Ponderosa Pottery

Anyone like iced tea? Our new cold tea/lemonade set features 4 small cups, 4 small spoons with an accompanying rest, and a honey/sugar cup with a basket-weaved handle. The large pitcher, also adorned with a basket-weaved handle, adds a touch of rustic elegance to your table. Sip in style and make every moment special. Handmade in Kalispell, MT 🍵✨ 🍋

Each wheel thrown vase is uniquely crafted with no two ever the same. All three are now for sale at 415 S. Main St in Kalispell.

We will be at the Arts in the Park event that’s coming up soon! We are offering a free handbuilding activity of either making a Montana state ornament or a pendant. Small fee of $7.50 if participants want to have their piece(s) glazed and fired. We will also have a couple of WHEELS available to those who want to try to throw some clay! Hockaday Museum’s Arts in the Park is the Flathead Valley’s longest running, premier arts, crafts and music festival held in Kalispell’s historic downtown Depot Park. Stroll through the festivals’ over 80 juried artists and artisans booths from around the country offering one-of a kind, quality handmade paintings, jewelry, ceramics, housewares, and more for sale. Location: Depot Park, Main Street, Kalispell MT 59901. Admission fee. July 12-13 from 10-6 and July 14 from 10-4.

Come learn how to throw! Beginner wheel throwing classes are $150 for 5 classes, 1 hour each and focuses on:
*Centering
*Flat pieces - Making plates, spoon rests, wall plaques, etc
*Throwing bowls - Focusing on wall/base evenness
*Glazing-Learn the basics

We now have an intermediate adult class now open! In this class, we will focus on:
*Getting Height
*Making Lids- Such as for cups, urns, honey pots, butter bells, etc.
*Throwing with Consistency -Making sets
*Glaze Chemistry - On the first day, we will experiment with different glaze combinations on test tiles. The tiles will be fired so you can see what the glazes look like before glazing the pieces you’ve made.
1.5 hours per class, 5 classes, $175
-This class is appropriate for anyone with some experience on the wheel and can center fairly well.

Ponderosa Pottery New Beginner and Intermediate Classes Now Available: Click here for more info! Click here to view All Classes and Workshops Wheel throwing lessons: 5-week sessions, one time per week for: kids, homeschoolers, teens, adults, & seniors. Lessons will give an in-depth look at the pottery making

Finally had a second to sit down and enjoy a hot cocoa bomb from a recently made mug ☕️ while checking out all the creative pots people in the studio are making. Thanks for the treats, Ginger (@ Moonlight Bakes Bakery)!

Lovin’ this pink glaze! It’s a new one for us. Open studio members and those who’ve registered for the 5-week classes are welcome to use it while it lasts!🩷💕🩷

Ponderosa Pottery New classes now open for registration! Click on the links to the left for more info about lessons, workshops, and special events! First Annual Flathead Pottery Challenge! 3 events and the winner for each group will take home a monetary prize - click here for more info Click here to view All

Just received our first adaptive mug order! I’m looking forward to consulting with this customer to see what their requests are.

These pieces can be made to fit people’s needs with differing abilities. If a large handle, two handles, a straw holder, a wide base, etc., are needed, we will try our best to create a piece adapted to meet specific needs.

These orders are a part of the "Teresa's Mission" line of pottery that we created. The goal is to save 50% of funds from this line to donate to a local high school senior with disabilities for their independent living or continued education.

Custom order of 8 plates ~ Done! For anyone who knows me, I don’t like making plates…maybe it’s the real estate they take up in the kiln, or how I have to constantly monitor them for even drying…or maybe because I do all this work to just pull them from the kiln only to find out they warped slightly and don’t sit flat on a surface. We’re also starting to burst at the seams at the studio for space and again, they take up a lot of space. Possibly all of the above but here we are and regardless, I am excited for their buyer to pick them up. I’ll prob need 6 months or so before I take on another custom order for plates though!

Anyone need a mortar and pestle? Lots of texture, unglazed, and it is vitrified which makes it food safe. Available at 415 S. Main St in Kalispell, MT.

These were so much fun to make! We wanted to make them bright and colorful! 💛💚💙💜🤍🧡Straw cups available at 415 S. Main St in Kalispell

Spots are filling up! 1 spot left in the 9/21 adult class, 3 left in the kids class starting 9/22 and three spots left in the adult class starting on 9/28! Sign-up online www.ponderosapottery.com or call us at (406)250-0534