CERAMICS CLASSES
pottery wheel FOR BEGINNERS
Our eight-week beginner wheel classes feature hands-on professional instruction with weekly lessons covering all of the basics. Each class also has a unique wellness component. Students have access to open studio hours while enrolled in the class and can expect to fire a few pieces to take home.
Intro to Wheel:
Mindful Clay
Sundays
12pm-3pm
June 8 - July 27
Learn the basics of the pottery wheel and how to integrate mindfulness practices into your clay work and daily life!
Cost: $495
MIXED LEVEL CERAMICS: CREATIVITY & FLEXIBILITY
Open to all levels, including beginners
Break free from the limits of the traditional wheel-thrown pot. In this mixed-level course, students will explore a wide range of ceramic tools and techniques—including slab building, wheel throwing, and extrusion—to create functional ware, sculptural forms, or conceptual pieces.
Led by Logan Stefonik of Old Devil Fine Wares, this class is grounded in both technical skill and artistic exploration. Logan holds a BFA in Painting & Drawing and brings years of experience in ceramic creation and education. His teaching style emphasizes experimentation, craftsmanship, and expanding creative possibilities through process.
As with all Elemental Studios classes, we bring a wellness focus to the work. This course invites students to practice creative flexibility—a mindset that supports emotional well-being and personal growth. Just as many potters get stuck in the cycle of throwing only cylindrical forms, we all tend to fall into rigid patterns in our lives: default ways of thinking, habitual problem-solving, even how we move through relationships. By actively disrupting those patterns—both in clay and in life—we open space for new perspectives, deeper creativity, and more adaptive responses to challenge.
Thursdays
6pm-9pm
June 26 - August 14
Cost: $495
Mixed-Level Wheel Class (Four weeks)
Sundays, 4pm-7pm
June 22 - July 13
MIXED-LEVEL CERAMICS:
DEEPENING MINDFULNESS
This four-week class invites you into a quiet, intentional space where clay and mindfulness meet. Designed for both beginners and students with prior ceramics experience, Mixed Level Ceramics: Deepening Mindfulness centers on wheel throwing while also incorporating handbuilding and surface design techniques to expand creative expression and deepen connection to the process.
Each session includes guided mindfulness practices led by instructor Gabriel Parque, who brings both an MFA in ceramics and extensive experience teaching mindfulness. Participants will also have the option to engage in simple at-home and open studio mindfulness practices between classes, supporting a sustained sense of reflection and calm. Whether you're new to clay or returning with more experience, this course offers a thoughtful and supportive space to explore ceramics through the lens of mindfulness and creative growth.
One-Time Workshops
Not ready for the commitment of an eight-week class? Try a one-time workshop!
Intro to Wheel:
Beginners Mind
Select Tuesdays, 6pm-8pm
Select Saturdays, 3pm-5pm
Try your hand at the pottery wheel without the commitment of a multi-week class! Pick your favorite piece at the end of the workshop and we will finish it, fire it, and ship it to you (US addresses only).
Cost: $99
