I’ve always wanted to do pottery…
Interested in learning to throw pottery on the wheel or hand-build beautiful pieces of custom pottery? We offer both at Talking Rock Pottery! See our current classes below, or click the Whatcha Want? button on the right and tell us about your interests.
TRP Offers:
Boot Camp: Is making pottery on your bucket list? Come to Pottery Boot Camp for a 2-hour crash course, hands-on, wheel thrown pottery experience! Students will get a quick studio tour and preview of making beautiful handmade pottery, then saddle up for an hour and a half at the pottery wheel attempting to make functional pots. Wear clothes you don’t mind getting muddy. Consider clipping long fingernails….clay doesn’t play well with long nails! Please note, we have resident cats!
Instructor, Heather Poole
I’m interested in Boot Camp
Wheel Thrown Pottery: This class is for those who want to learn making functional pottery on the potter’s wheel. In this class, you will learn to make -mugs, bowls, tumblers and other functional pottery forms. You will learn to finish these pieces by trimming and cleaning, how they are fired and learn to glaze your own work. Please note, we have resident cats!
Class run consecutive weeks and are 3 hours per session.
Tuition covers clay, use of tools, glazes and firings. 5 hours of open studio time is also included.
Instructor, Heather Poole
I’m interested in Wheel Thrown Pottery
Hand Building: Making your own clay treasures can be as simple as rolling out clay! Hand building classes are project oriented and can usually be completed in 2 sessions. Projects range from windchimes, wall plaques, trays and plates, pinch pots, coiled pots, the sky can be the limit!!! Learn slab fundamentals (rolled out sheet of clay), texture, shape and assembly.
Join instructor Jeanette Bottari for a fun and creative class.
I’m interested in Hand Building
