Good Dirt Clay Studio

Studio Membership For January

• Open to anyone who has taken a 4-week class with us (or has equivalent experience)

• Access the studio 24/7 to create for the month, check member page for best practice times & door code

• Perfect if you need more flexibility than a fixed class time or want to take a month to practice what you learned in class

• No outside clays allowed. Outside glaze allowed only with prior permission. No production/high volume work.

• Suggestion: To stay connected - even when you’re not taking a class - consider some of our free meetups to challenge yourself, continue thinking about your work and hang out with like minded folks.

free march meetups!

• Coffee Talk - Saturday, March 21st at 11am. Every month, we get together for free coffee (hence the name, haha) and learning about a new topic. This month, we’ll be demoing & discussing ways to use BOTH handbuilding & the wheel in the same project, which means more interesting and dynamic work. Bring a mug if you want some coffee.

• The Good Dirt Design Salon - Saturday, March 14th at 11am. We’ll be brewing up some coffee, sharing some snacks, and chatting about the elements of art and design and how that can help your pottery (and other artistic endeavors). This month we’ll be talking about some compositional frameworks to orchestrate your designs around and considerations for 3D work. If you want to come, please do! Bring a mug, a piece if you’d like to participate in a critique, or just come listen and hang out.

• Good Dirt Pottery Throwdown. Every other month, we have a new topic to challenge you and your creativity, a la The Great Pottery Throwdown on BBC. We have a reveal meetup and celebration, hang out, have snacks, look at how everyone interpreted the challenge topic, and have the chance to ask each other questions about any techniques, etc we used. Any level of potter and any type of creating is welcome - from sculpture to the wheel. And you can come hang out even if you don’t feel ready to make something yet. April’s topic & reveal party date will be determined at the February meetup and updated on the March member page once we know (come to the February meetup 2/18 at 8pm if you want and help us vote on the next topic!)

Beginning wheel cups & mugs, sunday nights

• Perfect for anyone who took the Bowls class and wants to complete the Beginning Wheel Curriculum

• Class dates: 4 Sunday nights in March from 7pm to 9pm (on March 1st, 8th, 15th, & 22nd). Remember that this class comes with a free studio membership that lasts until the last day of the month and gives you 24/7 studio access via the door code (just check member page for class schedule/parties). This allows you to come in outside of class and practice, which is the ONLY way to get better.

• What will I learn?: This class is the second half of the Beginning Wheel curriculum. You’ll be learning how to make cups & mugs - from what’s different in centering and opening, to how to attach handles and shape the body, and how to glaze this shape. You’ll be reviewing some concepts from Bowls to give you a really solid foundation to move on to Advanced Beginner Classes.

Beginning Wheel Bowls, Thursday Mornings

• Perfect for anyone who took the Cups & Mugs class and wants to complete the Beginning Wheel Curriculum

• Class dates: 4 Thursday mornings in March from 10am to noon (on March 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th). Remember that this class comes with a free studio membership that lasts until the last day of the month and gives you 24/7 studio access via the door code (just check member page for class schedule/parties). This allows you to come in outside of class and practice, which is the ONLY way to get better.

• What will I learn?: This class is the second half of the Beginning Wheel curriculum. You’ll be learning how to make bowls - from what’s different in centering and opening, to how to trim, how to shape a nice smooth interior contour, and how to glaze this shape. You’ll be reviewing some concepts from Cups & Mugs to give you a really solid foundation to move on to Advanced Beginner Classes.

Beginning Wheel Bowls, Thursday Nights

• Perfect for anyone who took the Cups & Mugs class and wants to complete the Beginning Wheel Curriculum

• Class dates: 4 Thursday nights in March from 10am to noon (on March 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th). Remember that this class comes with a free studio membership that lasts until the last day of the month and gives you 24/7 studio access via the door code (just check member page for class schedule/parties). This allows you to come in outside of class and practice, which is the ONLY way to get better.

• What will I learn?: This class is the second half of the Beginning Wheel curriculum. You’ll be learning how to make bowls - from what’s different in centering and opening, to how to trim, how to shape a nice smooth interior contour, and how to glaze this shape. You’ll be reviewing some concepts from Cups & Mugs to give you a really solid foundation to move on to Advanced Beginner Classes.

all-levels handbuilding with caryn, Monday Mornings

• Perfect for anyone who is curious about handbuildng, or wants to continue on with handbuilding.

• Class Dates: 4 Monday mornings in March from 10am to noon (on March 2nd, 9th, 16th, & 23rd), but your free studio membership will run until the last day of the month and gives you 24/7 studio access via the door code (just check member page for class schedule/parties). This allows you to come in outside of class and practice, which is the ONLY way to get better. 

• What will I learn?: This class will cover the basic and intermediate skills of handbuilding. Projects will be student-led with plenty of inspiration for any who need it. Possibilities range from functional pots to sculptures.

Advanced Beginning Wheel: Plates, Serving Bowls & Better Trimming, Monday Nights 

• Class Dates: 4 Monday nights in March from 10am to noon (on March 2nd, 9th, 16th, & 23rd). Remember that this class comes with a free studio membership that lasts until the last day of the month and gives you 24/7 studio access via the door code (just check member page for class schedule/parties). This allows you to come in outside of class and practice, which is the ONLY way to get better.

• Perfect for anyone who has taken Throwing Bigger OR who has taken both Beginning Wheel classes.

• Prerequisites for this class: Completion of both Beginner Wheel Cups & Mugs and Beginner Wheel Bowls, or the equivalent experience.

• What you’ll learn: How to make plates, larger serving bowls and how to trim your pieces more fluidly to give your work a finished look. You’ll be practicing moving more clay and gaining confidence creating larger work.

Int/adv wheel with kyle, tuesday nights

• Perfect for anyone who’s ready to push their skills and wants a more open format class.

• Class Dates: 4 Tuesday nights in March from 7-9pm (on March 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th). Remember that this class comes with a free studio membership that lasts until the last day of the month.

• Prerequisites for this class: You must be able to center, pull basic forms, glaze & trim without assistance. We will not be covering foundational techniques in this class.

• What you’ll do: Class projects are varied and open-ended, with students able to suggest what they’d like to learn.

• Suggestion: Consider coming to one of the free meetups we have to continue to think about design & aesthetics and challenge yourself creatively, moving your work forward.

dirty ladies & lads, int/adv wheel with rob, wednesday mornings: Alternative Firings

• Perfect for anyone who’s ready to push their skills and wants a class where they can suggest projects.

• Class Dates: 4 Wednesday mornings in March from 10:30am to noon thirty (on March 4th, 11th, 18th, & 25th). Remember that this class comes with a free studio membership that lasts until the last day of the month.

• Prerequisites for this class: You must be able to center, pull basic forms, glaze & trim without assistance. We will not be covering foundational techniques in this class.

• Suggestion: Consider coming to one of the free meetups we have to continue to think about design & aesthetics and challenge yourself creatively, moving your work forward.

Int handbuilding, monday afternoons with caryn

• Perfect for anyone who is ready to improve & build on their handbuilding skills.

• Class dates: 4 Monday afternoons in March from 10am to noon (on March 2nd, 9th, 16th, & 23rd), but your free studio membership will run until the last day of the month.

• Prerequisites for this class: Students need to have handbuilding experience before taking this class.

• What you’ll do: Projects will be student-led with plenty of inspiration for any who need it. Possibilities range from functional pots to sculptures.

• Suggestion: Consider coming to one of the free meetups we have to continue to think about design & aesthetics and challenge yourself creatively, moving your work forward.

int/adv handbuilding with caryn, tuesday Mornings

• Perfect for anyone who is ready to refine their skills and challenge themselves.

• Class dates: 4 Tuesday mornings in March from 7-9pm (on March 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th) but your free studio membership will run until the last day of the month.

• Prerequisites for this class: Students need to have handbuilding experience before taking this class.

• What you’ll do: Projects will be student-led with plenty of inspiration for any who need it. Possibilities range from functional pots to sculptures.

• Suggestion: Consider coming to one of the free meetups we have to continue to think about design & aesthetics and challenge yourself creatively, moving your work forward.