It's a Mug Life: Creative Slabbuilt Mugs with Ros
Overview
Tuesdays 1:15-3:15pm, Mar 11 - Apr 15 (6 sessions)
Ages 16 and up are welcome
Cost: $185 + $15 materials (includes ½ bag of clay and firing)
Beginners and returners welcome!
Who doesn’t love a good mug? Learn to make your own in this fun, creative class. We’ll start with small espresso cups, and work our way up to large mugs for tea or coffee. We’ll work with different shapes, sizes, and handles. We will also develop a good foundation in slab-building, rolling even slabs of various thicknesses, joining seams, decorating with natural and handmade textures, and different ways to create handles.
This class is perfect for absolute beginners or those looking for a refresher. More seasoned handbuilders are also welcome, whether looking to gain new insights or work independently with extra guidance.
About the Instructor:
Ros O’Brien is an artist and studio potter who makes nature-inspired pottery from her home studio in Harrisonburg, VA. She works primarily with textured soft slabs, although her work sometimes incorporates thrown, pinched, or coiled components. Ros is endlessly curious, and has studied a diverse range of ceramic techniques with artists and potters around the globe, including Gail Kendall, Lauren Karle, Bill Griffith, and Ellen Shankin, and she was in the 2020 cohort of Naomi Clement’s Finding Your Voice Mentorship Program. Ros loves teaching, from beginner to advanced handbuilding. She loves to see people come together and learn about each other and themselves through clay, and enjoys the creative and unique ways her students come up with to use classic techniques. She is an instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, and the owner of Friendly City Clay & Art Center in Harrisonburg, VA, where she teaches handbuilding.
Class Cancellations and Absence
Refunds minus a $20 processing fee are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.
Overview
Tuesdays 1:15-3:15pm, Mar 11 - Apr 15 (6 sessions)
Ages 16 and up are welcome
Cost: $185 + $15 materials (includes ½ bag of clay and firing)
Beginners and returners welcome!
Who doesn’t love a good mug? Learn to make your own in this fun, creative class. We’ll start with small espresso cups, and work our way up to large mugs for tea or coffee. We’ll work with different shapes, sizes, and handles. We will also develop a good foundation in slab-building, rolling even slabs of various thicknesses, joining seams, decorating with natural and handmade textures, and different ways to create handles.
This class is perfect for absolute beginners or those looking for a refresher. More seasoned handbuilders are also welcome, whether looking to gain new insights or work independently with extra guidance.
About the Instructor:
Ros O’Brien is an artist and studio potter who makes nature-inspired pottery from her home studio in Harrisonburg, VA. She works primarily with textured soft slabs, although her work sometimes incorporates thrown, pinched, or coiled components. Ros is endlessly curious, and has studied a diverse range of ceramic techniques with artists and potters around the globe, including Gail Kendall, Lauren Karle, Bill Griffith, and Ellen Shankin, and she was in the 2020 cohort of Naomi Clement’s Finding Your Voice Mentorship Program. Ros loves teaching, from beginner to advanced handbuilding. She loves to see people come together and learn about each other and themselves through clay, and enjoys the creative and unique ways her students come up with to use classic techniques. She is an instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, and the owner of Friendly City Clay & Art Center in Harrisonburg, VA, where she teaches handbuilding.
Class Cancellations and Absence
Refunds minus a $20 processing fee are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.
Overview
Tuesdays 1:15-3:15pm, Mar 11 - Apr 15 (6 sessions)
Ages 16 and up are welcome
Cost: $185 + $15 materials (includes ½ bag of clay and firing)
Beginners and returners welcome!
Who doesn’t love a good mug? Learn to make your own in this fun, creative class. We’ll start with small espresso cups, and work our way up to large mugs for tea or coffee. We’ll work with different shapes, sizes, and handles. We will also develop a good foundation in slab-building, rolling even slabs of various thicknesses, joining seams, decorating with natural and handmade textures, and different ways to create handles.
This class is perfect for absolute beginners or those looking for a refresher. More seasoned handbuilders are also welcome, whether looking to gain new insights or work independently with extra guidance.
About the Instructor:
Ros O’Brien is an artist and studio potter who makes nature-inspired pottery from her home studio in Harrisonburg, VA. She works primarily with textured soft slabs, although her work sometimes incorporates thrown, pinched, or coiled components. Ros is endlessly curious, and has studied a diverse range of ceramic techniques with artists and potters around the globe, including Gail Kendall, Lauren Karle, Bill Griffith, and Ellen Shankin, and she was in the 2020 cohort of Naomi Clement’s Finding Your Voice Mentorship Program. Ros loves teaching, from beginner to advanced handbuilding. She loves to see people come together and learn about each other and themselves through clay, and enjoys the creative and unique ways her students come up with to use classic techniques. She is an instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, and the owner of Friendly City Clay & Art Center in Harrisonburg, VA, where she teaches handbuilding.
Class Cancellations and Absence
Refunds minus a $20 processing fee are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.
