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Classes & Workshops Serve It Up! Unique Plates, Bowls, and Platters with Ros
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Serve It Up! Unique Plates, Bowls, and Platters with Ros

$250.00
Only 5 available

Overview

  • 8 Tuesdays 6-8pm, 10/21-12/16 (no class 11/11)

  • Ages 16 and up are welcome

  • Cost: $225 + $25 materials

  • Beginners and returners welcome!

Make and design your own unique servingware, including plates, bowls, and platters! We'll learn to use everyday objects as molds, as well as make our own bisque molds, to create our own unique pottery. You’ll make a variety of pieces—such as plates, trays, bowls, and cups—all uniquely shaped by the molds you design. Whether you’re aiming for a matching set or an eclectic collection, this class gives you the tools to shape clay with intention and originality.

This class will have something to offer both beginners and more advanced students. Let's create and learn together!

What students are saying about this teacher:

“Ros and the Friendly City Clay and Art team are amazing! Each class is a beautiful community of learning a new skill TOGETHER. Ros creates a wonderful and welcoming atmosphere that I look forward to being part of weekly” -Erin"

About the Instructor

Ros O’Brien is an artist and studio potter who makes nature-inspired pottery from her home studio in Harrisonburg, VA. She works primarily with textured soft slabs, although her work sometimes incorporates thrown, pinched, or coiled components. Ros is endlessly curious, and has studied a diverse range of ceramic techniques with artists and potters around the globe, including Gail Kendall, Lauren Karle, Bill Griffith, and Ellen Shankin, and she was in the 2020 cohort of Naomi Clement’s Finding Your Voice Mentorship Program. Ros loves teaching, from beginner to advanced handbuilding. She loves to see people come together and learn about each other and themselves through clay, and enjoys the creative and unique ways her students come up with to use classic techniques. She is an instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, and the owner of Friendly City Clay & Art Center in Harrisonburg, VA, where she teaches handbuilding. 

Class Cancellations and Absence

Refunds minus a 10% or $20 processing fee (whichever is lower) are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.

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Overview

  • 8 Tuesdays 6-8pm, 10/21-12/16 (no class 11/11)

  • Ages 16 and up are welcome

  • Cost: $225 + $25 materials

  • Beginners and returners welcome!

Make and design your own unique servingware, including plates, bowls, and platters! We'll learn to use everyday objects as molds, as well as make our own bisque molds, to create our own unique pottery. You’ll make a variety of pieces—such as plates, trays, bowls, and cups—all uniquely shaped by the molds you design. Whether you’re aiming for a matching set or an eclectic collection, this class gives you the tools to shape clay with intention and originality.

This class will have something to offer both beginners and more advanced students. Let's create and learn together!

What students are saying about this teacher:

“Ros and the Friendly City Clay and Art team are amazing! Each class is a beautiful community of learning a new skill TOGETHER. Ros creates a wonderful and welcoming atmosphere that I look forward to being part of weekly” -Erin"

About the Instructor

Ros O’Brien is an artist and studio potter who makes nature-inspired pottery from her home studio in Harrisonburg, VA. She works primarily with textured soft slabs, although her work sometimes incorporates thrown, pinched, or coiled components. Ros is endlessly curious, and has studied a diverse range of ceramic techniques with artists and potters around the globe, including Gail Kendall, Lauren Karle, Bill Griffith, and Ellen Shankin, and she was in the 2020 cohort of Naomi Clement’s Finding Your Voice Mentorship Program. Ros loves teaching, from beginner to advanced handbuilding. She loves to see people come together and learn about each other and themselves through clay, and enjoys the creative and unique ways her students come up with to use classic techniques. She is an instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, and the owner of Friendly City Clay & Art Center in Harrisonburg, VA, where she teaches handbuilding. 

Class Cancellations and Absence

Refunds minus a 10% or $20 processing fee (whichever is lower) are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.

Overview

  • 8 Tuesdays 6-8pm, 10/21-12/16 (no class 11/11)

  • Ages 16 and up are welcome

  • Cost: $225 + $25 materials

  • Beginners and returners welcome!

Make and design your own unique servingware, including plates, bowls, and platters! We'll learn to use everyday objects as molds, as well as make our own bisque molds, to create our own unique pottery. You’ll make a variety of pieces—such as plates, trays, bowls, and cups—all uniquely shaped by the molds you design. Whether you’re aiming for a matching set or an eclectic collection, this class gives you the tools to shape clay with intention and originality.

This class will have something to offer both beginners and more advanced students. Let's create and learn together!

What students are saying about this teacher:

“Ros and the Friendly City Clay and Art team are amazing! Each class is a beautiful community of learning a new skill TOGETHER. Ros creates a wonderful and welcoming atmosphere that I look forward to being part of weekly” -Erin"

About the Instructor

Ros O’Brien is an artist and studio potter who makes nature-inspired pottery from her home studio in Harrisonburg, VA. She works primarily with textured soft slabs, although her work sometimes incorporates thrown, pinched, or coiled components. Ros is endlessly curious, and has studied a diverse range of ceramic techniques with artists and potters around the globe, including Gail Kendall, Lauren Karle, Bill Griffith, and Ellen Shankin, and she was in the 2020 cohort of Naomi Clement’s Finding Your Voice Mentorship Program. Ros loves teaching, from beginner to advanced handbuilding. She loves to see people come together and learn about each other and themselves through clay, and enjoys the creative and unique ways her students come up with to use classic techniques. She is an instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, and the owner of Friendly City Clay & Art Center in Harrisonburg, VA, where she teaches handbuilding. 

Class Cancellations and Absence

Refunds minus a 10% or $20 processing fee (whichever is lower) are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.

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