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Classes and Workshops - 2025

Hopeful Birds or a specific workshop at my Studio or your location
Send me an email through the contact page if you’d like to hold a clay workshop.

Private or small group workshops by arrangement. Contact me and we can make a plan!

ART STUDENT’S LEAGUE of DENVER
Intermediate/Advanced Wheel Throwing
Details and registration for May through August. Registrations opens monthly HERE
This class is for the experienced potter wanting to further develop their skills and own style. Advanced techniques and discussions on form, surface, and composition are a regular part of this class which meets on Tuesdays. Registration is first Wednesday of each month for following month.

ART STUDENT’S LEAGUE of DENVER
Garden Sculpture Totems. June 11 to July 9th, Wednesdays 9:30-12:30 Register HERE.
Create a striking garden sculpture using wheel throwing and/or hand-building techniques. You’ll have the freedom to design, craft, and glaze unique pieces that reflect your personal style. Think hollow "beads" that stack on a steel rod. The class will explore topics such as form, composition, construction methods, decoration techniques, and considerations for assembly. Additionally, you’ll make a sturdy concrete base to support your totem.  This workshop is for intermediate and advanced students with skills in construction techniques and experience glazing.

Making and Using Silk Screens for Ceramics. Saturday June 14 and Sunday June 15 at Magpie Studio in Longmont, CO.
Register HERE. Email me to be added to the waitlist if it is sold out.

  • Learn when and how to use silkscreen images on your ceramics

  • Learn how to prepare ceramics “inks” for underglaze

  • Make and use your own silkscreens using the EZPrint Screen system and Heat Transfer Vinyl.

  • practice applying your new silk screens to tiles or to your own leather-hard ceramic pieces

  • explore using a Gelli plate for mono printing with silk screens
    All materials are included.

Making and Using Silk Screens for Ceramics. Saturday July 12 and Sunday June 13 at Crested Butte Clay Studio.
July 12-13, Saturday and Sunday. Register HERE.
Learn when and how to use silkscreen images on your ceramics

  • Learn how to prepare ceramics “inks” for underglaze

  • Make and use your own silkscreens using the EZPrint Screen system and Heat Transfer Vinyl.

  • practice applying your new silk screens to tiles or to your own leather-hard ceramic pieces

  • explore using a gelli plate for mono printing with silk screens
    All materials are included.

Boulder Jewish Community Center: Clay Workshops - 2025

Bells and Windchimes. May 15th 10-2. REGISTER HERE.
Join us as we make ceramic chimes and bells to dazzle your home or garden. Use designs that are provided or invent your own. We will explore shapes, textures and sounds that clay can make. In this workshop you will make and glaze your pieces. Assembly will be discussed but we won’t be able to assemble them during the workshop.

Wheel House Pottery - Longmont
Beyond Beginner Wheel Throwing
See you in November. Watch for details..
This class is designed for anyone who has already taken at least one pottery class and is looking to practice and expand their skills. The instructor will refresh students on throwing simple forms, and will introduce students to slightly more complex vessels and shapes.