Bring your family members to celebrate the mom in your life with this fun activity. We will teach you how to build a mug, step-by-step out of a slab of clay. You will decorate it with patterned rolling pins and stamps, then paint it with colorful glazes in the same session. Treats of muffins, mimosas and other beverages will be provided. Grab your spot soon. . .this event sells out quickly. This event is so popular that this year we are offering it twice: Saturday OR Sunday.

$45 per person, limited to 16 spots each day!

Join Bellingham ceramic artist Erica Davidson in this porcelain luminary workshop. We will learn about throwing, surface designing and carving porcelain. Erica will demo throwing porcelain luminaries and then you will get the chance to practice throwing with porcelain which you will be able to trim and carve later. We will then shift gears and work on surface design and carve leatherhard luminaries using underglaze, sgraffito and different types of carving. Porcelain, leatherhard porcelain luminaries and underglazes will be provided as some tools for carving but feel free to bring your own tools to work with as well.

Join Bellingham artist, Lonnie Schang for a deep dive into a variety of surface decoration techniques.

Using underglazes, colorful slips, pencils, latex, wax and decorative transfers, Lonnie with guide you through combining several techniques including mishima, layering, masking, sgraffito and more to achieve complex surface designs. Leather hard tiles will be provided for student use, and/or bring your own leather hard pieces to be decorated. This is sure to be a fun workshop! For more details, click here!

Join Bellingham potter, Ann Marie Cooper, for an exploration of the possibilities in coil-building!

This workshop will begin with a demonstration followed by some sketching.  Ann Marie will then help you turn those sketches, photo references, and ideas into decorative wall hangings with hand-rolled coils of clay. Students will also learn how to craft creative coiled vessels and discuss various surface finishing techniques. For more details, click here!

Join Bellingham artist Ayla Mullen to learn the art of making and decorating porcelain jewelry!

In this one evening workshop (no experience required!) you will learn how to make unique, lightweight earrings and necklace pendants out of thin porcelain slabs and high temperature wire, as well as how to decorate your pieces using brushwork, carving, and inlay. We will cover topics including pendant design and construction, combining multiple porcelain components to create unique earring shapes, and how to work with high temperature kanthal wires in combination with clay in the morning demonstration. After some time to work on creating, the second demonstration will cover a selection of techniques to decorate our earrings and necklace pendants, as well as techniques for successful glazing and firing, common mistakes and how to avoid them, and how to assemble finished porcelain earring components onto earwires. For more details, click here!

Join Bellingham artist Ayla Mullen to expand your glazing skills and learn advanced glaze decoration techniques.

This one day workshop is designed for makers who have taken a Beginning Ceramics class or have a comparable basic knowledge of the ceramic process, who want to build their knowledge of glazing techniques and discover new ways to create interesting surfaces and beautifully decorated pots using glaze. We will learn techniques including glaze trailing, glaze inlay on texture, using resist materials like tape and wax to create pattern and build glaze layers, and brushwork on glazed surfaces. For more details, click here!

Join Bellingham artist Ayla Mullen for a deep dive into the art of making a great handle! This is an ideal course for students that have already completed a Beginning Wheel Throwing class or have other similar basic making experience. For more details, click here!

Join Bellingham artist Ayla Mullen to learn how to make and use clay stamps for decorating your pots! For more details, click here!

Explore the introductory techniques of surface design, one of the most creative ways to individualize your piece of pottery. Learn a few of the many methods, such as using underglazes and carving, to embellish clay. For more details, click here!

In this two-hour handbuilding class, students will be able to make a series of handmade tiles with flowers or stamps pressed into them. Guided by expert tile maker, Amy Popelka, you will learn tips and tricks to making a beautiful floral wall hanging that will have you remembering the colors of summer all year round.  All materials will be provided for you, including string or wire to hang them up with.

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Add some art to your garden or your home! Join us for 6 three-hour sessions where we’ll hand-build ceramic objects to stack on a metal pole as a colorful focal point. Students will learn slab, coil and pinch techniques and explore color and texture while making their unique forms. All materials provided, including clay, glazes, steel rod and tools. All your creations will be dried and fired in our studio and available for pick up in early July! For more details, click here!

Bring your family members to celebrate the mom in your life with this fun activity. We will teach you how to build a mug, step-by-step out of a slab of clay. You will decorate it with patterned rolling pins and stamps, then paint it with colorful glazes in the same session. Treats of muffins, mimosas and other beverages will be provided. This festive event is limited to 18 participants. Grab your spot soon. . .this event sells out quickly.

For more details, click here!

This workshop aims to offer an opportunity for individuals to gather in a safe, trusted, and creative environment to explore the benefits of combining clay work with mind and body wellness education.

This 2-hour immersive experience uses emerging evidence-based techniques from neuroscience and psychology to encourage participants to explore their inner consciousness while using clay to create an external expression of what is most important and meaningful in their lives. For more details, click here!

Join Bellingham artist Ayla Mullen to learn the decorative art of Mishima, a traditional inlay technique on clay! In this one day workshop (no experience required!) you will learn how to transfer designs onto clay through careful carving and inlaying in one or many colors. For more details, click here!

Join Bellingham artist Ayla Mullen to create a small, textured keepsake box out of clay slabs! In this one day workshop (no experience required!) you will learn how to use paper templates to design and construct a small clay box, the perfect size for storing salt, spices, trinkets, and other keepsakes. For more details, click here!

Explore the introductory techniques of surface design, one of the most creative ways to individualize a piece of pottery. Learn a few of the many methods, such as using underglazes and carving, to embellish clay. $75 per person.

For more details, click here!

Join Bellingham artist Ayla Mullen to learn the art of making and decorating porcelain jewelry! In this one day workshop (no experience required!) you will learn how to make unique, lightweight earrings and necklace pendants out of thin porcelain slabs and high temperature wire, as well as how to decorate your pieces using brushwork, carving, and inlay. For more details, click here!