CERAMICS CLASSES
Wheel Throwing Classes
Beginner Spring series: 8 weeks, 7-9PM on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays (beginning May 6, 2025)
$285
Basic wheel classes are for learning the process of throwing pots on an electric wheel. From wedging clay, centering, pulling walls, shaping, trimming, to decorating and glazing, you will gradually develop the skills you need to make food-safe pottery you can use.
Price includes first 25lb. bag of clay, glazes, use of basic tools and firing. Additional clay can be purchased.
Classes are small and each student will get plenty of personal attention.
Judd Jarvis is a Virginia-based ceramics artist and educator who explores the tactile and visceral qualities of clay and glazes through functional and sculptural forms. The surrounding environment, textures, patterns, colors, and the human influence on the landscape all play into his work.
He received his MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on a graduate teaching fellowship in 2003, and his BFA from the University of Miami in 1999 after starting his undergraduate education in his hometown of Ottumwa, Iowa at local Indian Hills Community College.
Judd has assisted teaching classes at Penland School of Craft and Arrowmont, given artist talks, taught clay classes & workshops, and exhibited his work across Virginia and the Midwest. Soon after graduate school, Judd moved to Virginia where he maintained a personal studio and taught wheel and glaze chemistry classes in a local studio in Charlottesville. Judd participated in the Artisans Studio Tour for several years begun in 1994 by a group of Charlottesville area artisans to enhance the community's awareness of professional artisans living and working in the region. Having recently moved to the Shenandoah Valley in beautiful Lexington, VA with his artist wife, he can focus again on teaching and the further exploration of his work. Along with a variety of classes in their renovated horse barn, he is offering raku firings and plans to build a wood-fired kiln for him & his students to learn in.
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Tuesdays are sold out!
NOT SURE IF THE WHEEL IS FOR YOU? Sign up for a Try-It class and see what it’s all about…
These sessions will give you a taste of what it’s like to throw on the wheel to help you decide if you may enjoy an 8-week class where you really get to dive in.
SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR OPEN HOUSE ON MAY 3rd where we will also be doing some wheel demos!
Handbuilding Classes
Beginner Spring series: 8 weeks, 7-9PM on Mondays (beginning May 5, 2025, excluding Memorial Day)
$285
Basic handbuilding classes cover the foundations of clay work. Pinch, coil, and slab techniques will be used to make functional items without the need for pottery wheels. Along with forming, different decorating techniques will be used like stamping, carving, glazing, and brushwork.
Price includes first 25lb. bag of clay, glazes, use of basic tools and firing. Additional clay can be purchased.
Classes are small and each student will get plenty of personal attention.
To protect our kiln, clay must be from our shop. We have our own studio glazes for you to use. We do not allow any other glazes or underglazes on pots we are to fire for you. You are welcome to bring your own tools, but beginner tools will be provided.