We create functional and decorative stoneware pottery inspired by both real and abstract ideas.
Each method has its unique advantage, and pottery playshops are designed using one method. They are flexible, meaning a mug playshop uses the slab method, so you can also choose to make a vase or a planter. For a pinch pot playshop, you could make bowls, a pumpkin, or an imaginary creature. There are endless possibilities.
Your pottery will be finished with a food-safe glaze and ready for you to pick up in usually 3-4 weeks, or shipped to you at cost if you choose.
Slab Hand-Building Methods:
The slab method is ideal for creating plates, dishes, and container-type forms such as mugs, cups, planters, and vases.
We roll out the stoneware clay using a rolling pin on canvas mats to a 1/4-inch thickness, cut, decorate, and form or assemble into the desired shape. Below are examples of pottery using the slab-building method.
Mini Pottery Playshop
Our Mini Pottery Playshop offers a premade slab to make a small stoneware trinket dish, ornament, or pendant using various stamps and texture tools.
Drop-ins welcome for Mini Pottery Playshop if no other events are happening.
Pinch and Coil Hand-Building Method:
Pinch and coil pots are other methods to create forms with irregular edges or combine pieces to create sculptural forms.
Starting with balls of stoneware clay, we press, gently pinch, or roll the clay into forms to make bowls, cups, planters, or decorative pieces like pumpkins, owls, or imaginary creatures! Below are examples of pottery using the pinch and coil methods.
Painting Playshops
Our painting playshops are designed for fun instead of learning a technique.
“Paint your Partner” is a great get-together activity for families, friends, or lovers (painting on canvas, not bodies, lol). Sit across from your partner and have fun capturing their essence either realistically (as you can), or maybe create cartoon features, or turn them into wizards, super-heros, or gnomes. Finally, reveal your masterpiece in our Judgment-Free zone.
