Mud Gallery

Fall Fest Drop-in Mini Pottery Playshop
2024-10-19 13:45 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Decorate a pre-cut clay disk with various stamps and texture tools, then form it into the final shape. You can make an incense burner, coaster, or small decorative dish. It will only take about 15 minutes, or longer depending on how intricate a design you want to create!

We’ll finish your piece with a food-safe glaze and contact you when it is ready to pick up in 3-4 weeks.

Parking: You can use the first 7 spots in the adjacent parking lot (left of the gallery- ignore the sign). Other parking lots can be found on this map

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Winterfest Pottery Playshop- 6:30 pm session
2024-12-07 18:30 - 20:00 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Make a stoneware decorative bowl using the ancient pinch pot and coil methods. Includes a demonstration and assistance if needed.

You are welcome to bring adult beverages.

Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will finish your piece and be ready for pick up in 3-4 weeks.

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New Year Lucky Monsters Pottery Playshop
2025-01-11 16:00 - 18:00 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
BYOB to enjoy while you play!

Demonstration and assistance in the Pinch Pot method of hand-building stoneware creatures.

Everyone needs a Lucky Monster in their home to watch over them! You can make them into a functional (bowl or planter) or merely decorative to live on your shelf or wall. Join us for this fun creative pottery playshop.

No experience is needed.

Your creation will be finished by Primitive Pottery and ready to pick up in 3-4 weeks. If you are visiting from out of town we can ship it to you at cost.

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Lunar New Year Lucky Monsters & Planter Pets
2025-01-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Demonstration and assistance in the Pinch Pot method of hand-building stoneware creatures.

You may bring alcoholic beverages.

Everyone needs a Lucky Monster or family of Planter Pets (they live in your planters) in their home to watch over them! You can make them into a functional (bowl or planter) or merely decorative to live on your shelf or wall. Join us for this fun creative pottery playshop.

No experience is needed. Your creation will be finished by Primitive Pottery and ready to pick up in 3-4 weeks. If you are visiting from out of town we can ship it to you at cost.

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Luminary & Fairy House Pottery Playshop
2025-02-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Join us for this slab-method pottery playshop making a fairy house or luminary. We will make cylindrical pottery forms and add texture and decorative patterns for your light to shine through!

Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will finish your creation and will be ready for pickup or shipping (at cost) in about 3-4 weeks.

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Galentines Adult-Themed Pottery Playshop
2025-02-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Inspired by ancient art celebrating the human form, Tits & Bits is an adult-themed Pottery Playshop that allows you to choose to make a Venus, a Penis, Vulva, or any favorite body part! You can make them into planters, incense burners, for your altar, pendants…

This playshop is designed to encourage you to love the human form in all its beauty in a fun judgment-free zone.

Click here for more about our adult-themed pottery playshops.

Alcohol is permitted at all our playshops.

Bring your food and drinks and we’ll provide the fun!

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Love Spell Cauldrons Pottery Playshop
2025-02-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Make it a date with a lover, friend, or by yourself! BYOB

Make a cauldron to mix your love potion! Using wet clay, we will make one-of-a-kind vessels to make your magic! Hand-building methods will be demonstrated and assistance if needed. No experience is necessary.

Your original art will be finished by Primitive Mud Pottery Studio. It will need to dry, then fired in the bisque kiln, food-safe glaze applied, and then back in the kiln for a glaze firing. You will be notified by text or email when your piece is ready to pick up in usually 3-4 weeks. Shipping is available for out-of-town guests at cost.

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Shop Hop Mini Pottery Playshop- no registration needed.
2025-03-06 12:00 - 2025-03-08 18:00
Stop by Mud Gallery anytime between 12 pm to 6 pm. This playshop is designed to get a feel for creating with stoneware clay and will take about 15-20 minutes, or longer depending on how intricate a design you want to create, unlike most of our pottery playshops that take 2 hours. You can make an incense burner, coaster, or small decorative dish.

We are in the DORA district, so if you are enjoying an alcoholic beverage from a participating restaurant or bar, ask for a DORA cup and bring it with you!

Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will finish your creation and be ready for pick up in 3-4 weeks.

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Mugs & Karaoke Pottery Playshop- Adults Only
2025-03-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Are you ready to have fun? We will make fancy stoneware mugs and take the mic whenever we feel like singing karaoke!

Demonstration of method and assistance if needed. No experience is necessary!

Alcohol permitted! BYOB

Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will finish your creation with a food-safe glaze and will be ready for pick up in 3-4 weeks.

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Faery Tree House Doors Pottery Playshop
2025-03-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Give your local leprechauns & faeries a gift of a new magickal door!

Form and decorate a door for your favorite tree or location where leprechauns and faeries live using stoneware clay and various tools. Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will finish it with a patina of red iron oxide. Your piece will be ready to pick up in a couple of weeks.

Alcohol permitted. BYOB

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Effigy Pipes Pottery Playshop- Adults Only
2025-04-20 16:20 - 18:20 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Using stoneware clay, we will make pipes with stylized animal/creature decorations inspired by Indigenous peoples or modern designs of your creation!

Your creativity is all that is needed. No experience is necessary.

Your pipe will be finished by Primitive Mud Pottery studio and ready for pickup in about 3-4 weeks.

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Earth Day Bonsai & Other Planters Pottery Playshop
2025-04-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Celebrate Earth Day by making a planter!

We will use slab and pinch pot hand-building methods to create a one-of-a-kind bonsai pot. We will demonstrate and assistance if needed. No experience is needed.

Alcoholic beverages are permitted.

Your bonsai pot will be finished by Primitive Mud Pottery Studio and ready to pick up in 3-4 weeks. If you are visiting from out of town we can ship it to you at cost.

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Mommas Day to Play With Clay
2025-05-11 13:00 - 15:00
Celebrate Mother’s Day by creating with clay with your mom, kid(s), partner, or friend!Hand-building and decorative methods will be demonstrated and assistance given if needed.

Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will finish your creation with a food-safe glaze and will be ready for pick up in 3-4 weeks.

Alcoholic beverages are allowed.

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Pride Mini Pottery Playshop
2025-06-07 15:00 - 16:00 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
We are celebrating Pride Month with a 25% discount for our Queer community.

Come with some friends, or meet new ones in Mud Gallery’s laid-back atmosphere.

Make a 4″ stoneware trinket or incense dish using various pottery tools. Your piece will be finished with a food-safe glaze and ready to pick up in a few weeks.

We are in the DORA district.

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Friday the 13th Pottery Playshop
2025-06-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Demonstration and assistance in the Pinch Pot method of hand-building sculptural and decorative creatures.

What does Friday the 13th inspire in you? Put that energy into a masterpiece made by you! We will be creating Gargoyles, Hunky Punks, Grotesques, Mythical, Magical, and other mysterious creatures! You can make them functional (bowl or planter) or merely decorative for a shelf or wall. Join us for this fun creative pottery playshop.

No experience is needed.

Your creation will be finished by Primitive Pottery and ready to pick up in 3-4 weeks. If you are visiting from out of town we can ship it to you at cost.

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Mushroom Mugs & Fairy House Pottery Playshop
2025-07-05 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-07-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Choose to make a mushroom mug or fairy house, or maybe a fairy house mushroom mug!

Are you ready to have fun? Demonstration of hand-building pottery method and assistance if needed.

No experience is necessary!

Alcohol permitted. We are in Lancaster’s Historic Downtown DORA district.

Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will finish your creation with a food-safe glaze and will be ready for pick up in 3-4 weeks.

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Primitive Mud Pottery at Lilyfest
2025-07-11 10:00 - 2025-07-13 16:00 | Bishop Educational Gardens, 13200 Little Cola Road, Rockbridge, Ohio, 43159, United States
Please Bring Cash

Lilyfest is in a rural setting and the wi-fi connection is not always reliable in the hills. Some vendors are not able to make credit card transactions, so bringing cash is a good idea. Directions.

Primitive Mud Pottery will be at LilyfestFriday 10 am-6 pmSaturday 10 am-5 pmSunday 10 am-4 pm

Join us for Art, Music, and the beautiful Bishop Educational Gardens!Please keep pets at home, only service animals are allowed. We look forward to seeing you, consider carpooling to help keep parking congestion to a minimum, thank you!

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Pride All Year Mini Pottery Playshop
2025-07-30 12:00 - 14:30 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Make a 4″ stoneware trinket, ring, or incense dish using various pottery tools. Your piece will be finished with a food-safe glaze and ready to pick up in a few weeks.

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Sundial Pottery Playshop
2025-07-30 15:00 - 16:30 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Make a Sundial with stoneware clay! Demonstration of the slab pottery method and assistance if needed. No experience is necessary.

Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will finish your creation and will be ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks.

Alcohol permitted. We are in Lancaster’s Historic Downtown DORA district.

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Make-a-Pumpkin Pottery Playshop
2025-08-17 13:00 - 14:30
Make a stoneware pumpkin using the ancient pinch pot method. Includes a demonstration and assistance if needed.

Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will finish your piece and be ready for pick-up in 3-4 weeks. Shipping is available for out-of-town guests.

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Planter Pets Pottery Playshop
2025-08-30 14:00 - 16:00
Are your plants feeling lonely? Give them some companions by making a pack of enchanting creatures to live in your planters, or maybe they prefer to gather on a sunny windowsill.

A demonstration and assistance in creating creatures out of stoneware clay.

Finishing will be provided with firing in a kiln, with your choice of white glaze or unglazed brown clay. Your piece will be ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks. You’ll be notified by text when it is finished, or we can ship it to you if desired.

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Make-a-Pumpkin or Cauldron Pottery Playshop
2025-09-06 14:00 - 16:00
Make a stoneware pumpkin or cauldron using the ancient pinch pot method. Includes a demonstration and assistance if needed.

Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will complete your piece and have it ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks. Shipping is available for out-of-town guests.

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School of Claycraft & Magick- Adults Only
2025-10-17 18:00 - 20:00
A Hand-Building Pottery Class at the School of Claycraft & Magick.

Step into our enchanted clay chamber and learn the ancient art of hand-building! You’ll conjure your choice of making a cauldron, an owl or other fanciful creature, a pumpkin, or a planter. This is your invitation to create pottery using only your hands, tools, and a touch of magick.

No prior spells or pottery experience is required—just bring your imagination.

Alcohol is permitted. We are in Lancaster’s Historic Downtown DORA district.

Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will finish your piece with food-safe glaze, ready for pickup in about 3-4 weeks. You will be notified by text when it is ready to pick up. Shipping is available for out-of-town guests.

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School of Claycraft & Magick- Adults Only
2025-10-18 18:00 - 20:00
A Hand-Building Pottery Class at the School of Claycraft & Magick.

Step into our enchanted clay chamber and learn the ancient art of hand-building! You’ll conjure your choice of making a cauldron pot, an owl or other fanciful creature, a pumpkin, or a planter. This is your invitation to create pottery using only your hands, tools, and a touch of magick.

No prior spells or pottery experience is required—just bring your imagination.

Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will finish your piece with food-safe glaze, ready for pickup in about 3-4 weeks. You will be notified by text when it is ready to pick up. Shipping is available for out-of-town guests.

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Rocky Horror Pottery Playshop- Adults only
2025-10-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Join us for this Rocky Horror Pottery Playshop- dress for the occasion! Prize for best costume!

We’ll be listening to the Rocky Horror Picture Show while playing! Singing & dancing are encouraged.

Demonstration and assistance in making a cauldron or creature pot with stoneware clay.

Alcohol permitted. BYOB.

Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will finish your original piece and will be ready for pickup in about 3-4 weeks.

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The Great Pumpkin Pottery Playshop
2025-11-01 13:00 - 14:30
Make a pinch-pot pumpkin out of stoneware clay! This pottery playshop includes a hand-building demonstration and assistance in creating a cute or scary pumpkin.

Primitive Mud Pottery will finish your piece for you. Ready to pick up in about 3-4 weeks, or we can ship to you at cost if you are visiting from out of town!

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The Great Pumpkin Pottery Playshop
2025-11-01 15:00 - 16:30 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States

Ghosties Rise Up Pottery Playshop
2025-11-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Mud Gallery, 123 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH, 43130, United States
Make a gathering of 3-4 ghosts out of stoneware clay. You can have them carrying signs, or express themselves by dressing up like frogs or unicorns! Just bring your creativity.

Primitive Mud Pottery will finish your pottery with a white glaze. Your piece will be ready for pick-up in about 3-4 weeks.

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Pinch & Coil Pottery Playshop
2025-11-15 13:00 - 15:00
Demonstration and assistance in the Pinch and Coil Pot method of hand-building functional and decorative pottery. No experience is needed.

Primitive Mud Pottery Studio will finish your creation with a food-safe glaze and have it ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks. If you are visiting from out of town, we can ship it to you.

Alcohol permitted. We are in Lancaster’s Historic Downtown DORA district.

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