Adult Workshops
Mudflat's workshops cover a broad range of topics for everyone from beginner to advanced students. They're a great opportunity to gather with students and clay artists from Mudflat and elsewhere to explore a variety of ceramic art, try your hand at new techniques, or meet visiting artists.
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If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please contact us
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Upcoming Workshops
Winter 2027 Adult Workshop Descriptions
Soda Firing
Learn about soda firing, an alternative to Mudflat’s regular high fire reduction and oxidation kiln firings. This workshop includes an orientation meeting that will discuss clay bodies, best forms to make, application of flashing slips, texture considerations, glaze choice and glazing tips, plus what happens in a soda kiln during the firing. Mudflat’s tech staff will wad, load, fire and unload the kiln. Limited to 10 people for each section. Students are eligible to enroll in one Soda workshop per semester but can add themselves to the waitlist for the other workshop should more space become available.
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Winter #1 Workshop:
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Orientation: Monday, January 4, 6-7 pm
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Firing: Thursday, February 18
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Winter #2 Workshop:
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Orientation: Monday, February 22, 6-7 pm
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Firing: Thursday, April 8
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Tuition: $300, Subscribers $240, Includes one 25-lb clay
Skill level: Not recommended for beginning students.
​Open to: Current Mudflat Students
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Jar People with Hannah Schelb
In this one-day demonstration workshop, Hannah will walk through the way she makes her caricature Jar People. Using wheel and hand-built parts, she will share her step-by-step approach to building these functional and sculptural figurative pieces. She will discuss the variety of parts she makes to build her pieces - throwing the head and body; using templates to construct the arms and legs and figuring out their attachment positions; how she decides about clothing options; and making eyes, mouth, facial features and accessories for each piece. Participants will receive a “goodie bag” of templates, a tool list and an instruction sheet to make their own Jar Person!
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Saturday, January 23, 10 am - 3 pm
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Tuition: $100, Subscribers $80
Open to: Anyone!
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Bright Ideas: Make your own Ceramic Lamp with Bob Herman
A hands-on workshop to learn how to make a lamp! This workshop will teach the principles of lampmaking design, parts, construction and wiring for wheelthrown or handbuilt ceramic lamp bases. In Session 1, Bob will discuss lamp basics: construction methods, lamp base shapes, and recommendations for simplified lamp construction. Examples of completed lamps will be shown. Following Session 1, participants will have 6 weeks to make and complete their lamp base (making, glazing and firing). In Session 2, participants will bring their completed lamp bases for finishing - first, selecting lamp parts and then learning how to put the parts together to have a lamp ready to use.
Participants will provide their own Mudflat clay for their lamp base, generally between 3-10 lbs. All lamp parts will be provided by the instructor (except for the lamp shade); workshop cost includes a $50 materials fee for these parts.
Session 1: Saturday Feb 20, 1:30-3 pm
Session 2: Saturday Apr 3, 1:30-4:30 pm
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Tuition: $125, includes $50 materials fee( no subscriber discount)
Skill level: Advanced beginner- Intermediate
Open to: Current Mudflat Students
Layered Surface Decoration with Noni Armony
Noni will demonstrate a variety of ways to decorate wet clay pieces by layering colored slips and underglazes in this hands-on workshop. Participants will use brushes, sponges, paper stencils, stamps, ribs, and trailing bottles to apply layers of colors and textures to enhance any wheelthrown or handbuilt forms. Plan to bring your clay tools and a few of your greenware pieces to explore these techniques on your own work; the workshop will include discussion of glaze options for completing your work.​
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Sunday March 7, 2-4:30 pm
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Tuition: $50, subscribers $40
Skill Level: All levels
Open to: Current Mudflat Students
Flat out Fabulous Tiles with Gabrielle Fougere
Tired of uneven slabs? Tired of your tiles looking like Ruffles potato chips after they come out of the glaze firing? Join Gab for a journey of even slabs and flat tiles! In this hands-on workshop we will go over the Gab Fab Slab method for rolling out and cutting slabs and how to keep your tiles (or coasters, or ornaments, or jewelry) as flat as a pancake! This workshop also includes demonstrations on making 3-dimensional tiles and surface decoration techniques such as sgraffito, inlay, stencils, and trailing. Participants should bring their clay tools and 10 lbs. of their current Mudflat clay.
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Saturday March 13, 2-5 pm
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Tuition: $60.00, subscribers $48.00
Skill Level: All levels
Open to: Current Mudflat Students
