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Form & Flame: A Ceramic Candle Holder Workshop
with Christine Schwandt
Form & Flame: A Ceramic Candle Holder Workshop with Christine
Saturday, February 28
10:30 AM to 2 PM (Includes a half hour lunch break in the courtyard with live music)
12 students, Member Price $103, Non Members $115
All materials included
No experience necessary
Join pottery artist Christine Schwandt for an engaging, hands-on ceramic candle holder workshop designed for all skill levels. Christine will guide participants in shaping clay by hand to create a functional and sculptural candle holder.
Beginning with a simple lump of clay, students will learn how to form, refine, and personalize their piece. Christine will demonstrate ways to add texture, shape details, and explore form, encouraging each participant’s individual creative approach. All materials are provided.
Once completed, Christine will handle the firing and glazing, resulting in a finished candle holder that is both beautiful and durable. Completed pieces will be available for later pick-up.
Come ready to create in a supportive, inspiring environment and enjoy a memorable pottery experience.
Please bring a sack lunch.
Artists Biography
Christine Schwandt is a ceramic artist whose creative path began when her teaching career led her into the ceramics studio. This experience ignited a deeper exploration of the medium and continues to shape the evolution of her artistic practice. Working primarily with stoneware clay, Christine creates wheel-thrown forms inspired by the simplicity and functionality of Scandinavian design, a movement known for its clean lines, purposeful minimalism, and focus on everyday beauty.
Christine is drawn to making utilitarian objects that bring quiet elegance to daily life. The deliberate pace of pottery offers her a grounding counterbalance to a fast moving world, allowing each vessel to become both a meditative act and a canvas for design. She is especially interested in working creatively within constraints, often using a single visual element such as a repeated shape or line to build striking and graphic patterns across her forms.
Her work reflects a thoughtful balance of form, function, and visual rhythm, inviting viewers to appreciate the harmony found in simplicity.