This is an open session clay making workshop. Each person will receive 1-2 pounds of clay per session and access to our basic tools and supplies. Pieces can be underglazed and we will clear glaze to get back to you in 3-4 weeks. We will have limited underglaze colors available but suggest that you purchase your own if you’d like consistent color and control. You’re welcome to bring any of your own tools.
Unfinished clay pieces should go home with you. We will do our best to provide you with plastic and wrap enough to walk out with your piece so you can keep it moist enough to complete it and dry it ahead of firing. Please plan ahead if you know you were looking to make something complex.
This is the first of many open studio making sessions at Starr Garden. You can come to this session, take your piece home to finish and dry it fully, then bring it back in the future to have it fired. Or you can complete your piece in the 2 hour session and leave it at the studio to dry and be fired for you. We will have a clay artist on site that can answer technical questions and get you started with a project idea.
Organized by The Craft Coven, this event is part of a community oriented series of creative enrichment projects focused on affordability for all. For more information on the group’s missions and to get involved more widely check out https://www.supplychest.org and become a Member for all the inside opportunities and classes.
About the space: This event is located in the Starr Garden Playground rec center. When you enter the gates for the playground you will walk to the right of the building to the entrance that is facing Lombard Street. The rec center is mostly used for after school programs and kids camps but is empty in the evenings so they allow us to have adult programming. You’re welcome to bring your own water bottle or snacks, and there will be light music and a social studio atmosphere rather than a classroom.
