Potter’s Wheel Wednesday Workshop | Ages 8–16
Learn to throw pots on the potter’s wheel. This class is great for beginners and return students.
Learn to throw pots on the potter’s wheel. This class is great for beginners and return students.
An introduction to printing on clay using screen and relief printing techniques. Renowned printmaker and ceramicist Paul Andrew Wandless will teach you how to put images into screens without the use of a darkroom and how to carve designs into relief blocks. Then, learn how to print multi-color images using these screens and reliefs.
Learn the art of sgraffito, which involves scratching designs into underglazed clay to show the contrast between color and the clay body, to create one-of-a-kind designs on a ceramic plate for a usable piece of art or a lovely wall decoration.
Create an elegant ceramic vase through clay handbuilding techniques.
An introduction to various handbuilding techniques and ways form sculptural art from clay.
Spend an afternoon crafting a unique hexagonal ceramic tile mural. Learn how to shape the clay and utilize underglazes to decorate your tiles with unique patterns.
This class will help you take your ideas to the next level—whether it's learning to throw clay at a larger scale or with better consistency. This class is intended for students who have taken multiple beginner classes. Handbuilders are welcome too!
Expand your skills and take them to the next level—throw larger vessels with more consistency, or perfect your regular forms. Raku kilns will be fired. This is a great class for those who have previously taken a potter’s wheel class and desire more experience.
Learn the basics of molding and shaping clay with your hands. Experiment with texture, colored slips, and a variety of tools to make functional and non-functional pieces out of slabs and coils.
Come on in for a one night only make-it-and-take-it art experience. Make lovely little bowls using clay coiling techniques.
Come on in for a one night only make-it-and-take-it art experience! Grace your garden or home with a ceramic sun plaque.
Return ceramics students can call 262.636.9177 to sign up for studio time, based on museum schedule and availability. No facilitator or instructor will be on-site.
This class is designed for the advanced student with experience. A studio facilitator will be on-hand for questions, advice, and to keep the clay studio up and running!
This class is designed for the advanced student with experience. A studio facilitator will be on-hand for questions, advice, and to keep the clay studio up and running!
Form a slab-style ceramic vase to house beautiful farm-fresh flowers! This class has two options, which can each be taken as a standalone workshop.
Create a variety of functional and non-functional ceramic pieces using the potter’s wheel and handbuilding techniques.
An introduction to wheel throwing and the principles of form, mass and texture. Learn through demonstrations and gentle guidance.
Create sculptural art pieces using handbuilding techniques. Learn to make surface textures, build functional and non functional vessels and construct dimensional ceramic art works.
An introduction to wheel throwing and the principles of form, mass and texture. Learn through demonstrations and gentle guidance.
Learn a multitude of clay handbuilding techniques while creating sculptural art! Clay pieces will be underglazed and fired, but not clear coated with a shiny glaze. Learn about ways to add to your creation at home after firing.
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