Date Night for Valentine’s Day
Date Night Experience
Come for a creative experience this Valentine’s Day!
February 14th, 3-6PM
$105/person
Come enjoy a three-hour experience with Judd and Cary at The Workshop this Valentine’s where you will start with basic wheel throwing session with Judd, who will demo and get you going on learning some simple techniques to center clay on the wheel. Take a break in the middle for some snacks and drinks and then finish up your pieces which will then be bisqued and glazed by Judd for you to pick up at a later date, all while listening to some lovely tunes.
This session will give you a taste of what it’s like to throw pottery on the wheel to help you decide if you may enjoy an 8-week wheel throwing class where you really get to dive in. Open to those 21 and older. Come get crafty before your dinner date with a friend or partner.
Note: pieces will be fired after the fact and available approximately 2 weeks later.
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.
REGISTER
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.