Handbuilt Pottery for Beginners
November 24 – December 15
Have you ever wanted to try pottery? Would you like to make your own gifts this year?
AX’s Ceramics Centre Coordinator Matt Cripps is offering a weekend class and weekend class each of Handbuilt Pottery for Beginners in November and December. These 3-day pottery workshops will guide you through the process of creating your first pieces of pottery—you don’t need to have taken earlier workshops to attend.
Due to COVID-19, however, these classes are restricted to attendees within New Brunswick Health Zone 2. The classes are offered in a large space, with physically distanced workstations, as per our operational plan and Health NB Mandate.
Weekday
November 24, December 1 and 15.
Weekend
November 28 and 29, and December 12.
Masks and physical distancing are required at all times in the AX building and during the workshop. Please register by November 22.
The includes:
- Introduction to handbuilt pottery with examples and demonstrations.
- Introduction to decoration techniques with underglaze and slip.
- Return to the centre to decorate and glaze your works.
- After the work is fired a second time, Matt will coordinate a time for you to pick up your completed projects.
Cost: $225/person, no tax. Costs includes access to AX ceramics centre materials, a tool kit, and 10kg clay. Participants get to keep their work, the remaining clay, and their tool kit after the workshop.