Classes on the Potter's Wheel

$160          (4 weeks)
Fee includes 12.5# clay, glazing and firing 60 Firing Inches
Instructor: Denise Austin
Learn the core techniques of wheel-throwing and create at least two bowls, two mugs and two vases in the class session. Then move at your own pace through the stages of Intermediate and Advanced. One-on-one attention GUARANTEED!
See "By the Month" info below for how to register.

JULY SPECIAL!!!  Register for 2 classes (8 weeks for one student OR 4 weeks for two students) on the WHEEL  beginning anytime in the month of July and receive a $10 CASH REBATE when you come to your first class! 

By-the-Month WHEEL CLASSES

At any time, you can sign up for two hours of wheel classes each week for four weeks for $160 per month. You can start anytime in the month and that's when your four week class begins. Hours available are from 10:00 AM to noon or from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays.  If you would like to pay online, just click the REGISTER BUTTON below and WRITE YOUR TIME AND DATE PREFERENCE in the Comments box when you register.  Please add your PHONE NUMBER too. 

Denise Austin, your instructor, will email or call to verify that time with you.  Any questions, please feel free to email us through the Contact page by clicking HERE.  The Clay Station wheel classes will continue each month NON-STOP throughout most of the rest of 2011.

Practice Hours

Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
3:00-5:00 PM
$20 each day     (no clay included in fee)
Reserve a wheel to get in those needed hours of practice. Denise will be around to catch you if you fall, but for the most part, you're on your own to continue to improve your technique. (If you're coming in to glaze your work without using a wheel, this time is free of charge.)
SIGN UP FOR PRACTICE HOURS WITH DENISE.

The Clay Station: COMPLETE!

       A Tuesday ribbon cutting at The Art Station's new addition, The Clay Station, drew a crowd of 75 eager to not only see the first commercial pottery studio in the region, but also to watch an artist perform magic on the wheel. Instructor/Potter Denise Austin mesmerized the crowd as she slowly pulled up a slippery red vase saying, "At this fragile stage, almost anything can happen." She then intentionally smashed the vase to her audience's gasps. "It's just dirt," she smiled.
      As the crowd flowed down the sidewalk from The Art Station, they could hear "Unchained Melody" playing in the background. The Righteous Brothers song was made famous by the movie "Ghost" as it accompanied the scene of Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze on the pottery wheel. Once inside The Clay Station, the bulletin board revealed a picture of Denise's body photoshopped over Moore's with Swayze right behind her on the wheel. Thanks to Donna Mollere for her techno creativitiy.
      Owner and Director Kim Zabbia began construction of The Clay Station shortly after Christmas, but she said the plans have been "in the works" since The Art Station opened almost four years ago. "We kept changing the drawings, moving the location, saving the pennies, but yes, it's something Zab and I have wanted to do for a long time."
      Bob Zabbia, Kim's husband, has even registered for an April class and found no problem encouraging three of his buddies to join him at the wheel. Since there are four wheels, friends are signing up together to make the class a social outing as well as a learning experience.
      "Clay is such good therapy," Kim added. "Sure, it slides easily through your fingers, but better than that, clay soaks up your anxiety and your stress and leaves you feeling connected somehow to the earth. You're more grounded after a clay experience."
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