classes
AVL clay offers a variety of ways to dip your toes fingers into creating with clay
Wheel 101
8 week session - $400
This is a class that focuses on the foundational skills you’ll need to begin making pots on the wheel. We’ll cover it all…wedging, centering, pulling up, shaping, trimming and glazing.
Classes include:
experienced instruction in a small group setting
kentucky mudworks cone 6 stoneware clay
use of all tools, glazes, underglazes, slips
bisque and glaze firing
access to studio throughout your session to hone your skills
Wheel - Skills Refresh
4 week session - $225
Maybe you’ve done pottery in the past but you feel rusty or you just took the 101 class and want to step it up. This class will allow you to either re-familiarize yourself with the wheel or simply get more comfortable making a variety of forms.
Classes include:
experienced instruction in a small group setting
kentucky mudworks cone 6 stoneware clay
use of all tools, glazes, underglazes, slips
bisque and glaze firing
access to studio throughout your session to hone your skills
Wheel - Next Level
8 week session - $400
This class will take you beyond the basics of centering and throwing smaller forms. An emphasis on shaping, adding components (i.e. spouts, handles, lids etc…) and generally going a little larger with your projects. You’ll be thinking more intentionally about what you are creating from the form to the surface design and glazing. Students should be able to center at least 2 pounds of clay and be comfortable with trimming and glazing.Classes include:
experienced instruction in a small group setting
kentucky mudworks cone 6 stoneware clay
use of all tools, glazes, underglazes, slips
bisque and glaze firing
access to studio throughout your session to hone your skills
Clay 101 - Handbuilding
6 week session - $300
Your adventure starts here! There are so many ways to express yourself in clay. Our handbuilding classes will take you through many of the ways in which you can create including slab construction, pinching, coiling, sculpting and more. We’ll finish up with glazing.
Classes include:
experienced instruction in a small group setting
kentucky mudworks cone 6 stoneware clay
use of all tools, glazes, underglazes, slips
bisque and glaze firing
access to studio throughout your session to hone your skills
Surfaces
6 week session - $240
In this six-week session we will cover a wide range of surface design techniques that will add interest and creativity to your work such as underglaze transfer, sgraffito, using stencils as resists, slip trailing, color inlay and more. Students will be asked to bring simple shapes (i.e. small plates, tiles, cups, etc…) in leather hard condition to class each week. This class is ideal for the advanced beginner to intermediate potter who is ready to add some new techniques to their pottery skills toolbox.
Classes include:
experienced instruction in a small group setting
surface design materials (students will need to bring some tools of their own)
bisque and glaze firing with some limits on quantity
access to studio throughout your session to hone your skills
Maker’s Choice
6 week session - $250
This is a “choose your own adventure” class where you bring your project ideas (wheel or handbuilt) and you are given studio support to accomplish them. This is a great class for advanced beginners who can work independently. Our final class will be focused on glazing. Classes are 3 hours each.
Classes include:
experienced studio support when you need guidance or brainstorming
studio buff stoneware clay
use of all tools, glazes, underglazes, slips
bisque and glaze firing with some limits on quantity
access to studio throughout your session to hone your skills