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• Pottery: Holiday Mugs

  • Start
    11/12/2024
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  • End
    12/03/2024
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    112 Quality Lane
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  Holiday Mugs

  Come get yourself into the holiday spirit by making some festive mugs! We will employ several techniques to create some beautiful mugs. These will be fantastic gifts for the season (gifts for yourself or gifts for others!)

  This class is appropriate for all skill levels. We will provide hand building instruction and teach all participants to use the slab roller and extruder. We will also offer a wheel component to anyone who wants to try it out. This class includes 2 build days and 1 glazing session. Tentative pickup day will be Saturday, December 7th from 10AM-12PM. 

  Dates:

  Tuesday November 12th: 5:30PM-7:30PM

  Tuesday November 19th: 5:30PM-7:30PM

  Tuesday December 3rd: 5:30PM-7:30PM

  Instructors: Caitlin and Tiffany

  
  

  Member Cost: $125

  Not Yet Member Cost: $150

  
  

  
  

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• Teen Pottery Club: Volume 1

  • Start
    12/01/2024
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  • End
    12/22/2024
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    112 Quality Lane
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  Teen Pottery Club: Volume 1

  Come join us for some continuing pottery education! This class is designed to be a continuation of previous pottery classes offered at the MINT. Some experience/ enrollment in previous courses is required. This course is open to students aged 12-15 who have an interest in expanding their pottery experience. This is the first of 4 sessions that will all focus on mastering fundamental principles of pottery. In this first session we will be focused on creating beautiful one-of-a-kind gifts out of clay for this holiday season.

  Date	Program Theme	Learning Objectives
  December 1st  9:30AM-11:30AM	Holiday Gifts	Students will receive some instruction on the wheel. This can be an introduction or re-introduction. We will discuss centering, thickness, drying and several other pottery principles.
  December 8th 9:30AM-11:30AM	Holiday Gifts	Students will trim their pieces from the previous week on the wheel. Students will learn some fundamentals of handbuilding and make some ornaments and/or candle sconces.
  December 15th 9:30AM-11:30AM	Holiday Gifts	Students will learn about the fundamentals of glazing pottery and glaze all of their work from previous classes.
  December 22nd 9:30AM-11:30AM	Holiday Gifts	Students will pick up their finished pieces. We will make some wrapping paper and have a gift-wrapping station for finished items. A celebration with light refreshments will take place after gift wrapping.

  
  

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• Beginner's Pottery on the Wheel

  • Start
    12/02/2024
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  • End
    12/16/2024
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    112 Quality Lane
  • Spaces left
    3

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  Beginner's Pottery on the Wheel:

  This 4-session class is designed for first time wheel users, who want to learn a new skill.

  In this class, we will learn:

  -how to work with a potter's wheel

  -how to center your clay

  -how to throw a basic form

  -How to trim your piece on the wheel

  -how to glaze your piece

  
  

  Dates:

  Dec. 2nd, 4th, 9th and 16th: 5:30-7:30

  Registration Fee:

  Members: $175

  Not Yet Members: $200

  
  

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• POTTERY: Fundamentals of Handbuilding

  • Start
    01/07/2025
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  • End
    02/11/2025
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    The MINT, 112 Quality Lane, Rutland
  • Spaces left
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  POTTERY: Fundamentals of Handbuilding

  Come join us for a comprehensive introduction (or re-introduction) to the world of pottery! We will cover pinch pot, coils, and slab techniques and create several unique projects along the way! We will also explore tools and texture and learn how to glaze your pieces.

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  January 7th: Pinch Pot Projects

  January 14th: Coils

  January 21st: Beads and Buttons

  January 28th: Project work/ Begin Glazing

  February 11th: Glazing

  5:30PM-7:30PM @ 112 Quality Lane

  
  

  Instructors: Tiffany and Caitlin

  MINT member fee $175

  Not-yet Member fee $200

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• The Wheel for Beginners

  • Start
    01/08/2025
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  • End
    01/22/2025
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    112 Quality Lane
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  The Wheel For Beginners:

  This class is designed for first time wheel users, who want to learn a new skill.

  In this class, we will learn:

  -how to work with a potter's wheel

  -how to center your clay

  -how to throw a basic form

  -How to trim your piece on the wheel

  -how to glaze your piece

  
  

  Dates:

  January 8th, 15th and 22nd 5:30PM-7:30PM

  
  

  Registration Fee:

  Members: $130

  Not Yet Members: $150

  
  

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• Teen Pottery Club: Volume 2

  • Start
    01/12/2025
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  • End
    02/02/2025
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    112 Quality Lane
  • Spaces left
    4

  
  

  Teen Pottery Club: Volume 1

  Come join us for some continuing pottery education! This class is designed to be a continuation of previous pottery classes offered at the MINT. Some experience/ enrollment in previous courses is required. This course is open to students aged 12-15 who have an interest in expanding their pottery experience. This is the second of 4 sessions that will all focus on mastering fundamental principles of pottery. In this session we will be focused on creating mugs using several different methods and techniques.

  Date	Program Theme	Learning Objectives
  January	Focus on mugs	Students will learn or re-learn the fundamentals of the wheel. We will focus on safe operating habits, centering the clay, appropriate thickness/ drying and throwing a basic cylinder.
  January	Focus on mugs	Students will learn when and how to trim their pottery on the wheel, how to dry pieces to prevent cracking and how to pull and attach handles to leather hard clay. Students will also learn how to roll a slab and construct a pinch pot.
  January	Focus on mugs	Students will learn how to glaze their pottery. We will cover principles of both brush and dip glazes as well as the basics of glaze layering.
  January	Focus on mugs	Students will get to see a kiln being unloaded and be introduced to kiln safety practices and operation. Students will have the opportunity to learn about different kinds of tea from a special guest, and the program will be rounded out with a “tea party” in the handmade mugs.

  
  

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• Teen Pottery Club: Volume 3

  • Start
    03/02/2025
  • End
    03/23/2025
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    112 Quality Lane
  • Spaces left
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  Teen Pottery Club: Volume 3

  Come join us for some continuing pottery education! This class is designed to be a continuation of previous pottery classes offered at the MINT. Some experience/ enrollment in previous courses is required. This course is open to students aged 12-15 who have an interest in expanding their pottery experience. This is the third of 4 sessions that will all focus on mastering fundamental principles of pottery. In this session we will be focused on creating unique decor and jewelry. We will also take a deeper look into glazing strategies

  Date	Program Theme	Learning Objectives
  March	Jewelry and Decor	Students will learn or re-learn the fundamentals of the wheel. We will focus on safe operating habits, centering the clay, appropriate thickness/ drying and throwing a basic cylinder.
  March	Jewelry and Decor	Students will learn to trim their bells on the wheel. They will also be introduced to carving and slip trailing techniques to decorate their pieces. Students will learn some methods for making beads and pendants out out clay
  March	Jewelry and Decor	Students will learn principles of dip and brush glazing. Different firing techniques such as bead trees and stilts will be introduced as a function of glazing
  March	Jewelry and Decor	Students will get their fired components and learn to assemble their bells and jewelry. They will learn some basics of wire wrapping as well as some design fundamentals.

  
  

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