Instructor: Avery Wells
Class Type: Four-week handbuilding class
Skill Level: All Levels
Time: Thursdays 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Dates: July 11 – August 1
Make Up Date: August 8

This four week class will explore how handbuilding can encourage us to slow down and approach our work with intention, while still leaving plenty of room for play. Through pinching and coiling, we will create unique pots that celebrate gestural marks and organic forms. Creative approaches to feet, handles, and lids will be emphasized as places where your individual vision can shine. In our last class, we will decorate the forms we have made and explore how color and texture can accentuate our designs!

Avery Wells (she/they) is an educator and artist living in Kingston, NY. She grew up in North Carolina, and moved to the Hudson Valley to get her MFA at SUNY New Paltz. Avery’s work explores feminine histories in the decorative arts and seeks alternate routes away from traditional standards of beauty and craft. She is excited to return to WSW and share the joy of clay!

$195.00 tuition includes one bag of clay and firing fees. Registration is online only, and is first come first serve. To inquire about the wait list call WSW at (845) 658-9133 or email [email protected].

Kilns will be fired on a weekly basis. One 25 lb bag of clay will be provided with the class. Additional clay can be purchased for $30/25lb bag  if needed. The outdoor class area will be available for students to use throughout the week during daylight hours. There will not be access to our basement studio at this time as we are working to build a better space. There will be some personal shelving space for each student to store clay tools and some work in process. Shelving dimensions are approximately: 17” x 10” x  24”.