Wheel Throwing Series | All Levels | Mondays, 2pm-4pm

Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA

Whether you’re new to the wheel or have years of experience, this class is designed to elevate your pottery throwing skills. Each session begins with a brief demonstration, followed by hands-on instruction tailored to naturally advance your abilities toward your personal goals. For advanced students, the projects are open-ended, allowing for creative exploration, while beginners will receive one-on-one guidance to successfully craft chosen objects like cups, bowls, planters, and more. We’ll examine wedging, throwing, trimming, altering, and surface treatment in depth to ensure you develop a well-rounded skill set.

Artist Talk w/National Visiting Ceramic Artist, Carli Giese

1/29/25 | Free and open to all | 6pm at Ilwaco Artworks

109 1st Ave N

Ilwaco, WA

Carli Giese, a BFA graduate in Ceramics from Arizona State University, will discuss her artistic
journey and the evolution of her expressive figurative sculpture. With over a decade of
experience in ceramics, Carli’s work explores themes of self-reflection, personal growth, and the
nuanced layers of human experience. She will share insights from her time in Jingdezhen,
China, and from her experience in Flagstaff, Arizona where she expanded her technical skills in
figure sculpting and firing techniques.This talk will offer a glimpse into the influences and
experiences that continue to shape her work.

Register for Carli’s workshops

Faces and Forms: Expressing Emotion Through Clay

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  Date: Saturday & Sunday, January 25–26, 2025

• Time: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
• Cost: $250
• Location: Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N. Ilwaco, WA
• Details: In this two-day workshop, participants will delve into sculpting faces and figures that convey emotion, focusing on capturing the essence of human expression in clay. Carli will guide attendees through hands-on techniques and share insights from her creative practice.

Faces on Functional Forms: Slab-Built Cups

• Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
• Time: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
• Cost: $100
• Location: Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N. Ilwaco, WA

Details: Merge function and artistry by learning how to create slab-built cups adorned with expressive faces. This workshop highlights the interplay between utility and artistic expression, with Carli’s expert instruction inspiring participants to craft one-of-a-kind pieces.

$35.00

A beginner-friendly session, where you’ll learn handbuilding skills to craft a decorative or functional object. Clay Dates are open to solos, duos or friend groups and include a demo, clay, glaze, firing, and plenty of lasting memories for.

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!

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.

Ideas & Inspiration for upcoming Clay Plays

Please email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist!

Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA

$40.00

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.

Sat, Feb 1st: Intro to Natural Dye | 10am-2pm w/visiting artist, Katey Rissi at The Sou’wester Lodge Pavilion. 3728 J Pl Seaview, WA. Ages 10+ w/an adult or ages 14+.

Learn about the magic of creating color with plants in this introduction to natural dye workshop. This class will lay a solid foundation down to help you understand the fundamentals of how natural dyeing works, so you can continue a dye practice yourself. We will discuss the history of plant color, what fabrics to use, how to prepare fabric for dyeing, and of course, which plants to work with. Students will leave the class with a dye swatch book and a bundle dyed bandana.

LIVE MUSIC BY LAKE LACONIC

FREE AND OPEN TO ALL! 7PM | February 1st! 

Lake Jiroudek balances the obstacles of a musician with the day to day grind that  many artists find themselves in, working a part-time job and also doing everything  they can to keep making music. A unique background, growing up in the small  town of Cannon Beach, OR and then going to the prestigious Juilliard School in the  big apple New York City, Lake’s mind and body have been jumbled around east  coast and west. Through trial and error, he has found himself writing songs that  get through the manure and blockage of the brain and sprout new seeds with  years of attention and care.  

After college, Lake spent time in Los Angeles recording and performing in a band  called Innocent Alex, which he co-leads with his brother Evan. The brothers have  developed a way of working together and creating music that is their own,  influencing Lake in his solo pursuit and leading him to some feeling of arrival as a  songwriter.  

Lake wrote a series of songs, while in Los Angeles and dealing with immense  physical pain, that he later took back to his hometown during the outbreak of  covid-19 and recorded mostly by himself over the span of a year and a half. At the  end of this long process, Evan helped to finish the project by tracking drums and  years later, mixing the album with Lake standing over his shoulder. The self-titled  album Lake Laconic was released in September of 2024.  

Lake now resides in Astoria, OR where the town’s fruitful community originally  exposed itself to him through a cook job at a cafe. Over the years he has gotten to  know the community and become a prominent part of its eccentric, growing music  scene. Among many highlights living in this hilly town hanging over the Columbia  River, Lake opened a sold out show at Astoria’s hundred year old theater, The  Liberty Theater, for acclaimed local indie band Blind Pilot.