Pottery classes for adults and kids in NYC
ages 7 and up
January 10–March 7
Tuesdays, 4–5:15pm
8 weeks, $400
Pinch, roll, coil, or flatten to make functional or sculptural pieces. The children will learn the basic hand building techniques with enough guidance to inspire his or her unique creativity. Project ideas are presented by the teacher at each class, but are open-ended, always keeping the children's individual interests in mind.
This will be a three-part series:
Two free 30 minute (with time afterwards for questions) online lectures on October 11 and October 18 at 12:30pm.
In-person workshop at Mud Matters on Sunday, October 30 from 12:30–4:30 pm.
A one-day intensive workshop with Jesse Pape
Monday, October 10, 2022
11:30AM–4:30PM · Cost: $175
Break out of your comfort zone and bump up your throwing skill in this one-day intensive workshop. Join a small group of experienced wheel throwers for a series of challenging throwing exercises that will improve your mastery on the potter’s wheel.
Taught by Isabella Jansen
For ages 7–12
Tuesdays, 4–5:15pm
Sept 20–Dec 6 (12 weeks)
Cost: $600 (includes material and firing fees)
Pinch, roll, coil, or flatten to make functional or sculptural pieces. The children will learn the basic hand building techniques with enough guidance to inspire his or her unique creativity. Project ideas are presented by the teacher at each class, but are open-ended, always keeping the children's individual interests in mind.
Two-hour introductory workshops in both Hand Building and Wheel will be taking place on Saturday, April 23.
A two-part workshop at Mud Matters on Wednesday, March 16 and Wednesday, March 30 • 2–5 pm.
Join Barbara Stone in examining ways to enhance the mugs you make. The first session will focus on the form itself and the second, two weeks later, will examine trimming, decoration, and handle making.
Basic throwing skills required. Greenware pieces can be taken home. If you want your pieces bisque fired at Mud Matters, we will charge 5 cents per cubic inch/piece. Bisqued pieces will be ready for pick up about 2–4 weeks later.
$150 for both sessions
Please join us for an examination of the history, meaning and making of Japanese Tea Bowls (Chawans). These classic shapes are the centerpiece of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Their shape and aesthetic has accompanied the evolution of Japanese ceramics for centuries and have later had a strong impact on many American potters.
This will be a three-part series:
Two free 30 minute (with time afterwards for questions) online lectures February 18 and February 22 at 12:30pm.
The in-person workshop will be on March 9th from 12:30–4:30 pm.
The online lectures and workshop will be led by Nessim Cohen, a ceramist and art critic specializing in the history of Japanese ceramics, tea wares, and tea ceremony.
The first lecture, on Friday, February 18th, 12:30pm, will be about the origin of the tea bowl (chawan) and the Raku family, the first dynasty of ceramists dedicated to the making of chawans for the Japanese tea ceremony.
The second lecture, on Tuesday, February 22nd, 12:30pm, will be about Wabisabi, the philosophy and aesthetic movement behind the technique of making raku tea bowls.
On March 9th, Nessim will be teaching the art of creating ceramic tea bowls. An accomplished ceramicist, he will demonstrate and describe several traditional approaches to hand building these classic forms before assisting the participants in making their own tea bowls. ($100/participants. $15/piece for us to bisque fire).
While one session will follow logically from the one or ones before, you need not sign up for all.
We invite you to join us and discover how to make your own teabowls.
Register for Workshop at Mud Matters to Create Chawans on March 9
After much consideration, we have decided to push the re-opening of Mud Matters back by 3 weeks.
This decision was not an easy one as we know that all of us have been looking forward to the pleasure and creative outlet of working with clay. The rising COVID infection rates have had numerous implications for our business planning and activity. We feel it is a safer and wiser decision to put off our reopening and will contribute to a stronger business in the long run.
All course dates have been shifted by 3 weeks and the schedule will begin with our first course starting on Monday, February 7. We are postponing our Pottery Boot Camp to Monday, February 21.
We are looking forward to greeting you at the studio in a short while.
Best wishes,
Julie and Peggy
Co-Owners
