The Tucson Clay Co-op will soon be offering on line workshops on hand building and sculpture for adults and kids as well as private wheel classes for those of you with wheels at home will be coming soon.
You can prepare now by setting up an easy home studio. You will need a table, a chair, any surface which absorbs water (a 12 inch by 12 inch piece of plywood, canvas or fabric. as well as a rolling pin, fork and kitchen knife.
We will not resume classes on site until it is legal to open again.
In the meantime this is an opportunity to do creative work at home. For millions of years, people hand built and pit fired. We can now learn from the old ways.
All adult classes include 14 FREE PRACTICE HOURS per week
Monday & Wednesday Noon - 3pm, Sat & Sunday Noon - 4 pm.
FINANCIAL AID: Work-study positions available (trade 3 hrs per week studio work for classes). Positions are limited and must be approved. Call or email for more information Maxine 917 705 3803
There are full scholarships available for children and teen classes.
Students must buy their clay from us - no outside clay.
CANCELLATIONS will be refunded before the first day of class. There will be no refunds after the class has started. If a class is filled or you are unable to enroll on line please email tucsonclaycoop@yahoo.com
Because of COVID-19, march/april classes have been cancelled. You can have a credit for the 6 cancelled classes or you can receive a refund.
We will not be post new class dates, til we know when it is safe to reopen - but we expect the classes to be the same times, same teachers and same prices.
Independent Studies
Work independently in community of potters
Mon. & Wed. Noon to 3pm, Sat. & Sun. Noon to 4 pm, priced by the month
your own shelf in basement or Dwights shed.
Custom Design Tile Mosaics, All Levels Welcome, Mondays 6-8pm
with Paul Waldron Tiles
8 weeks beginning March 2
$25 materials fee covers all materials. Payable first class.
for more info email Paul@ waldrontiles@gmail.com
FULL: Creative Clay-Beginner Wheel & Hand Building, Mon. 10-Noon
with Maxine Krasnow,
8 weeks, beginning March 2
FULL: Creative Clay: Beginner Wheel & Hand Building Mon 6-8pm
with Jaren Stroback
8 Weeks beginning March 2
FULL: Creative Clay - Beginner Wheel & Hand Building, Mon 8-10 pm
with Jaren Stroback
8 weeks, beginning March 2
FULL: Creative Clay -Beginner Wheel & Hand Building, Tues, 6-8pm
with Catherine Orrantia
8 weeks beginning March 3
Please bring your own towel to first class.
All Level Hand Building & Sculpture, Tues. 6-8 pm
with Paul Waldron
8 weeks, beginning March 3
FULL: Beginner Wheel & Hand Building, Tues. 8-10pm
with Catherine Orrentia
8 weeks, beginning March 3
Please bring your own towel to the first class.
FULL: Creative Clay -All Level Wheel & Hand Building, Wed. 10am-Noon
with Jaren Stroback
8 weeks beginning March 4
FULL: Creative Clay - Intermediate Wheel & Hand Building, Wed. 6-8pm
with Jaren Stroback
8 weeks beginning March 4
FULL: Creative Clay Beginner Wheel & Hand Building Thurs. 10-Noon
with Maxine Krasnow
beginning March 5
8 weeks
FULL: Creative Clay - All Level Wheel & Hand Building, Thurs. 6-8pm
with Maxine Krasnow
8 weeks beginning March 5
All Level Hand building & Sculpture-Thurs. 6:15-8:15pm
with Pancho Gonzales
8 weeks beginning March 5
Beginners welcomed.
Creative Clay: Intermediate Wheel Thurs. 8-10pm
with Maxine Krasnow
8 weeks beginning March 5
FULL: Creative Clay - Beginner Wheel & Hand Building, Fri. 6-8pm
with Pancho Gonzales
8 weeks beginning March 6
FULL: Creative Clay - All Level Wheel & Hand Building, Sat. 10am - Noon
with Jaren Stroback
8 weeks beginning March 7
Creative Clay- Beginner Wheel & Hand Building Sun. 8 - 10 am
with Pancho Gonzales
8 weeks, beginning March 8
FULL: Creative Clay - Beginner Wheel & Hand Building, Sun 10am-Noon
with Pancho Gonzales
8 weeks beginning March 8
Specialty Classes
Skill Building on the Wheel for Beginner to Advanced Students
with Dorian Beaulieu
4 hours, March 7
Both of Dorians workshops are already full however you still have to fabulous opportunity to book an one hour private lesson with him. It is well worth it. Please pay below and then I will send you his cell number so you are able to make an appointment with him.
This hands-on, informative workshop* will provide group and one-on-one instruction to help improve individual throwing techniques. Student requests will be taken at the beginning of the workshop to help guide instruction. Possible topics include: Basic throwing technique, throwing off the hump, throwing with sections, double wall, double thrown, throwing with coils, bottles, pitchers, covered jars, platters, goblets, chip and dip trays, alteration and surface design. Instructor: Dorian Beaulieu has been teaching wheel throwing techniques for over 35 years and currently teaches ceramics at Lake Superior College, Duluth, MN.
*You must have some former wheel experience for this workshop. If you want to fire work you make at the workshop & you are not a Co-op Member or student, the fee is $2 a pound for bisque and $3 a pound for glaze firing. We will supply the clay.
FULL: Skill Building on the Wheel For Beginner to Advanced Students - Sunday 3/8
with Dorian Beaulieu
4 hours, March 8, 6-10pm
This hands-on, informative workshop* will provide group and one-on-one instruction to help improve individual throwing techniques. Student requests will be taken at the beginning of the workshop to help guide instruction. Possible topics include: Basic throwing technique, throwing off the hump, throwing with sections, double wall, double thrown, throwing with coils, bottles, pitchers, covered jars, platters, goblets, chip and dip trays, alteration and surface design. Instructor: Dorian Beaulieu has been teaching wheel throwing techniques for over 35 years and currently teaches ceramics at Lake Superior College, Duluth, MN.
*You must have some former wheel experience for this workshop. If you want to fire work you make at the workshop & you are not a Co-op Member or student, the fee is $2 a pound for bisque and $3 a pound for glaze firing. We will supply the clay.
Private Lessons With Dorian Beaulieu
2-hour individualized lessons
Private individualized lessons will be offered in 2 hour time sessions based on student preference and registration, March 6th through March 13th* $50 per student. Dorian Beaulieu has been teaching wheel throwing techniques for over 35 years and currently teaches ceramics at Lake Superior College, Duluth, MN.
Once you pay we will send you Dorians cell phone number so you are able to make an appointment which works for both of you.
Buy Clay
Clay 25 lbs. text 917 705 3803 to make an appointment to pick up clay
Dark-Brown Clay/Porcelain
B-3 Dark Brown, Cone 6 or 10 Porcelain $31.83 text 917 705 3803 to make an appointment to pick up clay