FALL CERAMICS CLASSES
Wheel Throwing Classes
Beginner Fall series: 6 weeks, 10-12:30PM on Saturdays (beginning November 1st) - taught by Emy Teach
$295
Basic wheel classes are for learning the process of throwing pots on an electric wheel. From wedging clay, centering, pulling walls, shaping, trimming, to decorating and glazing, you will gradually develop the skills you need to make food-safe pottery you can use.
Price includes first 25lb. bag of clay, glazes, use of basic tools and firing. Additional clay can be purchased.
Classes are small (5 max) and each student will get plenty of personal attention.
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Emy Teach is a ceramics artist located in Buena Vista, VA who enjoys finding ways to incorporate the beauty of nature into her work.
Her first ceramics class was at Tidewater Community College in 2015 where she fell in love with the craft. After receiving her BA she went on to teach high schoolers pottery basics, wheel throwing, hand building, mold making, slip casting, decorating techniques, and glazing at the Norfolk Governors School of Art, and later at Maple Hall Academy in Lexington, VA until 2022.
Emy now works as a production potter for Earth, Fire, Spirit Pottery where she explores new methods, forms, and techniques everyday. From this she looks forward to teaching again and sharing what she’s learned to those wanting to begin their own pottery journey.
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Wheel Throwing Classes
Beginner Fall series: 8 weeks, 7-9PM on Tuesdays & Thursdays (beginning September 23rd & 25th)
$295
Basic wheel classes are for learning the process of throwing pots on an electric wheel. From wedging clay, centering, pulling walls, shaping, trimming, to decorating and glazing, you will gradually develop the skills you need to make food-safe pottery you can use.
Price includes first 25lb. bag of clay, glazes, use of basic tools and firing. Additional clay can be purchased.
Classes are small (5 max) and each student will get plenty of personal attention.
Judd Jarvis is a Virginia-based ceramics artist and educator who explores the tactile and visceral qualities of clay and glazes through functional and sculptural forms. The surrounding environment, textures, patterns, colors, and the human influence on the landscape all play into his work.
He received his MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on a graduate teaching fellowship in 2003, and his BFA from the University of Miami in 1999 after starting his undergraduate education in his hometown of Ottumwa, Iowa at local Indian Hills Community College.
Judd has assisted teaching classes at Penland School of Craft and Arrowmont, given artist talks, taught clay classes & workshops, and exhibited his work across Virginia and the Midwest. Soon after graduate school, Judd moved to Virginia where he maintained a personal studio and taught wheel and glaze chemistry classes in a local studio in Charlottesville. Judd participated in the Artisans Studio Tour for several years begun in 1994 by a group of Charlottesville area artisans to enhance the community's awareness of professional artisans living and working in the region. Having recently moved to the Shenandoah Valley in beautiful Lexington, VA with his artist wife, he can focus again on teaching and the further exploration of his work. Along with a variety of classes in their renovated horse barn, he is offering raku firings and plans to build a wood-fired kiln for him & his students to learn in.
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Handbuilding Classes
Beginner Fall series: 8 weeks, 7-9PM on Wednesdays (beginning September 24th)
$295
Basic handbuilding classes cover the foundations of clay work. Pinch, coil, and slab techniques will be used to make functional items without the need for pottery wheels. Along with forming, different decorating techniques will be used like stamping, carving, glazing, and brushwork.
Price includes first 25lb. bag of clay, glazes, use of basic tools and firing. Additional clay can be purchased.
Classes are small (max 5) and each student will get plenty of personal attention.
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To protect our kiln, clay must be from our shop. We have our own studio glazes for you to use. We do not allow any other glazes or underglazes on pots we are to fire for you. You are welcome to bring your own tools, but beginner tools will be provided.
We also sell clay for those who are interested and have a fee structure set up for firing your ceramics in our kiln.