Winter I -Wheel Courses
6 WEEK COURSE
All levels of students – from beginner through intermediate – will join together in our Throwing on the Wheel courses. Beginners will learn how the wheel works, how to center and cone, and the basics of lifting a cylinder and shaping a bowl. Our intermediate students will jump ahead to pulling handles for mugs and throwing larger bowls, jars with lids, and plates.
Each class is 2.5 hours, and meets once a week for 6 weeks; classes must have 6 students to be a “go”! All tools and clay are included; beginners will fire up to 6 finished pieces; intermediates will fire up to 10 finished pieces. Please read “What to Wear & How This Works” below, before your first class!
$285/student.
Studio Members receive a $50 discount. (For information on membership see the MEMBERSHIP page. Members ask Lissa or Sarah for the code to enter at checkout for your discount)
Sundays with Rude: 4-6:30 pm January 14th – February 18th
Mondays with Sarah : 6-8:30 pm January 15th – February 19th
Wednesdays with Lissa : 6-8:30 pm January 17th – February 21st
Winter I- Handbuilding Courses
6 WEEK COURSE
All levels of students – from beginner through intermediate – will join together in our handbuilding courses. Students will learn the techniques of handbuilding with clays, and will practice pinch pots, coil structures, and slab construction. During each class we will try additional decorative and building methods, such as stamping, kurinuki (carving), and using tar paper. We will be using the worktables (not the wheel) and tools in the studio.
Each class is 2.5 hours, and meets once a week for 6 weeks; classes must have 6 students to be a “go”! All tools and clay are included; beginners will fire up to 6 finished pieces; intermediates will fire up to 10 finished pieces. Please read “What to Wear & How This Works” below, before your first class!
$285/student.
Studio Members receive a $50 discount. (For information on membership see the MEMBERSHIP page. Members ask Lissa or Sarah for the code to enter at checkout for your discount)
Thursdays with Q: 6-8:30pm January 18th – February 22nd
Holiday date night / friend night
Handbuilding with “Q”: Our mind-blowingly-gifted instructor, Qingnan Zhang (“Q”), will be offering a few one-time handbuilding courses. Bring a friend, date, or come your sweet self to make friends and learn a mindful new art. Choose between making a pressed leaf mug, tea light house, animal, or ornaments (limit 5). Young artists age 12-15 years of age may join with a parent who also enrolls.
$55 / student
December 10th 4:00 – 6:00pm
December 14th 4:00-6:00pm
December 15th 4:00 – 6:00pm
December 16th 4:00 – 6:00pm
December 17th 4:00 – 6:00pm
Private groups for 4-8 adults
Email us to schedule your birthday party, friends’ fun-day, or corporate team-building activity, where you and your group will have a blast learning skills at the potter’s wheel or handbuilding tables. Call Lissa to schedule your next event: 540-505-4420
fireandskystudio@gmail.com
What to Wear & How This Works:
Fire and Sky Pottery Studio and Art Center is located at 1301 Downey Street, Radford VA 24141. We are in an old general store brick building that is painted light straw yellow with red trim. We don’t have a sign on the building yet, as some exterior remodeling and painting will be happening soon. Drive into our gravel parking lot, facing away from the building, in two rows, so that we can all fit. We can drive through the far parking lot, through the grass, too.
Entry Door: Please enter through the back side door… it’s facing our parking lot… the door is charcoal black. We will open the studio 15 minutes before your classtime.
What to Wear and Not Wear: Wear clothes that are ok to get dirty… and clothes that allow you to move with ease. I like to wear a men’s big oxford shirt as a smock, over my t-shirt and jeans. Others love aprons. You don’t have to have either, though you will want an old towel to wipe your hands. Wear shoes that completely cover your toes, and avoid hand and wrist jewelry. Long hair should be pulled up, and fingernails cut short. (We keep new hair ties and sanitized nail clippers, if you need.) Avoid clothing with hanging strings, like hoodies or belt-ties. If you have physical difficulties with your fingers, wrists, arms, lower back, or anything at all, call Lissa before your class begins, so we can make helpful adjustments for you. All bodies can work at the wheel!
Bring: an old hand towel, a water bottle or drink, a snack (if you need), and a coffee cup if you want to pour yourself some coffee. (We have K-cups for our coffee machine… if you need other additives, like sugar or creamer, please bring your own.)
If you would like a walk-through of the space and a general pre-talk about how things go and what to expect, give Lissa a call… we want you to feel more comfortable for your first day!
Lissa: text/call: 540-505-4420