The summer workshop series at The Village Potters Clay Center continues with a hands-on, week-long workshop with Sarah Wells Rolland focusing on “The Teapot”.
The workshop will take place April 17-21, 2023 in the Hands-On Workshop space at The Village Potters Clay Center in Asheville’s historic River Arts District. Daily workshop hours will run from 9am-3pm, and students will have access to work in studio until 6pm each day.
This workshop will explore all elements of the teapot, including multiple forms, pouring spouts, lids, and approaches to handles. The teapot is every functional potters’ glorious pursuit, and Sarah Wells Rolland loves to explore the unique challenges that come with the making of teapots. The lively, week-long workshop includes demonstrations, slide presentations, “what if” critiques, interactive discussion, sharing with each other, and concentrated time at the wheel. An intermediate skill set is highly recommended. Seasoned beginners who can center, open, and control clay when making walls are also ready for this class and all involved will find all skills taken to another level! Please contact The Village Potters Clay Center if you have any questions about this workshop.
The Village Potters are Sarah Wells Rolland, Judi Harwood, Lori Theriault, Julia Mann, Katie Meili Messersmith, Ruth Fischer Rutkowsky, and Caroline Renee Woolard, along with Director of Operations, Lindsey Mudge. They comprise an intentional Collective of potters who share a commitment to nurture creative exploration through education, experience, and community. The Village Potters includes a fine craft gallery, a Teaching Center offering ongoing classes in wheel, hand building, and sculpture for adults, an Advanced Ceramic Studies Program, a Hands-On Workshop Studio, and online demonstrations and workshops. The Village Potters Clay Center is an educational member of The Craft Guild of the Southern Highlands, and is an official distributor for Laguna Clays.