Welcome to clayspace 
Clayspace is a fully equipped ceramic studio offering classes and workshops instructed by experienced ceramic artists in a comfortable and supportive environment. Students are encouraged to explore their creative potential, share ideas, and create personal works of art with clay.
Gallery 831
SACRED VESSELS
a solo exhibition by
Bradley C. Birkhimer
May 25- June 23, 2012
Opening reception Friday, May 25, 6:00-9:00 pm
"Sacred Vessels are based on an array of timeless utilitarian and lidded vessel forms...the show features fusional abstractions of pagodas, western utilitarian ceramics, and Christian temple motifs"
Classes & workshops
Classes
May 7- June 29
We are offering lots of options this summer for people who want to get their hands in clay but don’t want to commit to an 8 week session. We have a large variety of workshops and 3, 4, and 5 week classes as well as the usual 8 week classes. Registration for an 8 week class is only $240 per person and includes 25 lbs of clay, glazes, firing, open studio time during the session and a student gallery show and raku firing at the end of the session. Evening classes meet from 6:30- 8:30 pm once a week for 8 weeks. Classes are small, ensuring students a high level of individual attention.
Schedule of evening classes
Monday...........handbuilding and potter's wheel class
Tuesday..........beginning potter's wheel
Wednesday....intermediate potter's wheel
Thursday........slab building
Hand built table settings
Mondays May 7- May 21
6:30- 8:30
Students will design and construct a unique set of cups, plates & bowls in this 3 week handbuilding class. Clayspace artist Todd Hickerson will demonstrate how to decorate your handmade tableware with texture and colored slips. $105 per person
4 week beginning potter’s wheel
Mondays 6:30-8:30, June 4-25 or
Tuesdays 6:30-8:30, May 8- 29 or
Tuesdays 6:30-8:30 June 5-26 or
Wednesdays 1:30-3:30 June 6- 27
This 4 week class covers basic wheel throwing techniques as well as trimming & finishing work, adding handles, decorating with colored slips, and glazing. Students will learn how to throw cups, bowls, and plates. $135 per person includes 12 lbs of clay, open studio time, glaze, and firing.
Intermediate potter’s wheel
Wednesdays 6:30-8:30
May 9-June 6
For students with basic skills, this 5 week class will focus on throwing bigger & taller, adding handles & lids, altering thrown work and use of colored slips and glazes to finish work. $160 per person includes 12 lbs of clay, open studio time, glazes, firing, and a raku workshop and student gallery show.
Thrown and altered pottery
Wednesdays 6:30-8:30
June 13-27
Clayspace artist Todd Hickerson will demonstrate how to make cut bowls, casseroles, and bottle neck flasks in this 3 week intermediate wheel class. $105 per person includes 12 lbs of clay, open studio time, glaze, and firing.
4 week slab classes
Thursdays 6:30-8:30
May 10-31
This 4 week handbuilding class will focus on designing and creating ceramic art for the yard and garden. Clayspace artist Todd Hickerson will demonstrate a new project every week. Projects include bird houses, garden planters, bird baths, and toad houses. Texture & colored slips will be used to finish work. $135 per person includes 12 lbs of clay, open studio time, glaze, and firing.
Thursdays 6:30-8:30
June 7-28
Workshops
Want to get your hands in clay but don’t have time for a class? Workshops at clayspace are fun and a good way to check out the studio. You can make something nice and completely original and finish it in one two hour visit. It’s a unique and social activity for groups of all ages.
Raku Party!
Friday, May 25
6-9 pm
Everyone is welcome! Guests may purchase and glaze a handmade piece of pottery for $40 and watch as it’s fired in our raku kiln by clayspace artist Todd Hickerson. The kiln is heated to 1850 degrees and opened to expose the red hot pottery inside.The work is removed with tongs and placed in metal cans filled with combustible material which is ignited by the hot work. The cans are covered and the fire reacts with the glaze to create iridescent and metallic effects on the pottery. Finally the pieces are submerged in water to cool. Wiping off the ashes from the fire reveals flashes of brilliance and metallic shine. Guests can take their work home with them. While you wait for your masterpiece to come out of the kiln you can relax and enjoy the opening reception in the gallery for Sacred Vessels, a solo exhibit by ceramic artist Bradley Birkhimer.
Make a Father’s Day gift for Dad!
Sunday, June 3rd
1:30-3:30 pm
Give Dad a personalized gift this year for Father’s Day—a self-portrait on a mug made by you! Each participant will build a mug and put their own image on it for Dad to enjoy. He can use it for drinking or decoration. The work will be fired and glazed in time for Father’s Day.
$35 for adults. $25 for kids.
Father’s Day Workshop
Sunday, June 17th
1:30-3:30 pm
Come spend Father’s Day at clayspace making keepsakes together! A great family activity for Father’s Day! Each participant will construct and embellish a cup and plate for use or decoration. You can write “#1 Dad!”, paint a family portrait, or create any kind of decoration you like on the pieces.
$35 for adults. $25 for kids.
Kids Castle-Making Camp
Wed-Fri, July 11-13
1:30-3:30 pm
Kids 7-years and up invited to join us for a 3-day clay summer camp in which they will make castles! The first day, each participant will construct the form of their castle. When we meet again, we’ll add embellishments and color and on the last day we’ll make miniature furniture, people and dishes to go inside. The perfect summer activity for your creative kid!
Cost $95
Teen Clay Workshop
Wed –Fri, June 20-22
1:30-3:30 pm
Creative teens will love this 3-day Workshop making art with clay! Our projects will focus around the theme of nature. We’ll make chia heads that you’ll be able to put grass seeds on and watch them grow. We’ll also build “creature pots”—a bowl or flowerpot with the head and/or body of an animal on it. Finally we’ll make tiles with images of plants or animals. A great way to learn and have fun over the summer!
$95 for all 3 days. Come to just one class for $40.
Tile Making Workshop
Saturday, June 30, July 7 &14
1:30-3:30 pm
In this 3-week workshop, you will make an array of beautiful tiles utilizing a range of techniques taught in the course. We will meet for 3 consecutive Saturdays. At each meeting, you will learn different ways to draw, paint, sculpt and carve on ceramic tiles to create your own surface decorations. Make tiles you can use for trivets, coasters, tabletops, or decoration.
June 30
The instructor will demonstrate a variety of decorating techniques. Participants will decorate 8 tiles.
July 7
Each participant will make another set of tiles that utilize low relief sculpting techniques. You will create a design, pattern or imagery that moves across all 8 tiles.
July 14
We will focus on glazing the tiles with a full palette of glazes. You will learn a range of techniques glaze and bring color and shiny, satin and/or matte surfaces to the beautiful tiles you made during the previous classes.
$95 for the workshop. You may also sign up for just one or two of these workshops dates for $40 per class.
Clay time for kids at clayspace
Every Friday from 1:30-3:30
Clayspace artists will present a new project every week that kids will love! We’ll make toad houses, piggy banks, masks, and more! Come inside and play with clay! Call to reserve a spot, $30 per child, ages 7 & up.
Teen Time Fridays at clayspace
Every Friday from 4-6 pm
Bring your ideas & your friends to clayspace and be creative with clay. Clayspace artists are on hand to provide inspiration and instruction. We will have new ideas every week or help you with your original creations. A great way to start the weekend! Call to reserve a spot, $35 per person.
Free Throw Fridays!
Fridays from 6-9 pm
No experience necessary! Call to reserve a wheel and come in and throw. $40 per person includes 2 hours of studio time, 6 lbs of clay, basic instruction and firing. You can decorate your work with colored slips when you are done throwing. When the work is dry we will fire it, put clear glaze on everything and fire again to a higher temperature.
Private lessons or workshops for 2
by appointment
Call to schedule a private lesson for two on or off the potter's wheel. You can make and decorate your pieces in one visit. We will fire, clear glaze and fire again, work can be picked up in about two weeks. $95 per couple includes excellent instruction, materials, up to 3 hours of studio time, and memories that will last a lifetime.
Schedule a private group workshop
by appointment
Call to schedule a private workshop at clayspace with your friends or family for a unique creative experience you won't forget. Bring refreshments to enjoy while you relax in our comfortable studio. Clayspace artists will demonstrate a project that's perfect for your group. $45 per person includes private instruction for the project of your choice, materials, firing, and up to 3 hours of studio time. Participants will create a one of a kind ceramic masterpiece. Group rates available for groups of 10 or more paid in advance.
Hands & Feet in Clay
by appointment
Call to schedule a time to bring your kids to clayspace & put their hands in clay. $40 for 4 tiles, suitable for framing. Handprints can also be made into a plate or platter.