Classes
Springfield Pottery is a ceramic educational center focused on teaching the fundamentals of working in clay to the community.   Five eight week class sessions are offered each year with classes taking place throughout the week.   Topics include functional pottery and handbuilding.   Additional offerings include Camp Raku, Kid's Camp, Workshops and Open Studio.

• Students in all classes come once a week to their scheduled three hour class time.
• All classes are open to ages 16 to 116 with no experience needed.   Our annual Kid's Camp is offered for one week during the summer for kids in grades 1 - 12.
• Each class has a limited enrollment in order to give students a quality personal experience and the individual attention needed for success.
• All tools and materials are provided
• Wear clothing that you don't mind getting dirty.   Bring an old towel.
• Classes fill fast!   Registration for each class session begins approximately four weeks before the beginning of each session.   We register on a first come first serve basis.   Call the studio at 864-4677 for more information.

Download the current class schedule
**Now Accepting Registration for the July 23 thru September 13 Session!!**

Evening
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday

Day
Tuesday
Thursday

6:00 - 9:00
6:00 - 9:00
6:00 - 9:00

11:00 - 2:00
11:00 - 2:00

$165 (all materials included)
enrollment limited to 10 students per class

Handbuilding
This popular class addresses the subject of hand formed ceramic work.   Both sculptural and functional approaches will be covered.   This is a great class for both creative exploration and discoveries in surface.   Students come once a week to their three hour class time.   No prior experience is necessary - just a desire to have fun!

Class times offered:
      Wednesday           6:00 - 9:00

$165 (all materials included)
enrollment limited to 10 students per class

Camp Raku 2007
It's that time of year again!   Time for the ever popular session we call Camp Raku.   For the past eight years, we devote the summer adult class session topic to the exciting world of Raku and pit firing.   This class is suitable for first timers or diehards.   For seven weeks, all students come to the studio at their designated class time.   During the weekend of the eighth week, we all embark upon the camp Raku site for the firing event.   This is where we fire the pots in the ancient Japanese technique of Raku or load the pots into a barrel style organic pit firing.

Camp Raku session week of May 21 - July 7
Firing event Weekend of July 14-15

Class times offered:
      Monday            6:00 - 9:00
      Tuesday            6:00 - 9:00
      Tuesday            6:00 - 9:00
      Wednesday      6:00 - 9:00
      Thursday           6:00 - 9:00
      Thursday           6:00 - 9:00

$175 (all materials included)
enrollment limited to 10 students per class
Students are limited to 12 Raku vessels

Kid's Camp
Come join us while we have an exciting adventure playing and discovering the wonderful material of clay. Students will learn a variety of techniques and will make a new project during each day of camp. No prior experience is required - just a willingness to have fun, explore, and play in the mud! Classes are organized by age groups and students will come to class everyday for five days at their specified time. All materials are included. These classes always fill fast!

Registration begins the week of May 1, 2007
Download the current Kid's Camp Class Schedule

Open Studio
Open studio is a special program available to students currently enrolled at Springfield Pottery.   Students can purchase additional time to work independently in the studio and get that extra practice time that they crave. Do you feel like once a week just isn't enough? Come in as often as you like and lose yourself in the clay. Cost is a bargain at $5/hour and there are many hours available during the week outside of class.

Workshops
In addition to regularly scheduled classes, special topic workshops are given throughout the year.   These topics range from making hand made pottery tools, firing your electric kiln, making mosaics, mold making, glaze chemistry, and more. Also, Springfield Pottery periodically invites guest artists to give all day demonstration workshops.  

Upcoming Workshop

Guest artist Bede Clarke to give wheel throwing demonstration workshop at Springfield Pottery, Saturday, April 7th from 9-5pm. Fee is $35 per person and pre registration is required. Call 864-4677 to register.

Don’t miss this amazing artist and come prepared to learn something new
and be inspired!