Auburn Clay Arts Studio

Come visit us on the tour! We’ll be open November 10, 11, & 12 from 10 am to 5 pm. There will be live pottery demos and work for sale from our teachers and members. Hope to see you 🙌🏻

Workshop alert! This one is going to be fantastic 🎃. Check out our website (auburnclayarts.com) for more details.

Introducing Jen 🏺 Our newest teacher here at Auburn Clay Arts. We love the precision and originality of her work, as well as her warm demeanor and teaching style. She has years of experience with hand building both in the US and abroad. Her artwork is influenced by her life on the coast, her earth sciences career, and the cultural traditions of her family. You can find her in the studio on Fridays, and her 5-week course will be Friday mornings beginning 9/15. Check out our website for more information.

Excited to share our second annual Spring pottery sale - just in time for Mother’s Day. This year we will be featuring work from our talented students and teachers, as well as handmade candles from our friends at and block print art and attire from the incomparable Laurel at . If you’ve been curious about our community studio, it’s a great time to stop by and check us out! May 6th from 10-4.

Exciting news… we’re adding a new open studio session on Friday evenings from 6-9 PM starting this week! Studio members, current and recent students, and those who purchase studio time are welcome to drop by to work on throwing, hand building, glazing, or whatever currently piques your interest. Jennifer, our host, is an accomplished hand builder and a great person to bounce ideas around with! For more information about how to enjoy the studio, check out our website at auburnclayarts.com.

Workshop alert! ** This one is for current students and members only **. Join Taylor Jackson (White Crow Pottery) to hone your technique on some fundamental pottery skills. Three separate offerings are available, more info can be found on our website (link in bio) auburnclayarts.com.

This is a Ken appreciation post! Ken is our MVP studio tech who mixes most of the glazes we use, organizes stuff like this formerly frightening jumble of kiln furniture, and expertly loads and unloads both kilns. He’s also a great potter and the maker of the ever popular chicken mugs. Thanks Ken, don’t know what we’d do without you!

Have a lovely Thanksgiving, all!

We are out here at the Auburn Farmers Market this morning, come chat with us about the !

We are SO excited about this workshop! Folks have been clamoring for this material, and Robyn is a fantastic teacher. She will teach surface decoration techniques including mishima, sgraffito, underglaze work with stamps, stencils, and silkscreen, as well as watercolor painting with underglaze. We will be decorating green and bisqued clay, and students will take home tiles as well as a small decorated tray (will be ready for pickup approximately 1-2 weeks after workshop). Dates: 8/20 & 8/21, 1-4 PM. Cost: $120. See our website for more details- auburnclayarts.com.

We are thrilled to finally announce our new intermediate wheel class with Jon! This is for students with some experience on the wheel who want to take it to the next level. We will be building on skills learned in the beginning class, with a focus on throwing larger and more dimensional pots, lidded jars, teapots, etc. Check out our website for more details at auburnclayarts.com.

Who doesn’t love a good mug? Learn to make your own! No experience necessary. This course is filling up quick, but there are still 4 spots left as of this morning. More info on our website (auburnclayarts.com) and feel free to email or DM with questions 😊

Check out our website for more details - link in bio.
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Spring Workshop: Leaf Platters and Bowls with Pat Hall. This is a two-day workshop taking place at our studio on 5/22 and 6/5. Cost $80 per person, all materials provided. We will use freshly cut spring leaves as our templates for crafting platters or small bowls - use leaves from our gardens or bring your own! We will have an assortment of cone 6 glazes available, let your imagination be your guide. More information on our website at auburnclayarts.com.

Hey Jon, are you planning a tea party? 🫖 can we come?

Excited to share our first big studio purchase! A pug mill will allow us to recycle and reuse our clay, among other things. Our vision for the studio is to use local clay bodies for our courses and recycle 100% of our scraps 🍃 ♻️

There’s an Auburn Clay Arts course up for auction to support our local NorCal American Red Cross! As a registered nurse for more than a decade (and now a NP) this cause is close to my ❤️. Check it out at www.redcross.org/2022bash.

We have added an evening open studio session on Wednesdays from 6-9 pm, to accommodate folks who have a hard time making it to the studio during our daytime hours. Open studio time is for self-directed practice and is free for current students. We have open studio memberships and packages available as well for non-students. Please visit our website (auburnclayarts.com) for more information.

December students, come pick up your pots and say hi to Aurora 👋

This glaze load heading into the gas kiln is HEAVY on mugs ☕️ students, we love to see photos of your pieces at home, please tag us! ✨

Perfect motto for the aspiring potter ✨

Whew Black Betty is FULL 🔥 thanks to Robert (friend, potter, resident pyromaniac) and Aurora.

*NEW COURSES POSTED*
January and February wheel throwing classes are on the site - we have morning and evening classes available!

For $215, you get five weeks of instruction, unlimited studio sessions, 25 lbs of clay, and all firing and glazing included. 😊
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Auburn Clay Arts Studio updated their business hours.