Wesleyan Potters - Wesleyan Potters is a non-profit cooperative guild founded in 1948 to promote the learning and development of skills in crafts, located in Middletown, Connecticut. Classes are held year-round with lectures, exhibits, demonstrations and films scheduled as special events with visiting craftsmen conducting workshops and artists' critiques. Qualified teachers give classes in our well-equiped studios. Middletown, Connecticut, art, crafts, lectures, exhibits, demonstrations, craftsmen, workshops, artists, critiques, clay, kiln, raku, studio, throwing, pottery, classes, arts and crafts.



EVENTS & NEWS Register for 2012 SUMMER CLASSES Look at the new schedule on the registration form. Downloads: Scholarship Application Craftspeople in Sale May 12, 2012 Spring Festival & Sale June 1, 2012 Bowlapalooza! May 2 - June 17 “Celebrations” June 20 -July 22 “Faculty Show” July 25 - August 12 “Student Show”

HOME : WORKSHOPS

There are a variety of workshops given at Wesleyan Potters throughout the year. You may sign up for one by calling our office during office hours, also each class links to a class sign up form, that you may print and mail in to us.

Workshops in Ceramics

• August 18 & 19
  2 Days/ 4 Potters
  Hayne Bayless, Kate Hull,
  Alison Palmer and Matthew Tell

Weaving/Basketry

• July 11
Dye Workshop
with Charlene Schurch

Workshops in Jewelry

• September 8 & 9
Tube Bezel Setting
with Joy Raskin

2 Days/ 4 Potters
Hayne Bayless, Kate Hull, Alison Palmer and Matthew Tell

Expand your experience with clay and give it a new twist! Morning and afternoon sessions, four in total will address ways to incorporate innovative extrusion and handbuilding and wheel throwing techniques to create both functional and sculptural ceramics. This two day event is a round robin of demonstrations and an opportunity to ask questions.

Hayne Bayless - Making a functional teapot using slab and extruded elements. Slip printing with stencils will be covered, as well as making a functional hinge for the teapot lid.

Kate Hull - Porcelain dinnerware using various slab-rolling techniques. Use of specially designed press molds as well as finishing techniques will be demonstrated.

Alison Palmer - Functional and sculptural, going beyond the wheel. How to incorporate animal images into your work.

Matthew Tell - Wheel, slab and extrusion techniques with an emphasis on organic form.

2 Days/ 4 Potters
Pottery Workshop: Sec. P101. 
2 sessions; Saturday & Sunday
August 18 & 19
9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Tuition: $110.00

Dye Workshop
Charlene Schurch

Explore a new and exciting way to dye warp or weft or both. This technique can also be used for knitting yarn, especially for socks. We will dye a machine knitted piece of fabric. unravel the piece and use it for weaving or knitting. Painting the machine knit fabric allows for interesting color gradations that are not easy to achieve in other ways. We will be using fingering weight sock yarn, so a scarf or shawl would be a good choice for a woven project- or socks.

Dye Workshop
Weaving: Sec. W101. Charlene Schurch
1 session; Wednesday
July 11
10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Tuition: $50.00
Materials fee: $25.00

Tube Bezel Setting
with Joy Raskin

Tubesetting is a tubular bezel setting ideally suited for setting faceted stones. We will use commercially made tube bezels, make our own from thick-wall and thin-wall tubing, and custon make one from bezel strip or thin sheet metal for oddly shaped stones. We will also learn flush setting with smaller sized stones to create a seamless look. Modifications on various flush settings and tube bezels will be discussed. Basic metalsmithing or jewelry skills are necessary for this workshop. The instructor will provide a limited amount of sterling tubing, bezel strip, sheet metal and small gemstones for setting.

Tube Bezel Setting
Jewelry: Sec. J101. Joy Raskin
2 sessions; Saturday & Sunday
September 8 & 9
9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tuition: $160.00
Materials available through instructor