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RAISING HELL
with HADRIAN MENDOZA Sunday, April 23, 1-4:30 PM Have you plateaued on the potter’s wheel? Having issues raising the clay? Stuck making forms such as bowls and pots with no height? Then this is the perfect workshop for you. In this 3.5-hour workshop, DCC instructor Hadrian Mendoza will guide students through practical techniques for increasing the height of your pots at the wheel. Starting with a cylinder, students will learn how to achieve taller forms with a more efficient use of clay. Hadrian will discuss concepts covering small details such as hand positioning, finger pressure, and hand and wheel speed. By the end of the workshop, you'll have the technical tools for throwing taller, more efficient pots on the wheel, along with directions for getting out of raising hell. |
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SECOND SUNDAY SURFACE DESIGN: STENCILS AND BALANCE
with KARLEE YUREK Sunday, Mar. 12, 1-3:30 PM In this 2.5-hour workshop with DCC artist Karlee Yurek, you'll learn how to use stencils and visual balance as elements of design for decorating ceramics! After getting inspiration from contemporary ceramics, students will learn techniques for using tyvek and paper stencils, including water-etching, and color application with underglaze and slip. By the end of the workshop, you'll have a working knowledge of balance as a design element, your own handmade stencils, and sensually stenciled pottery! |
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GLAZING FUNDAMENTALS
with CONNOR CZORA Saturday, Mar. 25, 5:30-8:30 PM In this 3-hour workshop, artist Connor Czora will walk you through a variety of techniques for reliable glaze application! Czora will begin the workshop with an overview of basic glaze techniques, including waxing, dipping, and pouring glaze. Later in the class, Connor will also cover more advanced techniques such as glaze masking, glaze layering, oxide application, and how to use the spray booth! By the end of the class, you will have learned a variety of techniques for reliably glazing your clay creations. |
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Exploring Alternative Firing Techniques:
Naked Raku and Pit Fire with Ray Bogle Preparation Session: April 29 Firing Session: July 8 The first three (3) hour session is conducted at DCC and covers critical preparation details along with an introduction to the general processes that will be used during the actual firing session. The second eight (8) hour session, is conducted at Ray's MadeWithClay Studio in Huntingtown, MD. During this session additional Pit Firing and Naked Raku details are provided and demonstrated. Each participant will prepare and fire four (4) Naked Raku and four (4) Pit Fire pieces. Prior to wrapping up the firing session results will be evaluated and discussed. |
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Give us ONE SHOT. . .
Brand new to clay and want to take one of our potter's wheels out for a test ride?
Try a One Shot! class on Friday and Saturday (and occasional Sunday) nights and get a coupon for a discounted 10 week class.
Brand new to clay and want to take one of our potter's wheels out for a test ride?
Try a One Shot! class on Friday and Saturday (and occasional Sunday) nights and get a coupon for a discounted 10 week class.
Become a District Clay Artist!
For those who want 24/7 access to District Clay, plus expanded shelving and discounts on advanced classes (among other benefits), check out our Community Artist program.
* Best for those with significant clay experience who are also interested in Independent Study.
* Free drop-ins for regular wheel classes included.
We have approximately 60 slots and are currently full. We are maintaining a waitlist for those interested.
If you want to see District Clay before making a decision, you can schedule a tour by going here.
For more info on the program, go here.
For those who want 24/7 access to District Clay, plus expanded shelving and discounts on advanced classes (among other benefits), check out our Community Artist program.
* Best for those with significant clay experience who are also interested in Independent Study.
* Free drop-ins for regular wheel classes included.
We have approximately 60 slots and are currently full. We are maintaining a waitlist for those interested.
If you want to see District Clay before making a decision, you can schedule a tour by going here.
For more info on the program, go here.
Private Parties, One on One Instruction & Corporate Events
Create the perfect birthday, anniversary or friends and family Private Party Event using our socially distanced wheels and handbuilding stations. Or take a private lesson with a District Clay teacher.
Or plan a Corporate Teambuilding Event for your staff and use our Teambuilding Guides to enrich your work experience.
Either way, you'll have fun. Just let us know how many people and what format you would like. Find out more here.
Create the perfect birthday, anniversary or friends and family Private Party Event using our socially distanced wheels and handbuilding stations. Or take a private lesson with a District Clay teacher.
Or plan a Corporate Teambuilding Event for your staff and use our Teambuilding Guides to enrich your work experience.
Either way, you'll have fun. Just let us know how many people and what format you would like. Find out more here.
Want to Check out District Clay?
We are now offering 30 minute private tours during weekdays and weekends.
Come and see the largest clay studio in the DC area, see our kilns and wheel rooms and hear about all the ways we are making District Clay a safe place to play with clay.
Sign up for a private tour here.
We are now offering 30 minute private tours during weekdays and weekends.
Come and see the largest clay studio in the DC area, see our kilns and wheel rooms and hear about all the ways we are making District Clay a safe place to play with clay.
Sign up for a private tour here.
District Clay Covid Guidelines
Everyone Entering District Clay Must Supply Proof of Vaccination.
Masks are Currently Optional While Inside District Clay.
Go here for more information.
Everyone Entering District Clay Must Supply Proof of Vaccination.
Masks are Currently Optional While Inside District Clay.
Go here for more information.
Why Take a Pottery Class?
The Best Places to Take Ceramics Classes Across the US, Artsy, 6/2018 (District Clay made the list!)
94% of District Clay Students Give DCC a Good or Excellent rating, 1/2020
Local Company Changing the Pottery Scene, WUSA9 Feature on the District Clay Center: 8/18
District Clay Center Provides Holiday Shoppers with Pottery Bonanza, OnTap, 12/10/2019
Pottery is the new Pilates..., the New York Times, 11/2018
Creating Ceramics Can Help Combat Depression, Artsy, 9/2017
25 Reasons to Take a Pottery Class, Amaranth Stoneware, 7/2015
The Best Places to Take Ceramics Classes Across the US, Artsy, 6/2018 (District Clay made the list!)
94% of District Clay Students Give DCC a Good or Excellent rating, 1/2020
Local Company Changing the Pottery Scene, WUSA9 Feature on the District Clay Center: 8/18
District Clay Center Provides Holiday Shoppers with Pottery Bonanza, OnTap, 12/10/2019
Pottery is the new Pilates..., the New York Times, 11/2018
Creating Ceramics Can Help Combat Depression, Artsy, 9/2017
25 Reasons to Take a Pottery Class, Amaranth Stoneware, 7/2015
Where is the District Clay Center?
The District Clay Center is located at 2414 Douglas St NE in Washington DC on the first floor of the Off the Beaten Track Warehouse. We are minutes from Brookland, Union Market and Catholic U.
Our doors are on the left hand side of the building facing the street. Parking is available directly in front of the building.
Click here to contact us. Click here to join our mailing list.
Leave us a voicemail (301) 615-1434.
The District Clay Center is located at 2414 Douglas St NE in Washington DC on the first floor of the Off the Beaten Track Warehouse. We are minutes from Brookland, Union Market and Catholic U.
Our doors are on the left hand side of the building facing the street. Parking is available directly in front of the building.
Click here to contact us. Click here to join our mailing list.
Leave us a voicemail (301) 615-1434.
