Throwing Big(ger) with Brian Buckland

$110.00

Only 10 available

DATE: Saturday, August 29, 2026
TIME: 10am–2pm
LEVEL: Basic competence with smaller wheel-thrown forms including centering and pulling walls.
MEMBER DISCOUNT: 15%

Learn how to throw big(ger) with ceramicist Brian Buckland. Aspire to make larger forms? Move beyond tumblers and mugs? Spend a few hours learning how to manage larger amounts of clay (spiral wedging anyone?) as well as joining forms seamlessly to create beautiful, balanced larger forms.

The first part of this workshop will be a demo and the second part will be active throwing by participants with instruction from Brian.

BRING: 25# bag of clay of your choice. Throwing tools including large ribs if you have them.

FIRING: Bisque firing included for members. Glaze firing for members is an additional $10 if finished exceeds 12” per studio policy. Non-members may bisque fire work at Mill Pond for .05 cents per cubic inch + $10 flat handling fee. Glaze firing is not offered for non-members. Non-members should bring appropriate materials for transporting greenware if not firing at Mill Pond.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORBrian Buckland is a ceramic artist in Bridgton Maine primarily focused on wood-fired utilitarian pottery. Buckland went to Plymouth State University and graduated in 2012 with a BFA in Ceramics. Following graduation, Buckland moved to Portland and was mentored by renowned Maine ceramicist Tyler Gulden. In 2018, he was selected as a Wood-Fire Artist in Residence at Gulagergaard International Research Center in Skælskør, Denmark. It was there that Buckland continued his work with wild clay, raw materials, gemstones and beach sand, incorporating them into his work as glazes, clay bodies and other surface techniques. He built a wood kiln at his home studio in Bridgton and had the first firing in September of 2023. Buckland continues to pursue local material and different wood firing techniques to physically bring the Maine landscape into his body of work.

See Buckland’s work on INSTAGRAM and on his website.

DATE: Saturday, August 29, 2026
TIME: 10am–2pm
LEVEL: Basic competence with smaller wheel-thrown forms including centering and pulling walls.
MEMBER DISCOUNT: 15%

Learn how to throw big(ger) with ceramicist Brian Buckland. Aspire to make larger forms? Move beyond tumblers and mugs? Spend a few hours learning how to manage larger amounts of clay (spiral wedging anyone?) as well as joining forms seamlessly to create beautiful, balanced larger forms.

The first part of this workshop will be a demo and the second part will be active throwing by participants with instruction from Brian.

BRING: 25# bag of clay of your choice. Throwing tools including large ribs if you have them.

FIRING: Bisque firing included for members. Glaze firing for members is an additional $10 if finished exceeds 12” per studio policy. Non-members may bisque fire work at Mill Pond for .05 cents per cubic inch + $10 flat handling fee. Glaze firing is not offered for non-members. Non-members should bring appropriate materials for transporting greenware if not firing at Mill Pond.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORBrian Buckland is a ceramic artist in Bridgton Maine primarily focused on wood-fired utilitarian pottery. Buckland went to Plymouth State University and graduated in 2012 with a BFA in Ceramics. Following graduation, Buckland moved to Portland and was mentored by renowned Maine ceramicist Tyler Gulden. In 2018, he was selected as a Wood-Fire Artist in Residence at Gulagergaard International Research Center in Skælskør, Denmark. It was there that Buckland continued his work with wild clay, raw materials, gemstones and beach sand, incorporating them into his work as glazes, clay bodies and other surface techniques. He built a wood kiln at his home studio in Bridgton and had the first firing in September of 2023. Buckland continues to pursue local material and different wood firing techniques to physically bring the Maine landscape into his body of work.

See Buckland’s work on INSTAGRAM and on his website.

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