Higher Fire Clayspace & Gallery

Join us for a reception & artist talk (open to the public) with Jennifer McCurdy, Friday April 24th from 6:30-8pm! This is a kickoff to her back-to-back workshops JTown Clay. We’re excited to have a gallery filled with Jen's wonderful, highly-detailed and delicate porcelain vessels. We’ll have beverages and light refreshments starting at 6:30pm and Jen’s talk begins around 7pm. She will also have work available for purchase. Hope to see you there!

Join us Thursday, Mar 5, 6:30-8:30pm for happy hour & artist talk with Samuel Newman . Sam shows his latest soda-fired pieces, and offers a visual journey of his life as a ceramic artist. Happy hour begins at 6:30pm, and artist presentation starts 7pm. We’re delighted to host Sam for a 4-day soda-firing & pottery wheel workshop this weekend, 520 N 7th St. San Jose, CA 95112.

Join us for the 6th Annual San José Day - SAT APRIL 6, 12PM - 6PM
in Japantown neighborhood, 520 N 7th Street San Jose, CA 95112 🌞 Come experience the heart and soul of San José through live music and dance performances, art displays, and fabulous food. Discover the hustle and creativity of San José through our local vendor fair of over 70 makers, artists, and family-friendly activities! Check out JTown Clay with ceramic art from 20+ studio members, big pot-making demo by , and much more...!

Ready to enroll! COOL workshop-style classes for March-April -- HigherFireStudios.com/classes/
- DIY Die-Cutter Designs with Stacie (Wed PM)
Learn how to use a die-cutter printer to make your own stencils/friskets and decorate pieces with underglazes & slips
- Dart & Slab Bonanza with Lynn Wood (Tues AM)
Students hand-build with templates developed by Lynn, adding texture to slabs and making a variety of projects: unique vases, boxes, cups and more!
- Sculpture with Jake Miller (Thurs AM)
Beginners welcome! Students learn to sculpt a torso using a solid sculpture technique. Pieces are formed using a solid mass of clay which we then hollow out before firing. We are working from the hips to the head!
- Adv-Beginner Wheel Boot-Camp with Jonathan (Fri PM)
Each week, start with throwing exercises using studio clay. Learn to handle larger amounts of clay while exploring classic repertoire of forms: bigger bowls, taller pitchers & vases, lidded forms, mugs with pulled handles, and 2-part vessels!
All project classes include unlimited open studio time and an amazing selection of cone 10 glazes.
HigherFireStudios.com/classes/

Lovely new pieces from our downtown studio kilns! Join us for fall classes starting Oct 28. Enroll now for beginner wheel, intermediate wheel, or hand-building projects -- get your DIY on for holiday gift making!! higherfirestudios.com/classes

A sneak peak...lots of great tumblers & shot-glasses made by HF members & staff for the Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE, ) annual golf tournament & fundraiser. All proceeds go to PACE! These beauties will be displayed & sold at the Higher Fire beverage booth at Cinnabar Hills Golf Club, this Friday, Sept 22. More items coming as kilns are fired & unloaded this week...!

Want to donate to PACE? Here's a link:

https://www.pacificautism.org/donate/donate-online/

Cheers! Members & staff created AMAZING tumblers, mugs, and shot-glasses for the Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE, @pacificautismce ) annual golf tournament & fundraiser. All proceeds go to PACE! These beauties will be displayed & sold at the Higher Fire beverage booth at Cinnabar Hills Golf Club, this Friday, Sept 22. Want to donate to PACE? Here's a link: https://www.pacificautism.org/donate/donate-online/ #pacificautismce #higherfire #higherfirestudios #madeinsanjose #dtsj #sofadistrict #higherfire_sj #higherfireclayspace #downtownsanjose #ceramicstudio #ceramicart #pottery #potterystudio #whiskeycup #clay #clayart #bayareaartist #reduction #scm #glazelove #mugshot #cinnabarhillsgolfclub #shotglass

Workshop Alert!!!

Animal Inspired Rhytons by Jonathan Huang
Oct 21st / Oct 22nd


Registration will open on Sept 1st!

Kissed by the kiln... lots of great pieces created by members unloaded from latest c10 oxidation firing - wow!!

TONIGHT, TONIGHT! See you at STREET MRKT festival, Friday Aug 4, 5pm-10pm in the SoFA District. Higher Fire's popup store will be on South 1st Street. Come enjoy all the artisan-maker booths, dinner out, and fabulous people & pottery (of course!)
Featured studio artists: Anju Goel, Anthony Madrigal, Carla Ionita, Cindy Lau, Inga Bely, Keith Ren, Marilyn Becker, Marisa Avila, Paige Reimer, Sally Duke.

South FIRST FRIDAYS presents the 14th Annual SubZERO Festival! Higher Fire's pop-up exhibit will be on South 1st between William and San Salvador, with clay demonstrations by our usual gang of mud-slingers, plus loads of pottery for sale!

SubZERO is a DIY, artistically bent, hi/lo-techno mashup where street meets geek (www.subzerofestival.org) Come downtown June 2nd & 3rd to San Jose's SoFA District from 5pm 'til 11pm for an inspired evening of arts & culture. In addition to the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk you'll find outdoor stages of entertainment plus artists, performers & musicians celebrating the indie creative spirit!

FRIDAY JUNE 2nd & SATURDAY JUNE 3rd, 2022 from 5pm-11pm
SoFA district in downtown San Jose
(on South First Street between San Carlos & Reed Streets)

Pictured work by artists Jake Miller, Carla Ionita, Maya Rao, and Zoe Zandbergen.