Clay Package
Enjoy a wonderful, relaxing Winter weekend and learn a new skill ( or polish an old one!) with our Winter Clay Class Package. Available with a two night stay at either the Blue Ridge Mountain Inn or Blue Vistas Cabin ( Friday and Saturday ) for the regular cost of your room plus Class Fee. We are once again excited to announce our winter clay class schedule.
Pottery Class Weekends 2010
January 29~30 ( Full )
February 6~7, 20~21
March 6~7, 20~21
April 3~4
This year our classes will be centered on wheel throwing. With a maximum of six students per class individual attention assures a high level of success in making pieces on the wheel.
Master Potter Alun Ward , with over twenty five years experience in the clay, will be personally teaching each two day class. Classes are offered in conjunction with our accommodation business. Classes are held on Saturday and Sunday from 10 am until 4 pm with a one hour lunch break. A Friday/Saturday night stay at Blue Ridge Mountain Inn or one of our other properties is required for participation in the class.
The class fee for the two day class is $100 per person with an additional $25 for clay, materials, and studio equipment usage. Class fee also includes the firing and glazing of two pieces (each one up to 20 square inches surface area). Additional pieces you make can be fired and glazed for you for a nominal fee (fee dependant on size).
Each class will be individually adjusted to the skill level of the participants. We seem to have great success with first time potters who are able to produce mugs and small bowls by the end of the first morning class.
Classes are strictly limited to a maximum of six participants, it is wise to book early as we have sold out these classes for the last four years.
In the event of cancellation 30 days or less before class date the full amount of the class fee ($100) will be charged to your credit card, normal cancellation policies apply for accommodation cancellations.
Book online and note that you wish to take the clay class, or call Heather or Norma on the reservation phone at 434 566 2555.
"This has been the experience of a lifetime". Not one, but many of our weekend class students have had this response to a weekend "in the clay". From learning to throw on the wheel, to making mugs on our jigger and hand built platters with lots of individual creativity, this class provides a wide range of clay experience in a working studio. Our master potters give individual attention in these small classes which enables the novice or "wannabee potter" to be successful at the earliest stages.
Once your pieces are completed they will be glazed with our original and beautiful Blue Ridge Pottery glazes. Start your own collection of your personal work or give them away as beautiful gifts that have your personal energy in them. Many of our past students have made twelve to fifteen pieces in their weekend of potting. Find and express your own creativity and have your "experience of a lifetime" playing in the mud.
We have been running this class for three years now and have sold out virtually every class. Book early at one of our properties to ensure your place. We look forward to meeting you and spending a creative weekend in the clay together.
Alun Ward
Master Potter
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