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Beginning Hand Building Vessels: Exploring Textures & Gestures

Adults

This skill-focused introduction to handbuilding explores the fundamentals of creating clay vessels. Students will learn the material qualities of clay while developing a visual vocabulary through form, texture, and gesture. Through guided exercises and experimentation, you’ll create a series of expressive, handbuilt pieces.

Tuition includes guaranteed access to 3 Ceramics Open Studio sessions per registered class. Ceramics Open Studio is an opportunity to practice skills outside class. A sign up sheet will be available when class starts.

Given the complexities of firing, we cannot guarantee student work will be fired in the order in which it was received. Students will be emailed each time the kiln has been fired and unloaded. Because of limited space we can only hold onto finished pieces for three (3) weeks and will discard any unclaimed pieces after the posted date.

May 18–Jun 29 (Mon) 1:30 PM–4:30 PM

[3386A] Frank Zhu– 6 sessions

Tuition: $279 and $40 glaze/firing fee

No class on 5/25/2026

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Jul 6–Aug 17 (Mon) 6:00 PM–9:00 PM

[3387E] Frank Zhu– 7 sessions

Tuition: $326 and $40 glaze/firing fee

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Students must purchase supplies for this class. Find your supply list here. Clay can be purchased at Laguna Gloria, in the museum gift shop. Clay can ONLY be purchased in-person, and during museum open-hours: Wednesday-Sundays 9am-3pm, and Thursdays 9am-9pm. All Art School students will receive 10% off their clay purchases from the Shop using the code MEMBER10. The museum and gift shop are closed for business all day on Mondays and Tuesdays. Please plan accordingly!

Students can also purchase clay at Armadillo Clay: 3307 E 4th St, Austin, TX 78702. M-F 9am-5pm, Saturdays 9am-12pm. All clay MUST BE HIGH FIRE (Cone 10). We will not fire other clays.