Early Bird Discount of $10!  Use promo code “Halloween” at checkout. Valid through 6:00pm, Wednesday Oct 22.

Saturday, October 25, 2024 

9 am – 1:00 pm 

Ages 9+ years (Students under 9 years of age welcome if accompanied by parent.) 

Maximum of 8 per class session       Min 3 students

Just in time for Halloween!! Join instructor Susan Thiel to design and create your own “Monster” plant using polymer clay, clay pots, plastic plant bases, and wool roving. 

Students will learn the basics of working with polymer clay and how to make a plant base from wool roving and wire.  Then each student will design and create a unique plant from a variety of materials. 

All materials are provided.

(Additional section for Wait List students will be created from 1:00-5:00.)

Disclaimers:   

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions. 

Nov 29     10-11:30

Max 8

Painting rocks is all the rage! 

Come and enjoy some time painting rocks on a Saturday morning.  Registrants can make rocks into unique and beautiful Holiday decorations!

Before class be sure to check out ideas on Pinterest by searching Rock Painting!

Bring your friends and join the fun on Saturday, March 8.

All materials provided. (Including a snack!) 

Use the PROMO CODE sent to Grayling students by the school to reduce the cost.  Enter it on the final payment page in the upper right.  Contact the school or the Artisan Village Gallery.

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.

Series: Three classes - nine hours

Dates: Thursdays on Feb 12th, Feb 26th and March 12

Time: 4:30-7:30pm

Ages: 9-14     

Instructors: Terry Dickinson, Patrick Ertel & Kellie Carpenter

Class Size: Max 5 students/Min 3 students

All supplies and materials included

Ausable Artisan Village members may use their membership promo code at checkout. If you need help with that, contact AAV.

Class Description:

Join in the fun as students engage in the 3D art of creating with stoneware clay.  Terry Dickinson, Patrick Ertel and Kellie Carpenter experienced pottery teachers, will guide students as they develop hands-on knowledge, experience and skills with stoneware clay. Each class will build on the skills presented in the previous classes.  

Ceramic Clay:

Working with ceramic clay is a fun, educational process where children develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, focus, and creativity by shaping clay into unique forms.

Ceramic clay, which is a natural material that hardens by drying in the air then firing in a kiln, while polymer clay is a plastic-based, man-made modeling material that requires baking in a home oven to become hard and durable.

Class 1: Overview & Handbuilding with Clay

Students will learn the fundamentals of working with ceramic clay. Techniques such as slab rolling, stamping, cutting, scoring, and slip/joining to create tiles, pinch pots, figurines, decorative wall art. Projects are only limited by the imagination!

Class 2: Potter's Wheel

Join us for some muddy fun as we learn how to throw clay on the pottery wheel. Maybe a mug? Maybe a bowl? Maybe just a mess!

This class is more about learning how the clay, the wheel and the potter interact. Students will learn the basics of securing the ball of clay to the wheel, centering and opening, and pulling to a desired shape.

Class 3: Glaze Day

On the last day of Clay Club, students will finish their clay creations by glazing their work. Each student will use colorful glazes, called “underglazes” to decorate their pottery. Students may use a variety of different techniques, such as painting, using stencils, or fine details with squirt bottles to create their unique designs.

Class Disclaimers:

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.