Creative Insight Pottery

Thursday - Intermediate Kitchenware & Creative Challenges

$395.00 CAD

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*Classes run 10 weeks, 2.5 hours per class:

Spring
Start/end week: Apr 8 – Jun 17
10 weeks
(no classes May 20)

Summer
Start/end week: Jul 2 – Sept 2
10 weeks
(no classes Jul 1 Canada Day)

Fall
Start/end week: Sept 30 – Dec 9
10 weeks
(no classes Oct 14)

Winter
Start/end week: Jan 6 -March 10
10 weeks
(no classes Oct 14)

Elevate Your Pottery Skills: Advanced Kitchenware and Creative Challenges

If you’re passionate about cooking and want to elevate your kitchen with stunning, handmade pottery, this advanced class is perfect for you! Designed for students with some prior experience, this course focuses on refining existing skills, learning advanced techniques, and tackling creative challenges.

What You’ll Learn:

1. Create Functional and Beautiful Pieces:
Learn advanced wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques to craft everyday dishes, jars, lidded forms, and teapots that are both functional and artistic.

2. Master Jars and Lidded Forms:

Introduction to closed-form jars
Throwing off the hump for two-piece jars
Using calipers for precise fits
Exploring various lid forms and handles

3. Refine Trimming and Assembly Skills:

Perfect your trimming techniques for jars
Assemble lidded pieces with precision and artistry

4. Hybrid and Handbuilt Lidded Forms:

Dive into unique methods like kurinuki
Create non-round and hybrid thrown/handbuilt lidded forms

5. Explore Surface Decoration Techniques:

Monoprints, underglaze transfers, and sgraffito
Adding texture to enhance glaze flow
Experiment with carving motifs and other surface design methods

6. Tea Set Project:

Throwing off the hump to create teapots
Explore silhouettes, assembly, and handle techniques
Create matching teacups to complete your set

7. Glazing Mastery:

Test glaze combinations and practice glazing techniques
Learn underglaze applications, wax resist techniques, and more

This 10-week class is packed with opportunities to push your boundaries, refine your craftsmanship, and create stunning pottery for your kitchen and beyond. Plus, our instructors welcome suggestions from students to ensure the class meets your creative goals.

Your 1st bag of clay is $38, with all firing, labour, and glazing included.
This 1st bag is typically enough for 8 weeks for beginners. Additional bags are $38, with all firing, labour, and glazing included.

*No clay from outside the studio is allowed. Please understand that each bag of clay bought from our studio includes firing, labour, and glazing. We cannot offer these services for free, please respect the costs/time/utilities of the work our technicians are doing for you.

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*It is recommended that first time students purchase a Tool Kit if you do not already have your own tools.
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Meet Our Instructors:

Alisa Greve

Alisa began exploring her love of pottery as a ceramics student at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario in 1992. She returned there in 2011 after a nine year hiatus and set up a studio in her home 5 years ago. Since retiring from a 33 year career in elementary teaching, she has become a “small batch” potter.

Nature inspires Alisa’s work and is notable in the varied leaf motifs in the exterior surface decoration as well as in the sky blue, pale green and rose pink interior of her pots. Her pottery is both unique and functional. It is simple in form and design but intricate in its decoration and is made to be used and enjoyed every day. Her pots reflect her love of nature and of simple beautiful things and her belief that everyday objects should bring joy and happiness to one’s life.

https://www.instagram.com/alisagrevepottery/

Karla Rivera

I am a ceramic artist born and raised in Mexico City. After some traveling, I moved to Hamilton Ontario. At this point I started to listen to my artistic voice and got involved in the world of ceramics. In 2021 I obtained a Bachelor degree of Craft and Design in Ceramics from Sheridan College.

My work consists of functional and sculptural ceramics.

With the help of clay, the use of different materials, and composition, I am building a bridge between beliefs, thoughts and experiences.

I like to play with the forms and functions of objects that can serve more than one purpose.

https://www.instagram.com/karlarivera_studio/
https://karlarivera.com/

Nina Lalla

I’ve been drawn to the dirt since I was a child. Always outside digging holes and building mud castles. I didn’t know what clay was until 11 years old when it was introduced as part of my art class at school. We made sculptural cups. The idea of taking a ball of clay and forming it into something out of nothing enticed me in ways I didn’t understand at the time. From that point I began walking towards the path of Clay. Throughout my journey with clay I sought out a higher education in ceramics through Sheridan College – Craft and Design Ceramics program from 2012 to 2015. Upon graduating from school I was fortunate enough to start my teaching career at Creative Insight Pottery in the summer of 2015 where I have been teaching and creating my own works since.

I focus on functional wares within my own making. I like the idea of having a purpose and a use. Being able to invite someone to interact and use an object that I’ve introduced to the world, is such a neat experience as an artist, it is the same excitement a chef feels when serving a meal to their guests and then awaiting the feedback. Whether it’s good or bad you learn something from that experience.

https://www.instagram.com/ceramics_by_nina/

Lindsey West

I started doing pottery as a teenager and I immediately fell in love with the creative possibilities of working with clay.

I graduated Trent university with a bachelors degree in environmental studies and a minor in agriculture. While studying at Trent, I took classes and eventually taught at the Kawartha Potters Guild for a number of years. I also had an apprenticeship with Marsha Cox under Forks Road Pottery in Grimsby Ontario. Since then, I’ve worked at multiple pottery studios throughout Ontario and continue to work at my craft.

My work is influenced and inspired by my love of nature. I have a passion for sustainability and self reliance; how to create things from scratch and learning ancestral skills. Currently I enjoy making functional houseware. I’ve been getting into using stains to dye the clay different colours. Natural earth tones and organic forms and shapes are what inspires me. I enjoy challenging myself and seeing what new pieces I can create. Pottery is one of my greatest passions and I look forward to sharing what I’ve learned with you!

Katia Liberato Lemos

Katia Liberato Lemos is the owner/creator of Creative Insight Pottery. Originally from Brazil, Katia came to Canada at 19 and soon became a graduate of Sheridan College’s ceramics program at Sheridan College. She has been featured on ‘CityLine’ TV in Toronto, ‘Hamilton Life’ TV, ‘West of the City’, and in ‘Our Homes’ magazine. She is the winner of a scholarship to the Metchosin Summer School for the Arts, a Betty Kantor award winner, and has been invited for ‘A Sale of the Best of the Regions’ exhibition at the Art Gallery of Hamilton as well as the Gardiner Museum of Ceramics.

Katia has been teaching children & adult ceramics classes throughout the Waterdown/Burlington/Oakville area for over 10 years, and is committed to continue growing a positive community space for those who understand the value of arts and creativity for the health and well-being of people of all ages.

Cancellation Policy

NO refund unless class is canceled and No Refund Policy for Unforeseen Cancellations

In the event a class is canceled due to circumstances beyond our control, such as inclement weather or other unforeseen situations, refunds will not be issued. However, the class will be rescheduled to ensure you don’t miss out on the experience. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility!

Credit Policy

Term Classes and Camps: Refunds or credits are not available for missed classes or camps. However, if you notify us at least 2 weeks in advance, we will issue a credit for future use.

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