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Water Caraffe
with Christine
Water Carafe Workshop with Christine
Saturday, May 30, 10:30 AM to 2 PM (includes a half hour lunch break in the courtyard with live music)
Member Price $99, Non Members $115
All materials included
No experience necessary
Join pottery artist Christine Schwandt for an engaging, hands on ceramic workshop open to all skill levels. In this class, you will create a beautiful bedside water carafe with a matching cup using slab building techniques.
Working from flat slabs of clay, students will learn how to shape, assemble, and refine their pieces into functional forms. Christine will guide you through each step of the process, demonstrating how to create clean lines, strong construction, and thoughtful design while encouraging your own creative expression.
This session focuses on slab building skills, giving you the tools to create both practical and artistic ceramic work. All materials are provided.
Once completed, Christine will handle the firing and glazing, resulting in a finished set that is both durable and ready to use. 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.
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