Afghan Style Pottery
Adult | This class is completed
In Afghanistan, pottery making is an ancient folk art with skills passed down from one generation to the next.
Matin will begin this series of classes teaching students to create small pieces: bowls, plates and cups, then advance to larger works such as teapots and other vessels. Students will learn or review basic skills including how to wedge, center on the wheel, how to dry, trim, use slip and how to design on the slip. Each student will glaze and fire their work and learn traditional Afghan methods and centuries-old decorative techniques.
A materials fee of $18.00 for a 25 lbs. bag of clay is included in the tuition.
Additional clay may be purchased for $18 per bag.
All ceramic work fired in our Electric kilns is subject to a firing fee of 5 cents per cubic inch.
All work fired in the Gas or Raku kilns is subject to an additional firing fee of $3.00 per student.
Firing fees will be calculated at the end of the class.
There is a $4 registration fee included in tuition.
Members will have the $4 fee deducted from the tuition.
Class size is limited to 10 (Covid-19 vaccinated) students.
Ages 16 and up.
Mask Wearing is optional.
Matin Malikzada
Matin Malikzada is a seventh-generation Afghan master of traditional pottery, internationally recognized for his technical skill and elegant designs. A native of Istalif, Afghanistan, once a vibrant center of ceramic art and commerce, Matin was forced to flee Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover. Along with his family, he is now resettled in Northwest Connecticut where he continues his journey as an artist.
In Afghanistan, Matin served as head of the Ceramics department at Turquoise Mountain Institute and has shown his work around the world including at the Smithsonian, Philadelphia Art Museum, Buckingham Palace, Japan International Museum, and Davos.