time: 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: The Pottery Studio
Fee: $195 (4 classes/8 hours), includes materials fee (clay, glazes, firing). Please note: larger pieces and large quantities will incur an additional fee for glazing/firing.
Attendees bring their own aprons and clean up towels. Please note, long nails and jewelry get in the way of working with clay!

Hand Building is a style of pottery that uses coiling, pinching and slab rolling to create anything your mind can imagine. Unlike wheel thrown pottery, it is not limited to a cylindrical form, so shapes like rectangles, cubes, triangles, ovals, and (yes) cylinders are all possible.

Students of all experience levels (including complete beginners) are welcome. Students will be encouraged to work at their own pace on projects of their choosing, all under an instructor's guidance.

Hand Building Techniques with Sabrina Kuchta
Day: Sundays
Dates: Session 1: February 5, 12, (no 2/19), 26, March 5 // Session 2: April 16, 23, 30, May 7 // Session 3: May 14 (Mother's Day), 21, 28 (Memorial Day weekend), June 4 // Session 4: September 24, October 1, 8, 15 // Session 5: October 29, November 5, 12, 19
Time: 1:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $275 (4 classes/12 hours), includes materials fee (clay, glazes, firing)
Attendees bring their own aprons and clean up towels. Please note, long nails and jewelry get in the way of working with clay!

In this four-week class we will explore: how to use slab, how to pinch and coil, and how to combine multiple techniques to create anything you can imagine. Culminating in our fourth class that will be dedicated entirely to glazing and finishing our pieces.
Each class will have a project available but students are encouraged to bring ideas and images of projects they would like to create and we will work on them together.
This course is appropriate for beginners as well as those familiar with hand building.

Open Pottery Studio
Days & Times:
*Wednesdays & Saturdays are 3 hours, Thursdays & Sundays are 2 hours*
Wednesdays: 12:00 - 3:00PM (supervised by Sabrina Kuchta)
Thursdays: 6:00 - 8:00PM (supervised by Nancy Blank)
Saturdays: 10:00AM - 1:00PM (supervised by Mark Bateman)
Sundays: 4:00 - 6:00PM (supervised by Sabrina Kuchta)
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $20 per 2 hour open studio meeting, $30 for 3 hour open studio. Reclaimed clay for sale at $1 per lb. Attendees bring their own aprons and clean up towels.

This is a non-instructional time for those familiar with ceramics to work on their own in the Pottery Studio. Adults only, 18 years or older.
Attendees must have basic knowledge and be familiar with a pottery studio - there is no instruction during open hours.

Registration is required in advance to reserve your studio time (this is particularly important during busy summer months). Additional glazing and firing fees apply (cash & cards accepted).

Clay Sculpture (human figure) with Frank Creney
Day: Mondays
Dates: October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Time: 12:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $340 (5 classes/ 15 hours), includes materials fee (clay, glazes, firing)
Attendees bring their own aprons and clean up towels. Please note, long nails and jewelry get in the way of working with clay!
THIS IS A 5 WEEK CLASS - please only register if you will be able to attend all 5 classes.

Using hand building techniques, learn how to sculpt a human figure, 12-16 inches in size. Open to beginners, this 5 week course will allow students to learn the nature of clay, sculpting and glazing.

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Visiting Artist Workshop: Mapping of Memories – Mini-Moon Jar with YoonJee Kwak
Dates: Saturday-Sunday, June 24-25 (plus Friday evening 6/23 artist talk and sale at 5:30PM)
Time: 10:00AM - 4:00PM each day (with 1 hour lunch break)
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $375 for 2 day workshop and evening artist talk, includes all materials. Skill level: intermediate to advanced students.

This course will focus on Ceramic Artist Yoonjee Kwak’s unique coil-building technique – clay coils and bits are accumulated outward and upward in a technique similar to fiber weaving but in clay. Demonstrations will cover a range of sculptural vessels, from small functional cups to mini moon jars. Over the course of 2 days, participants will investigate the beauty of the progressive, meditative growth of building one coil at a time.

YoonJee Kwak is a member of the ceramic faculty at the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, CT where she teaches full-time. Learn more about YoonJee here.

Join us Friday, June 23rd at 5:30PM to meet visiting artist YoonJee Kwak. YoonJee will be here to teach a two day ceramics workshop over the weekend, and she will kick the weekend off with an artist talk and small sale of her work Friday night at 5:30PM in the Pottery Studio. The talk will be less than an hour and is free and open to the public, RSVP to let us know if you will attend! Learn more about the artist here.

Sculpting Clay Animals (Intermediate level) with Frank Creney
Day: Mondays
Dates: March 27, April 3, 10, (no 17 - drying week), 24
Time: 12:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $275 (4 classes/ 12 hours), includes materials fee (clay, glazes, firing)
Attendees bring their own aprons and clean up towels. Please note, long nails and jewelry get in the way of working with clay!
THIS IS A 4 WEEK CLASS - please only register if you will be able to attend all 4 classes.

Learn how to sculpt a small animal - create a realistic smaller version of your favorite farm friend or pet. Hone your building techniques and work on scale and texture to create your own clay creation and finish off by painting with glaze to finish.

Sculpting a Bust (Intermediate level) with Frank Creney
Day: Mondays
Dates: January 23, 30, February 6, 13 (no class 2/20), February 27 (school vacation week)
Time: 12:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $345 (5 classes/ 15 hours), includes materials fee (clay, glazes, firing)
Attendees bring their own aprons and clean up towels. Please note, long nails and jewelry get in the way of working with clay!
THIS IS A 5 WEEK CLASS - please only register if you will be able to attend all 5 classes.

Learn how to sculpt a bust of your favorite human (or animal). Learn the building techniques, scale and texture to facilitate the creation of a life sized sculptured bust.

Intermediate/Advanced Wheel Throwing with Frank Creney
Days: Wednesdays
Dates: Session 1: January 18, 25, February 1, 8 // Session 2: April 12, 19, 26, May 3
Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $190 (4 classes/8 hours) Includes 25 lb bag of clay - all glazes, firing fees and additional clay are in addition to the class fee and paid separately.
Attendees bring their own aprons and clean up towels. Please note, long nails and jewelry get in the way of working with clay!

In this intermediate/advanced class, students will have the opportunity to explore new shapes, how to make spouts, covers and how to create large pots by adding multiple pieces.

Learning the Basics & Navigating the Pottery Studio (beginner wheel throwing) with Frank Creney
Day: Wednesdays
Dates: February 22, March 1, 8, 15
Time: 7:00 - 9:00PM
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $195 (4 classes/8 hours), includes materials fee (clay, glazes, firing)
Attendees bring their own aprons and clean up towels. Please note, long nails and jewelry get in the way of working with clay!

This is a 4 week course designed to get you started - from throwing on the wheel to glazing. All pots will be fired after last class to be picked up the next week.
Week 1: Basic throwing techniques for cups, bowls, plates, pots.
Week 2: Trimming bottoms and preparing pots for the kiln, throwing techniques revisited.
Week 3: Glazing bisque fired ware and trimming pots.
Week 4: Glazing bisque fired ware and throwing techniques.

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