Class Structure

The classes will have a maximum of 6 students per class although I will allow 2 or 3 extra as long as there are no conflicts. Each class will have a day and time at which it meets. Classes will be 2 hours long and the time will be fixed. There may be other classes taking place before and after your class time. I will be providing the clay, glazes, and tools for working with clay during the classes. We will arrange the hours as the classes go on so that they are useful to everyone and do not cost anyone too much.

I am getting questions about firing of items for people who are not taking classes. My feeling is that it is possible to do this as long as it does not get out of control. My main efforts are on making my own pottery and on teaching other to do pottery through classes. I built the pottery studio with those concepts in mind. We had a studio similar to this present one at our house in Connecticut. This studio is partially powered by solar panels on its roof.

A kiln load in the small kiln costs about $25 for electricity used in the firing. In the large kiln the cost is approximately $35. It takes a day to fire and a day to cool a kiln back down. The kilns are computer controlled and only one kiln fires at a time. The kilns take between 10 and 30 pieces during a firing depending upon the size of the objects to be fired. The kilns are located in the kiln shed on our west lawn. Pottery made by students has to follow a timeline that allows for gathering enough pieces to bisque fire and then to glaze fire.

A good source for pottery supplies and equipment is Dick Blick Art Supplies (https://www.dickblick.com/categories/ceramics-sculpture/).