A Handbuilding Party is for those who want to build, design and create a finished piece of pottery.
A Wheel Throwing Party is a fun filled (and challenging) adventure in working on the pottery wheel.
Fair warning: attending a pottery party may lead to a life-long avocation.
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Private Handbuilding Party
Our Handbuilding Parties are both fun and instructive. We design these parties so that each person goes on their own creative adventure. Participants start with slabs of leather hard clay and by the end of the session, they will each have designed, decorated and painted a small tray. In the process, they will earn all the basic handbuilding steps, including cutting, scoring, slipping and joining. They will also learn a number of decorative techniques using clay tools. Finally, they will get paint their piece using underglazes. District Clay will bisque fire the piece, give it a final clear glaze and glaze fire it. The final work will be ready for pick-up four weeks after the event. Please fill out this brief questionnaire and our Private Party Manager, Jon Kerr, will get back to you shortly. A copy of this questionaire will be sent you. To schedule a Private Handbuilding Party, please fill out this quick questionnaire. Basic Info:
Cost: $75 per person; 6 to 12 participants. All ages. What it includes: 2 1/2 hours of fun creating a piece out of clay. Instruction by a DCC teacher, clay, underglaze and glazes, tools and bisque and glaze firing provided. Also a full studio tour including our gallery, work rooms and kiln areas. Each person will take home one handbuilt piece. Beer, wine, water and some crackers also included. What we need: We need a 50% deposit to hold your event with any remaining amounts due at the beginning of the event. What you bring: A small towel or apron. Important: We can refund 100% of the deposit if you give us at least 48 hours notice that you cannot make a date. Under 48 hours notice, we can only be able to refund 50% of your deposit. Also, let us know if the number in your party changes. Because these events require set up time, any changes have to be received 24 hours before the event starts so that you can avoid being charged for people that don't attend. |
Private Wheel Throwing Party
Celebrate a birthday, anniversary, holiday or friends getting together to try their hands dirty at the pottery wheel. These are fun, laugh-filled and muddy events for members of your party. Working on the pottery wheel is fun . . . and challenging. It requires hand to eye coordination, careful placement of your hands and firm control over a rapidly spinning wheel. Don't expect to make a perfect pot your first . . . or tenth time. But you will be thrilled when you cause a cylinder to rise out of a solid lump of clay using your own two hands. A rare few may even experience FLOW. Because you will be working with wet clay, there is nothing to take home except fun memories*. To schedule a Private Wheel Party, please fill out this quick questionnaire. Basic Info:
Cost: $65 per person; 6 to 26 participants. Ten years old and above. What it includes: 2 1/2 hours of fun on the pottery wheel. Instruction by a DCC teacher, clay and tools provided. Also a full studio tour including our gallery, wheel room and kiln areas. Beer, wine, water and some crackers also included. What we need: We need a 50% deposit to hold your event with any remaining amounts due at the beginning of the event. What you need to bring: a small towel or apron. Important: We can refund 100% of the deposit if you give us at least 48 hours notice that you cannot make a date. Under 48 hours notice, we can only be able to refund 50% of your deposit. Also, let us know if the number in your party changes. Because these events require set up time, any changes have to be received 24 hours before the event starts so that you can avoid being charged for people that don't attend. *If you wish District Clay to trim, bisque fire, glaze and glaze fire you piece, there is an additional $10/person charge. |
