4 Week Independent Study
This option is for those who either cannot commit to an 8-week class for the Summer, or who do not need weekly instruction. If you choose this option, you will be allowed to attend a session of any of the classes if you find you do need help at some point.
The goal with this is to reduce the number of people who sign up for classes but do not come to the majority of the weekly sessions and to provide flexibility for the summer.
If you want to do both months, you will need to add each month to your shopping cart prior to checking out. If you choose to also Bridge the Gap between the Spring & Summer classes, you only need to check the box to add it to one of the months - do not check the box for both months or it will double charge you.
If you want to attend Summer classes, but you need more time to save up funds for it, you are welcome to use the coupon code "Deposit" when checking out. This will apply a 75% discount so that you only need to pay 25% now, and I will invoice you for the remaining balance later. If you need more assistance than that, talk to Heather about other payment plan or scholarship options.
- Hand Building Garden Art: Fridays 12:30-3PM, 4/7 - 5/5 - Hilde Schaaf: This is a 5 week class for all experience levels, including no experience at all. Learn how to hand build garden art, including: planters, birdbaths, luminaries, garden poles, and more. You will learn how to use the extruder and slab roller to create a variety of shapes and forms to use as building blocks for your creations. You will also learn a variety of hand building techniques including slab, coil, or pinching to create functional or sculptural pieces.
- Throwing Next Level - Creative Problem Solving: Fridays 12:30-3PM PM, 5/12/23 - 6/9/23 – Sara Young: This class will focus on demystifying the making of pitchers, platters, teapots, and oddly-shaped functional and sculptural objects by using forms thrown on the wheel in combination with hand-built elements such as slabs, coils, and molded forms. This is a 5 week skill focused class for those wanting to level up their creative throwing skills. Minimum Experience: Students must be able to center, open, and pull up walls to an intended shape (make the general shape you are trying to make) most of the time.
- Throwing Next Level - Lamps & Luminaries: Mondays 6:00-8:30PM, 4/3/23 - 5/1/23 with Jeremy Noet. He will demonstrate and coach you through how to make lamps and luminaries, including how to add the necessary wiring as well as how to throw thin with porcelain for translucency. This is a 5 week skill focused class for those wanting to level up their creative throwing skills. Minimum Experience: Students must be able to center, open, and pull up walls to an intended shape (make the general shape you are trying to make) most of the time.
- Throwing Next Level - Sets: Mondays 6:00-8:30PM, 5/8/23 - 6/12/23 (no class Memorial weekend) with Jeremy Noet. He will demonstrate and coach you through how to make sets of things, this will include measuring to make multiple items of the same size/shape like a set of cups and for groupings of items that go together like graduated bowls or a dinnerware set. This is a 5 week skill focused class for those wanting to level up their creative throwing skills. Minimum Experience: Students must be able to center, open, and pull up walls to an intended shape (make the general shape you are trying to make) most of the time.