Instructor: Tyler Morrison

Learn to throw the natural way, using techniques like rhythm, mechanical advantage, fingertip sensitivity, and collaring to center clay on the potter's wheel and make vases, mugs, bowls, pitchers, casseroles and much more. Complete beginners to experienced potters can gain ease and control and have fun. Gain mastery through group exercises that break throwing down to discrete skills. Receive personal instruction tailored to your skill level.  $70 Materials Fee applied at check-out.

Tyler Morrison is a potter whose work is focused on elements of everyday life. Largely self-taught, his work emphasizes function, sustainability, and self-sufficiency. As an artist he draws inspiration from industry, and the tradition of potters as both designers and laborers. As an educator he emphasizes the role that the pottery studio has historically played in society, how the medium of clay has shaped the way we view and interact with the world, and how students can use that knowledge to grow as artists and as people.

Instructor: Samantha Radcliffe

Learn to throw the natural way, using techniques like rhythm, mechanical advantage, fingertip sensitivity, and collaring to center clay on the potter's wheel and make vases, mugs, bowls, pitchers, casseroles and much more. Complete beginners to experienced potters can gain ease and control and have fun. Gain mastery through group exercises that break throwing down to discrete skills. Receive personal instruction tailored to your skill level.  $70 Materials Fee applied at check-out.

Samantha Radcliffe first took ceramic classes as a young artist in 2004, but has been a professional potter since 2012. Her passion for clay, or "the magic mud" as she likes to call it, really started to blossom after graduating from The New Hampshire Institute of Art with a BFA in Ceramics. Her journey in clay continued; Teaching high school ceramics, leading demonstrations for the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, and holding titles of Studio Supervisor and Lead Trainer for Farmhouse Pottery in Woodstock, VT. Over Samantha's years of experience in clay, she has gravitated towards functional wares and how pottery interacts with human touch. How throw lines fit between your fingers, how a rim nestles against your lips, how the foot of a piece interacts with the table underneath it, are just a handful of details she focuses on while working. Passion, confidence, and lots of laughter is what you can expect from this quirky New Hampshire native's creative process.

Mondays, September 18-November 13 (no class October 9) | 9:30 am-12 pm

Instructor: Tyler Morrison

An introduction to the potter's wheel, developing the fundamental skills of centering, throwing, and shaping clay. An opportunity for artists of all types to understand and incorporate this traditional and powerful tool into their work. $75 Materials Fee applied at check-out.

Tyler Morrison is a potter whose work is focused on elements of everyday life. Largely self-taught, his work emphasizes function, sustainability, and self-sufficiency. As an artist he draws inspiration from industry, and the tradition of potters as both designers and laborers. As an educator he emphasizes the role that the pottery studio has historically played in society, how the medium of clay has shaped the way we view and interact with the world, and how students can use that knowledge to grow as artists and as people.

Wednesdays, September 20-November 8 | 6-8:30 pm

Instructor: Ara Cardew

Learn to center clay on the potters wheel, make mugs, bowls, pitchers, casseroles and much more. If you are a beginner or more advanced you will enjoy the clay experience. Acquire the skills of throwing, trimming, making handles, glazing and kiln firing. $75 materials fee applied at check-out.

Ara Cardew learned to throw from his world renowned Father and Grandfather (Seth and Michael Cardew) in England. In 1996 Ara moved to the States and worked with Miranda Thomas, Simon Pearce, Tariki Studio and currently has his own studio in Lebanon NH. He has 30 years of teaching experience and brings a fun clay-loving energy to his classes.

Thursdays, September 21-November 9 | 9:30 am-12 pm

Instructor: Samantha Radcliffe

An introduction to the potter's wheel, developing the fundamental skills of centering, throwing, and shaping clay. An opportunity for artists of all types to understand and incorporate this traditional and powerful tool into their work. $75 Materials Fee applied at check-out.

Samantha Radcliffe first took ceramic classes as a young artist in 2004, but has been a professional potter since 2012. Her passion for clay, or "the magic mud" as she likes to call it, really started to blossom after graduating from The New Hampshire Institute of Art with a BFA in Ceramics. Her journey in clay continued; Teaching high school ceramics, leading demonstrations for the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, and holding titles of Studio Supervisor and Lead Trainer for Farmhouse Pottery in Woodstock, VT. Over Samantha's years of experience in clay, she has gravitated towards functional wares and how pottery interacts with human touch. How throw lines fit between your fingers, how a rim nestles against your lips, how the foot of a piece interacts with the table underneath it, are just a handful of details she focuses on while working. Passion, confidence, and lots of laughter is what you can expect from this quirky New Hampshire native's creative process.