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• 1541 W. Oak, Fort Collins, CO
• PH:(970) 221-6204
• TDD/TTY: (970) 221-6002
• Cityline: (970) 416-2489 code 3457

Featuring:

• 12 kick wheels
• 12 electric wheels (2 handicapped accessible)
• 6 kilns
  • 2 electric
  • 3 gas stoneware
  • 1 Raku
• Work areas for throwing and hand-building

NOTE: This is a recreational and educational facility. All work must be accomplished at the studio. Production work is discouraged. For more information: 221-6644.

We offer Pottery Classes for all ages and all skill levels!

Classes are offered for children starting at 3 years of age and continue on up through older adults. There are also classes where parents and children can share creativity together.

By keeping classes small, students can get personal attention. The studio has many kilns and pottery wheels for throwing clay as well as tables for handbuilding. All hand tools are provided. The Pottery Studio is also equipped with extruders, a slab roller, spray booth, grinder, clay mixer, pug mill and more than 40 glazes.

This educational studio is a friendly place to spend your recreation hours being creative.

The Pottery Studio fires beautiful glazed stoneware pottery in both reduction or oxidation atmospheres. We fire Raku, a mock black on black approach and we also fire Majolica low fire oxidation.

Call (970) 221-6204 or (970) 221-6644 for more information about the classes.

The Sampler Class!

Not sure you want to try pottery for the full 10 weeks? In just a 5 week session the Sampler class gives you a taste of what is involved. This class offers you a chance on the potters' wheel, throwing pots as well as handbuilding and glazing are briefly examined. however, no outside class time is offered with the Sampler class.

Adult Pottery Classes in Wheel/Handbuilding

Beginning
In this class students learn the basic techniques and principles involved in pottery. Primary emphasis centers around learning to throw on a potters wheel. Some handbuilding will be covered.

Beginning Plus
This class is paced for students who have previously taken a beginning class, are acquainted with the basic techniques involved in wheel throwing and wish to become more comfortable with clay and processes.


Intermediate
Pottery techniques, expressions and exploration of form will be taught. Intermediate students must have some experience working with clay and should know the principles of the potters wheel.

Advanced
This is a more in-depth study of pottery, with a focus on your own creativity, pottery concepts as well as various techniques are also addressed.

Handbuilding Expressions
Students explore three dimensional form in clay using hand building techniques as they relate to sculpture. Students use additive and subtractive methods to explore line and form integrated with design and shape relationships.

Fall 2009 Classes Offered

See pages 29-30 in the Recreator for classes for adult, teens and youth.