Design and build your own ceramic mug from scratch!
This workshop is a hands-on, beginner-friendly experience designed to welcome creativity and self-expression. Participants will use patterns provided to cut the mug pieces from a slab of clay and build it from the ground up. Esme will have all the tools, pattern pieces and other molds and design elements available for you to use so you can carve and/or add sculpted pieces to make the mug your own design. You will then use the glazes to add color to your design.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
While participants will fully complete the design and glazing of their mug during the class, Esme will then take all the pieces to her studio and let them dry to the right stage so they can be fired in the kiln. Finished mugs will be available for pick-up at The Art Space Studio approximately 2–4 weeks after the class, depending on weather conditions and kiln scheduling. So you will not get your mug back until the beginning of August or so.
This class is open to ages 12 and up and does not require any prior pottery experience.
About the Instructor
Esmeralda Cardenas is a full-time Licensed Professional Counselor and owner of Willow Path Collective, specializing in pregnancy and postpartum mental health; and a part-time potter who loves bringing people together through creativity. Pottery has become a meaningful way for her to create space for connection, reflection, and joy.
She is a mother to two teenage boys and a wife to her spouse of nearly 17 years. Outside of the studio, she enjoys caring for her plants, reading on her Kindle, listening to audiobooks, music, and spending time in nature.
Pottery found her four years ago, and she has been in love with it ever since. Creating functional pieces that are meant to be used, lived with, and enjoyed is one of her greatest joys, and she is grateful to share that experience with others through these workshops.
Design and build your own ceramic mug from scratch!
This workshop is a hands-on, beginner-friendly experience designed to welcome creativity and self-expression. Participants will use patterns provided to cut the mug pieces from a slab of clay and build it from the ground up. Esme will have all the tools, pattern pieces and other molds and design elements available for you to use so you can carve and/or add sculpted pieces to make the mug your own design. You will then use the glazes to add color to your design.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
While participants will fully complete the design and glazing of their mug during the class, Esme will then take all the pieces to her studio and let them dry to the right stage so they can be fired in the kiln. Finished mugs will be available for pick-up at The Art Space Studio approximately 2–4 weeks after the class, depending on weather conditions and kiln scheduling. So you will not get your mug back until the beginning of August or so.
This class is open to ages 12 and up and does not require any prior pottery experience.
About the Instructor
Esmeralda Cardenas is a full-time Licensed Professional Counselor and owner of Willow Path Collective, specializing in pregnancy and postpartum mental health; and a part-time potter who loves bringing people together through creativity. Pottery has become a meaningful way for her to create space for connection, reflection, and joy.
She is a mother to two teenage boys and a wife to her spouse of nearly 17 years. Outside of the studio, she enjoys caring for her plants, reading on her Kindle, listening to audiobooks, music, and spending time in nature.
Pottery found her four years ago, and she has been in love with it ever since. Creating functional pieces that are meant to be used, lived with, and enjoyed is one of her greatest joys, and she is grateful to share that experience with others through these workshops.
