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TIME 5:30pm – 8:30pm
DATES Tuesday evenings, May 12 – June 23
DURATION: 7 weeks
INSTRUCTOR Grace Mendenhall
LEVEL Beginner to Beginner-Intermediate
This 7-week session is ideal for a complete beginner or a beginner-intermediate (someone who has taken several classes). You’ll learn about the characteristics of clay and the basics of wheel throwing including centering and learning to throw simple forms, as well as surface decoration techniques and glazing. An overview of studio policies and procedures is included.
This class includes:
Weekly instruction (3 hours per week)
A personal shelf (18w × 18d × 12h)
One 25 lb. block of clay (*Students may purchase up to one additional 25 lb. block of Clay)
All kiln firing and glaze costs
Use of studio tools and equipment
Extra studio access during Student Practice Hours
Students are encouraged to bring:
Wheel Throwing Tool Kit (Purchase via Mill Pond HERE)
Apron (Purchase via Mill Pond HERE)
Towels (Purchase via Mill Pond HERE)
Notebook and pen/pencil
Bucket, bag, or tool holder for storage
More Student Info and details HERE.
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR Grace Mendenhall (she/her) is a multidisciplinary ceramic artist and educator. Her pinch-formed, functionally-sculptural work is an exploration of memory, grief, and tactile connection across time.
Born and raised in Austin, TX, Grace began her clay practice as a wood-fire studio assistant at 28A Clay in the Catskill Mountains. She has since built a career firing kilns, as well as teaching beginner and intermediate wheel-throwing and hand-building at community studios including Feats of Clay Pottery, East Side Pot Shop, Tumbleweed Clay, Dougherty Arts Center, and ArtShack Brooklyn. Grace also teaches workshops in atmospheric firing, including soda, pit and barrel, raku, and wood-firing, as well as kiln building and wild clay processing.
Her work can be seen on Instagram at @et.al.pottery
Portrait photos by Riley Gately.
_______________________________________________
TIME 5:30pm – 8:30pm
DATES Tuesday evenings, May 12 – June 23
DURATION: 7 weeks
INSTRUCTOR Grace Mendenhall
LEVEL Beginner to Beginner-Intermediate
This 7-week session is ideal for a complete beginner or a beginner-intermediate (someone who has taken several classes). You’ll learn about the characteristics of clay and the basics of wheel throwing including centering and learning to throw simple forms, as well as surface decoration techniques and glazing. An overview of studio policies and procedures is included.
This class includes:
Weekly instruction (3 hours per week)
A personal shelf (18w × 18d × 12h)
One 25 lb. block of clay (*Students may purchase up to one additional 25 lb. block of Clay)
All kiln firing and glaze costs
Use of studio tools and equipment
Extra studio access during Student Practice Hours
Students are encouraged to bring:
Wheel Throwing Tool Kit (Purchase via Mill Pond HERE)
Apron (Purchase via Mill Pond HERE)
Towels (Purchase via Mill Pond HERE)
Notebook and pen/pencil
Bucket, bag, or tool holder for storage
More Student Info and details HERE.
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR Grace Mendenhall (she/her) is a multidisciplinary ceramic artist and educator. Her pinch-formed, functionally-sculptural work is an exploration of memory, grief, and tactile connection across time.
Born and raised in Austin, TX, Grace began her clay practice as a wood-fire studio assistant at 28A Clay in the Catskill Mountains. She has since built a career firing kilns, as well as teaching beginner and intermediate wheel-throwing and hand-building at community studios including Feats of Clay Pottery, East Side Pot Shop, Tumbleweed Clay, Dougherty Arts Center, and ArtShack Brooklyn. Grace also teaches workshops in atmospheric firing, including soda, pit and barrel, raku, and wood-firing, as well as kiln building and wild clay processing.
Her work can be seen on Instagram at @et.al.pottery
Portrait photos by Riley Gately.
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