SOU’WESTER EVENTS!
Discover what’s happening during your next stay or plan a visit around our free live music, workshops, wellness offerings and more!
In this all levels class, through demonstration and explanation, we will focus on throwing and trimming cylinders. Day one will focus on throwing cylinder/cup forms and day two will focus on trimming, adding handles and investigating underglaze surface work.
$55.00
Our special projects classes are intended to complement and add to your throwing skill set by focusing on a single advanced technique. To get the most out of this class we ask that you feel comfortable centering and pulling up cylinders before enrolling.
In this special project class we will review, discuss and demonstrate a handful of lidded vessel forms. We will spend time on lid fit, lid handles, design, technique and finishing methods.
FREE FAMILY CLAY PLAYS
Learn about an aspect of local ecology through hands-on clay arts projects!
In collaboration with the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge.
at Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA.
For children Pre-K through 3rd grade & their accompanying adults/siblings.
Thanks to a generous grant from ArtsWA, our Family Clay Plays are offered at no tuition cost! We have a sliding scale registration fee of $0-$25 per person, which includes all materials, glazing, and firing for 1-2 pieces.
Weekend Clay Plays
Clay Plays are casual, beginner-friendly pottery sessions where you will learn basic ceramic handbuilding skills to create functional or decorative objects. Ages 10+ with an adult or ages 14+. Pieces are glazed, fired and ready for pick up in 3-6 weeks. Shipping is available for our visiting attendees for $15 plus shipping costs.
Please email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist!
Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA
Sun, 3/23: All Things Glaze Workshop | 2pm-5pm
$55.00
In this class, you will explore all things glaze-related, including underglaze techniques, mineral washes, kiln processes, glaze chemistry, and various application methods.
$40.00
Pieces are glazed, fired and ready for pick up in 3-6 weeks. Shipping is available for our visiting attendees for $15 plus shipping costs. Bring friends and enjoy a group discount on additional tickets!
In this all levels class, through demonstration and explanation, we will focus on throwing and trimming cylinders. Day one will focus on throwing cylinder/cup forms and day two will focus on trimming, adding handles and investigating underglaze surface work.
$75.00
With visiting artist, Chris Baskin!
Make your own ceramic vessel – a form created by human hands for 14,000 years or more and still going strong – with artist, educator and potter Chris Baskin. Explore clay bodies and forming methods. Create and decorate your own unique vessel. Consider form, function, utility and necessity with your hands and heart
As artist, educator, and potter, since 1995 I have taught in a host of contexts from University, to artist residencies in Portland Public Schools, to working with an elementary student and his grandmother, in my own studio over the past four summers. I teach connecting with clay in visible and material ways, connecting with the self, the heart and hands, and connecting with larger world of humans living on this planet through images, stories, and records of things made in clay!
$115.00
With Joe Hochman!
Dig deeper into the concepts, conversations and techniques that produce great cups. Through discussion and demonstration, we will develop a systematic approach to the myriad decisions that come together to produce intentional and refined drinking vessels. We will explore various cup forms, trimming techniques and handle making approaches. Students should expect to come away with a few finished mugs, and a deeper understanding of how to engage in the design and production of thoughtful cups.
Joe Hochman is an active duty service member in the Coast Guard and an avid potter stationed in Westport, WA. He has had the privilege of making, teaching, and showing in Santa Fe New Mexico; Macomb, Illinois; Juneau, Alaska; and Asheville, North Carolina. With a background in Philosophy and a love of teaching, he believes that conversations about pots, the communities that spring up around them, and teaching others how to make them is as important as the work he makes himself.
FREE FAMILY CLAY PLAYS
Learn about an aspect of local ecology through hands-on clay arts projects!
In collaboration with the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge.
at Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA.
For children Pre-K through 3rd grade & their accompanying adults/siblings.
Thanks to a generous grant from ArtsWA, our Family Clay Plays are offered at no tuition cost! We have a sliding scale registration fee of $0-$25 per person, which includes all materials, glazing, and firing for 1-2 pieces.