Tuesdays, November 5 - December 10, 2024 | 6 - 8:30P | 6 sessions | $300

Learn to make a variety of functional forms in a relaxed learning atmosphere. Step-by-step demonstrations and individualized instruction will help design and construct your own projects. The class includes instruction on making pots on the wheel, trimming pots, and glazing. For ambitious beginners or intermediate students.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Tim McCosker

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | 1 - 4P | One-day workshop | $85 Hartford resident, $95 non-resident

Kids, in grades 2-5, join CraftStudies for a creative and fun-filled afternoon!  Designed for, but not limited to, students who have early dismissal through the Hartford School District, this program offers a perfect blend of creativity and relaxation. Each session, students engage in hands-on exploration and craft projects that encourage imagination and artistic expression. All materials provided. Offered in partnership with the Hartford Parks and Recreation Department.

Scholarships are available through CraftStudies’ Community-Supported Craft Program. 

Supplies: All materials and tools are provided.

Teaching Artist: Allison Riese

Also offered September 17, October 15, and December 17.

Mondays, October 21 - November 25, 2024 | 5:30 - 8:30P | 6 sessions | $350

Learn the basics of pottery on the wheel or refine your practice centering, shaping, and trimming pots. Learn to make functional forms, attach handles, and explore surface decoration with the help of an expert potter and teaching artist.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Elie Katz

Mondays, October 28 - December 9, 2024 | No class on November 11, 2024 | 3:30 - 5:15P | 6 sessions | $250

Designing jewelry involves creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and the development of technical skills. Kids will explore stamping, piercing, polishing and forming to create handmade jewelry of their own design.

Supplies: All materials are included with registration.

Teaching Artist: Katie McCabe

Saturdays, October 26, November 2 and 16, 2024 | 4 - 7P | 3 sessions | $350 per pair

Kids and care-givers try your hands at the potter's wheel--together! Share the experience of learning the basics of wheel-throwing, including centering, shaping, trimming and glazing. This three-part workshop is designed for kids, ages 7+, and one caring adult. Includes pizza!

Supplies: All materials are included with registration.

Open Studio: Open Studio is available by request for the duration of your class for participating adults only.

Teaching Artist: Jill Koppers

Tuesdays, November 5 - December 10, 2024 | 6 - 8:30P | 6 sessions | $300

Learn to make a variety of functional forms in a relaxed learning atmosphere. Step-by-step demonstrations and individualized instruction will help design and construct your own projects. The class includes instruction on making pots on the wheel, trimming pots, and glazing. For ambitious beginners or intermediate students.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Tim McCosker

Tuesdays, October 22 - December 10, 2024 | No class on November 5 or 19, 2024 | 3:30 - 5:15P | 6 sessions | $250

Pinch it! Roll it! Form it! Build it! This is what we will do with clay in this exploratory class. Students will work with a variety of techniques including pinching, coiling, and slab rolling to develop and enhance their clay building skills. We will take inspiration from nature and our imaginations to build function and fanciful forms.

Teaching Artist: Allison Riese

Supplies: All materials and tools are provided.

Mondays, October 21 - November 25, 2024 | 5:30 - 8:30P | 6 sessions | $350

Learn the basics of pottery on the wheel or refine your practice centering, shaping, and trimming pots. Learn to make functional forms, attach handles, and explore surface decoration with the help of an expert potter and teaching artist.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Elie Katz

Sundays, September 15, October 20, & November 10, 2024 | 9A - 12P | 3 sessions | $300

In this three-part workshop, learn various methods of decorating the surface of greenware.

The first session will focus on different ways of adding color to the surface of greenware, including monoprinting, slips, underglazes, and transfers. The second session will focus on different ways to add texture, including creating rollers and stamps. The final session will be a discussion of different ways to use and integrate colored clay.

Students are encouraged to bring their own greenware–soft leather hard to leather hard is perfect! We will also have slabs available to use, and pots can be made during class for decoration in later sessions. Students are encouraged to come with ideas as well as a willingness to experiment!

A discount is available for students who are concurrently taking another 6-week pottery class. Email hello@craftstudies to inquire before registering.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Deb Churchill

Saturdays, September 21 - November 9, 2024 | No class on October 12 or October 19, 2024 | 9A - 12P | 6 sessions | $350

Learn the basics of pottery on the wheel or refine your practice centering, making functional forms, attaching handles, slips, glazing and decorating. Through demonstration and one-on-one instruction, we will build on each student's interests and skills. Bring your desire to get your hands dirty! Designed for all potters, from the absolute beginners to those with experience and enthusiasm to continue learning in a supportive environment.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Deb Churchill

Friday, November 8, 2024 | 6 - 8P | One-day workshop | $200 (registration for 2 people)

Clay is more fun in pairs! Learn how to throw a basic pot on the wheel. No experience needed, just a willingness to have some fun and to get a little dirty! Registration includes clay, use of tools, glaze, and firing for 2 people. Your work will be glazed in your color of choice, fired, and ready for pick up about 2 weeks after the workshop. Includes 20% off at Putnam's Vine/Yard for the night!

Supplies: All materials are included with registration.

Teaching Artist: Samantha Radcliffe

Tuesdays, November 5 - December 10, 2024 | 6 - 8:30P | 6 sessions | $300

Learn to make a variety of functional forms in a relaxed learning atmosphere. Step-by-step demonstrations and individualized instruction will help design and construct your own projects. The class includes instruction on making pots on the wheel, trimming pots, and glazing. For ambitious beginners or intermediate students.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Tim McCosker

Mondays, October 21 - November 25, 2024 | 5:30 - 8:30P | 6 sessions | $350

Learn the basics of pottery on the wheel or refine your practice centering, shaping, and trimming pots. Learn to make functional forms, attach handles, and explore surface decoration with the help of an expert potter and teaching artist.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Elie Katz

Mondays, October 28 - December 9, 2024 | No class on November 11, 2024 | 3:30 - 5:15P | 6 sessions | $250

Designing jewelry involves creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and the development of technical skills. Kids will explore stamping, piercing, polishing and forming to create handmade jewelry of their own design.

Supplies: All materials are included with registration.

Teaching Artist: Katie McCabe

Saturdays, October 26, November 2 and 16, 2024 | 4 - 7P | 3 sessions | $350 per pair

Kids and care-givers try your hands at the potter's wheel--together! Share the experience of learning the basics of wheel-throwing, including centering, shaping, trimming and glazing. This three-part workshop is designed for kids, ages 7+, and one caring adult. Includes pizza!

Supplies: All materials are included with registration.

Open Studio: Open Studio is available by request for the duration of your class for participating adults only.

Teaching Artist: Jill Koppers

Saturdays, September 21 - November 9, 2024 | No class on October 12 or October 19, 2024 | 9A - 12P | 6 sessions | $350

Learn the basics of pottery on the wheel or refine your practice centering, making functional forms, attaching handles, slips, glazing and decorating. Through demonstration and one-on-one instruction, we will build on each student's interests and skills. Bring your desire to get your hands dirty! Designed for all potters, from the absolute beginners to those with experience and enthusiasm to continue learning in a supportive environment.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Deb Churchill

Friday, November 1, 2024 | 6 - 8P | One-day workshop | $75

Hey parents! Enjoy a night on the town while your kids (ages 6-10) have fun learning new skills and expressing themselves in our clay studio! Includes pizza and snacks for the kids and 20% off at Putnam's Vine/Yard for parents!

Kids' creations can be picked up at the studio about two weeks after the workshop.

Supplies: All materials are included with registration.

Teaching Artist: Allison Riese

Also offered September 7, October 4, & December 6.

Thursdays, October 10 - 31, 2024 | 10A - 12P | 4 sessions | $150

Take your hand-building practice to the next level. Learn how to roll your own slabs and manipulate them into functional and sculptural creations of your own design. Designed for those with basic knowledge of hand-building.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Tony Luckino

Tuesdays, October 22 - December 10, 2024 | No class on November 5 or 19, 2024 | 3:30 - 5:15P | 6 sessions | $250

Pinch it! Roll it! Form it! Build it! This is what we will do with clay in this exploratory class. Students will work with a variety of techniques including pinching, coiling, and slab rolling to develop and enhance their clay building skills. We will take inspiration from nature and our imaginations to build function and fanciful forms.

Teaching Artist: Allison Riese

Supplies: All materials and tools are provided.

Mondays, October 21 - November 25, 2024 | 5:30 - 8:30P | 6 sessions | $350

Learn the basics of pottery on the wheel or refine your practice centering, shaping, and trimming pots. Learn to make functional forms, attach handles, and explore surface decoration with the help of an expert potter and teaching artist.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Elie Katz

Saturdays, October 26, November 2 and 16, 2024 | 4 - 7P | 3 sessions | $350 per pair

Kids and care-givers try your hands at the potter's wheel--together! Share the experience of learning the basics of wheel-throwing, including centering, shaping, trimming and glazing. This three-part workshop is designed for kids, ages 7+, and one caring adult. Includes pizza!

Supplies: All materials are included with registration.

Open Studio: Open Studio is available by request for the duration of your class for participating adults only.

Teaching Artist: Jill Koppers

Saturdays, September 21 - November 9, 2024 | No class on October 12 or October 19, 2024 | 9A - 12P | 6 sessions | $350

Learn the basics of pottery on the wheel or refine your practice centering, making functional forms, attaching handles, slips, glazing and decorating. Through demonstration and one-on-one instruction, we will build on each student's interests and skills. Bring your desire to get your hands dirty! Designed for all potters, from the absolute beginners to those with experience and enthusiasm to continue learning in a supportive environment.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Deb Churchill

Friday, October 25, 2024 | 6 - 8P | One-day workshop | $200 (registration for 2 people)

Clay is more fun in pairs! Learn how to throw a basic pot on the wheel. No experience needed, just a willingness to have some fun and to get a little dirty! Registration includes clay, use of tools, glaze, and firing for 2 people. Your work will be glazed in your color of choice, fired, and ready for pick up about 2 weeks after the workshop. Includes 20% off at Putnam's Vine/Yard for the night!

Supplies: All materials are included with registration.

Teaching Artist: Samantha Radcliffe

Thursdays, October 10 - 31, 2024 | 10A - 12P | 4 sessions | $150

Take your hand-building practice to the next level. Learn how to roll your own slabs and manipulate them into functional and sculptural creations of your own design. Designed for those with basic knowledge of hand-building.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Tony Luckino

Wednesdays, September 11 - October 23, 2024 | No class on October 2, 2024 | 10A - 1P | 6 sessions | $300

Learn wheel-throwing basics or refine your practice making functional forms, attaching handles, slips, glazing, and decorative techniques. Designed for all potters, from beginners to those with experience.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Kathleen Peters

Tuesdays, October 22 - December 10, 2024 | No class on November 5 or 19, 2024 | 3:30 - 5:15P | 6 sessions | $250

Pinch it! Roll it! Form it! Build it! This is what we will do with clay in this exploratory class. Students will work with a variety of techniques including pinching, coiling, and slab rolling to develop and enhance their clay building skills. We will take inspiration from nature and our imaginations to build function and fanciful forms.

Teaching Artist: Allison Riese

Supplies: All materials and tools are provided.

Mondays, October 21 - November 25, 2024 | 5:30 - 8:30P | 6 sessions | $350

Learn the basics of pottery on the wheel or refine your practice centering, shaping, and trimming pots. Learn to make functional forms, attach handles, and explore surface decoration with the help of an expert potter and teaching artist.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Elie Katz

Sundays, September 15, October 20, & November 10, 2024 | 9A - 12P | 3 sessions | $300

In this three-part workshop, learn various methods of decorating the surface of greenware.

The first session will focus on different ways of adding color to the surface of greenware, including monoprinting, slips, underglazes, and transfers. The second session will focus on different ways to add texture, including creating rollers and stamps. The final session will be a discussion of different ways to use and integrate colored clay.

Students are encouraged to bring their own greenware–soft leather hard to leather hard is perfect! We will also have slabs available to use, and pots can be made during class for decoration in later sessions. Students are encouraged to come with ideas as well as a willingness to experiment!

A discount is available for students who are concurrently taking another 6-week pottery class. Email hello@craftstudies to inquire before registering.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Deb Churchill

Thursdays, September 12 - October 17, 2024 | No class on October 3, 2024 | 3:30 - 5:15P | 5 sessions | $225

Pinch it! Roll it! Form it! Build it! This is what we will do with clay in this exploratory class. Students will work with a variety of techniques including pinching, coiling, and slab rolling to develop and enhance their clay building skills. We will take inspiration from nature and our imaginations to build function and fanciful forms.

Teaching Artist: Jill Koppers

Supplies: All materials and tools are provided.

Thursdays, October 10 - 31, 2024 | 10A - 12P | 4 sessions | $150

Take your hand-building practice to the next level. Learn how to roll your own slabs and manipulate them into functional and sculptural creations of your own design. Designed for those with basic knowledge of hand-building.

Supplies: Clay is not included with registration and must be purchased through the Supply Shop.

Open Studio: Open Studio is included with registration for the duration of your class.

Teaching Artist: Tony Luckino