Adult Beginner Pottery
Adult | This class is completed
A beginner's introduction to pottery. Learn wheel throwing and/or hand building techniques to take fresh clay to a finished product. You'll learn all the steps of the pottery process from forming to finishing and pick up your pieces of art after the final firing.
Students can expect to learn:
Forming techniques: wedging, wheel throwing, sculpture, slab building, coil pots
Finishing techniques: trimming, altering, glazing, sqraffito, underglazing
There is a $4 registration fee included in tuition.
Members will have the $4 fee deducted from the tuition.
A materials fee of $26.00 is included in the tuition which includes a 25 lb. bag of clay
Additional clay may be purchased for $22 per bag.
All ceramic work fired in our Electric kilns is subject to a firing fee of 5 cents per cubic inch.
Firing fees will be calculated at the end of the class.
Heather Artman
Hi, I’m Heather! I fell in love with pottery in 2015 when I took a class at a studio in Colchester, CT. I was looking for a hobby to try after work but I never expected it to lead me where I am today. After about a year of classes, I decided to invest in a home studio and slowly started to accumulate equipment and supplies. I continued to take classes at my local community college and new studios after moving to new areas. I’ve always loved learning different techniques from new people and I truly believe that pottery is a practice that is always changing with the potter.
Now, 9 years later, I have a fully functional home studio and it has truly become my passion to create all types of ceramic work. I’ve had the opportunity over the years to teach the art to kids and adults and have discovered that I love being able to inspire others to explore their artistic
side. I also enjoy selling my work at local markets and on Etsy. I have dabbled in sculpture and hand building techniques but I’m most comfortable on the wheel. Nothing brings me more peace than time spent creating and nothing brings me more joy than sharing my knowledge and my creations with those around me.