About this Event
Address: 1003 Louise Ave Suite A, Charlotte, NC 28205.
Class dates:
November 16, 23, 30
December 7, 14, 21
Create your own handcrafted ceramic matcha tea set!
Discover the beauty of functional pottery in this six-week intermediate workshop inspired by the Japanese matcha tea ritual.
Designed for students with basic wheel-throwing experience, this hands-on workshop takes your pottery skills beyond the basics as you create a coordinated collection of ceramics for preparing, serving, and enjoying matcha.
Throughout the six weeks, you’ll explore new throwing techniques, refine your forms, and experiment with thoughtful details that make handmade pottery both beautiful and functional.
What You’ll Create
Week 1: Matcha Bowls (Chawan)
Explore the art of throwing matcha bowls, focusing on graceful curves, comfortable rims, and balanced proportions.
Week 2: Bamboo Whisk Holders
Create a ceramic whisk holder designed to support and preserve the shape of a traditional bamboo matcha whisk. You’ll also trim and refine your matcha bowls.
Week 3: Lidded Matcha Jars
Learn techniques for throwing small covered vessels, including creating galleries, measuring with calipers, and fitting lids.
Week 4: Japanese Pouring Bowls (Katakuchi)
Explore altered forms as you create elegant pouring vessels with carefully shaped spouts. You’ll also begin your wheel-thrown serving tray.
Week 5: Matcha Serving Trays & Finishing Touches
Trim and refine your serving tray, explore softly scalloped rims, and complete the finishing details on your ceramic collection.
Week 6: Glaze Night!
Bring your collection together with beautiful glaze combinations. Explore color, texture, and surface design as you prepare your pieces for their final firing.
What’s Included
Your registration includes:
- Six 2.5-hour instructor-led classes
- Clay for your workshop projects
- Use of pottery wheels and studio tools
- Studio glazes
- Bisque and glaze firing for up to10 finished ceramic pieces
- Hands-on demonstrations and individualized instruction
Prerequisites
This workshop is designed for students who have previous pottery wheel experience and are comfortable centering clay and pulling walls. It is not intended for first-time beginners.
What to Expect
Enjoy a relaxed, creative studio environment with demonstrations, individualized guidance, and plenty of hands-on practice.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll have created your own coordinated collection of ceramic pieces designed to make your daily matcha ritual a little more special.
Finished pottery will be available for pickup after the final glaze firing. Pickup details will be provided during class.
Please Note:Promotional images are illustrations intended to represent the style and types of pottery projects taught in this workshop. Actual student creations will vary in shape, color, glaze, style and design.
Join us for six weeks of creativity, craftsmanship, and the joy of making something beautiful with your own hands!
Enrolled students will have access to the studio at any time to work on their ceramic projects as long as there is a member present to let them in.
Students will be working with stoneware clay and glazes. They are the same materials used in the production of high-fired stoneware which is fired to 2118 to 2165 degrees Fahrenheit, resulting in pieces that are all food, microwave, dishwasher, and oven safe.
The class fee includes all the tools and materials (including up to 25-lb of clay), shelf storage and the ability to fire 10 finished pieces. Additional pieces may be fired at the usual studio rate based on the size of the object.
IMPORTANT: Class is open to ages 16 and up.
Please wear appropriate clothing for getting clay on, trim your fingernails, tie back long hair and remove any hand accessories. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that participants bring a towel to drape across their lap.
Pottery pieces not picked after 30 days will be discarded.
Refund Policy:
- Transfers to another class follow the same refund rules as your original date.
- 14+ days before the first class: Full refund.
- 7–13 days before the first class: Refund minus a 50% administrative fee.
- Fewer than 7 days before the first class: No refunds.
- Seat transfer: If you find a replacement who pays for and takes your seat before the first class begins, you are eligible for a full refund.
To cancel or request a transfer, please email [email protected]. For general questions, you’re welcome to visit MakerSpaceCharlotte on Wednesdays at 6:30 PM. For urgent, time-sensitive issues with your reservation, contact Steve at (704) 353-3300.
Pottery pieces not picked up after 30 days will be discarded.
Class may be canceled due to low enrollment in which case a full refund will be issued.
Cancellation Policy:
MakerSpace reserves the right to cancel any class with insufficient enrollment. If a class is canceled by MakerSpace, fees are 100% refundable.
The Instructor:
Hope Thomas
https://www.instagram.com/riverstonepottery/
Event venue & nearby stays
MakerSpace Charlotte, 1003 Louise Ave, Charlotte, United States
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