18+ Ceramics - Thursdays 9AM-11:30AM

18+ Ceramics - Thursdays 9AM-11:30AM

Class | This program is completed

18+

4/27/2023-6/10/2023

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$300.00

Member Discount Available

Description: This is a semi-private 2.5 hour per week ceramics class for novice potters and potters with some experience. Students may practice their hand-building and/or wheel-throwing skills during this course. The class is capped at 5 to ensure that everyone enrolled will have access to a wheel should the student decide to focus on wheel-throwing only. Wheel-throwers will practice centering, pulling walls, and trimming to form finished pieces. Hand-builders will receive individualized instruction based on self-designed projects using coiling, pinching, and slab-building techniques. 

Dates: The class meets 6 times. 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/8. Note: The studio is closed on 6/1 Memorial Day Week.


Age Group: Only students in the age range listed in the course title are eligible for enrollment. Students who do not meet the age criteria must contact ceramics@fyamelrose.org to ask for permission to participate.


  • Additional Information: All pieces are limited to 8” in height and width. Classes must have 4 enrolled to run. Instruction, materials, and firing costs included in the fee. The studio provides tools; however, you are welcome to bring your own Kemper Pottery Tool Kit. We use brown stoneware clay and studio-made glazes.


    Arts for All: The Arts for All program at FYACS provides tuition assistance and adaptive services for its programs. Please visit https://www.fyamelrose.org/arts-for-all/ for more information and to apply.
  • The studio provides tools for use; however, we recommend purchasing a kit that has the following basic tools:
    • wire tool
    • wooden knife
    • sponge
    • needle tool
    • wooden rib
    • metal rib
    • large loop trim tool
    • small loop trim tool
    Artist and Craftsman on Broadway in Saugus has everything folks would need for basic tools. Basic Kemper tool kits range from $15-$20.


Michelle is a small-batch artisan potter and owner of Meesh Pottery. She has multiple years of classroom teaching experience. She works out of her home studio in Melrose and loves all things pottery!