Saturday, October 12 @ 1-3PM or 4-6pm
Ghost and Pumpkin Clay Workshop
Join Community Clay for a fun Fall workshop to create ghosts and pumpkins in clay!
Saturday, October 12, choose 1-3pm or 4-6pm
Enjoy a relaxing 2 hour workshop where you'll sip spiced cider and handmake ghosts and pumpkins! You'll learn simple slab and pinching techniques, basic sculpting, and underglaze decorating.
This is a beginner-friendly event!
You can make 1 pumpkin and 1 ghost. We will fire for you and have them ready to pick up by Halloween (we will text you!). Please note Community Clay is an adult pottery studio, children may not participate or observe.
You will be sculpting using your hands and a variety of tools to form the clay, NOT a pottery wheel.
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This event takes place at 3349 Blake Street, Denver, CO
Ghost and Pumpkin
Friday, August 2 @ 4-7PM
Community Clay x Balistreri Wine x La Serra
Community Clay is hosting La Serra Collective for a fundraiser in which you buy a La Serra Cup and get to taste 5 special Balistreri Wines (cups start at $23!). This corresponds with the opening of pop up show “Industrial Roots” and free live art making demos!
Join artist John Domenico of La Serra Collective, Balistreri Wine, and Community Clay at the Historic Pattern Shop - just 3 doors down from Community Clay's RiNo studio.
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This event takes place at 3349 Blake Street, Denver, CO
Community Clay x La Serra Collective x Balistreri Wine
Sunday, July 14 @ 1-3pm or 4-6PM
Meow Wolf Makers x Community Clay - Creature Crafting with Clay
Join Community Clay and Meow Wolf Makers for a workshop to create your own creatures in clay!
Sunday, July 14, choose 1-3pm or 4-6pm
Community Clay will prepare mug sized vessels and participants will sculpt creature features like eyes, claws, fingers, tentacles, etc, to make creepy cups to drink out of, hold pens, or be lovely display art. Kate Major, Meow Wolf Denver’s Costume Designer, will be on hand to help you design your creatures!
This is a beginner-friendly event!
Makers can make 1 or 2 creatures, depending on time. We will bisque fire, dip in clear, and fire again for you. Come back to pick them up approximately 3 weeks later (we will text you!). All pieces can be made food safe. Please note Community Clay is an adult pottery studio, children may not participate or observe.
You will be sculpting using your hands and a variety of tools to form the clay, NOT a pottery wheel.
This event takes place at 3377 Blake St.
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Meow Wolf Makers is a slimey, creature loving, low stakes, accessible, and sustainable crafting workshop series that hopes to set you up with a crafty community and encourages you to flex your imagination muscles.
Meow Wolf Denver’s Costume Designer Kate Major started her career making circus costumes for Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus and Cirque Du Soleil but found her true calling making monsters at Meow Wolf. In an effort to minimize the epic waste of the fashion industry, Kate prioritizes using recycled and repurposed materials. Kate lives in Denver with too many pets (1 dog and 3 cats) and likes drinking very fancy tea in her spare time.
Meow Wolf Makers Event
Saturday, June 15 @ 12-4pm
RiNo Summer Art Market
Meet and support our members, teachers, and staff at the RiNo Summer Art Market on Saturday, June 15 from 12-4pm.
- Date & Time: Saturday, June 15th, from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Location: ArtPark | 1900 35th Street. Denver, CO 80216
Live Music, Local Art, Crafting, DIY Screen Printing, Delicious Food, and Family Fun!
We will have a booth featuring many of our members, teachers, and staff. Come say hi and see what we make when we're just having fun with clay!
Art market flyer
Saturday, June 8 @ 1-3pm or 4-6pm
Rainbow throwing for Pride
Join us for a 2 hour workshop to throw rainbows!
You'll wedge colored clay, then throw a vessel in the marbling/neriage/agateware method. Get ready to let go of control and see where the clay takes you!
You'll be able to practice first with regular clay, then throw with the colored clay. With 3 pounds of colored clay to work with, you can make one large thing or 2 smaller ones. We will bisque fire, dip in clear, and fire again for you. Come back to pick them up approximately 2 weeks later. Workshop comes with a total of 3 pounds of clay in a mix of the following colors (1/4 to 1/2 # of each color): red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. We have purchased an equal amount of each color, so we cannot accommodate color changes.
Previous throwing experience required.
This event takes place at 3377 Blake St.
Rainbow bowl and cup
Sunday, May 12 @1-3pm or 4-6pm
Mother's Day Flower Plate Workshop with Floral Designer Indigo Stems
Perfect for both beginners or more experienced handbuilders!
Please note, we are an adults-only studio and do not allow children under 18 even as observers. Ticket price is per person, singles welcome!
Choose your workshop time: 1-3pm or 4-6pm
No need to bring anything with you except your creativity! In this 2 hour workshop, we will provide everything you need to make your plates, as well as a beautiful bouquet from Indigo Stems to take home.
Each person will have all they need to make 1-2 plates -- aprons, clay, tools, fresh botanicals to press, and kiln-safe pigments with which to decorate. After you're done creating your gorgeous plate, we will apply clear glaze for you and have it ready for pickup in approximately 3 weeks. Plates will be microwave and dishwasher safe!
BYOB or enjoy some simple non-alcoholic drinks provided by us while you create.
Handbuilding, which includes slab building, pinching, and coiling, is a traditional method of creating with clay in which you use your hands and a variety of tools to form the clay, NOT a pottery wheel.
This class takes place at 3377 Blake St.
Floral plates
Saturday, April 20 @2-4pm or 5-7pm
420 Ashtray Workshops
Make your own ashtray! Choose wheel or handbuilding and let your creativity flow. 🍃
Perfect for both beginners or more experienced potters! Make an epic ashtray you'll use for life
Choose:
-2-4pm wheel throwing or hand building
-5-7pm wheel throwing or hand building
No need to bring anything with you except your creativity! We provide aprons, clay, tools, all the decoration, and an encouraging atmosphere. You'll pick up your finished ashtray in about 2 weeks.
We do gently request that if you'll be wheel throwing for the first time, that you save your 420 festivities for after the wheel portion.
This class takes place at 3377 Blake St.
This is a one-time event. You'll build your ashtray and decorate it, we will glaze it for you and have it ready for pickup in approximately 2 weeks.
Feb 13, 14, or 15, 2024 @ 5:30PM
Valentine's Handbuilding Date Night
Choose your date night! Feb 13, 14, or 15 from 5:30-8:30pm
BYOB or enjoy some simple non-alcoholic drinks provided by us while you create a mug or plate set with your favorite person.
This is a one-time event. You'll build your mug and decorate it, we will glaze it for you and have it ready for pickup in approximately 2 weeks.
Includes 3 hours of hands-on instruction, use of community tools, clay, Amaco Velvet underglazes, and firing for the finished project.
Handbuilding, which includes slab building, pinching, and coiling, is a traditional method of creating with clay in which you use your hands and a variety of tools to form the clay, NOT a pottery wheel.
Feb 13, 14, or 15 from 5:30-8:30PM
3377 Blake St., Denver, CO
Saturday, Sept 23, 2023 @ 10-4PM
ClayFest
Roxane, Anna, and Sam will be competing at ClayFest in Mantou Springs, CO!
A sort of "Potter's Games", ClayFest is a silly event with competitions such as blindfolded throwing, largest pot with 5 pounds of clay, and partner throwing! We're excited to go as a Community Clay team and meet other potters in Colorado.
Sat, Sept 23, 2023
10AM to 4PM
Free
Soda Springs Park
1016 Manitou Ave, Manitou Springs, CO 80829
Friday, July 7, 2023 @ 6-9PM
Pottery Sale
Join us on First Friday for an open house and pottery sale at Community Clay! Enjoy an evening of creativity, inspiration, and one-of-a-kind pottery made by our talented studio members. Vases, mugs, planters, and more - all made at Community Clay!
Meet the makers, view live throwing demos, and hang out in our beautiful teaching studio at 3377 Blake Street (right next to The Conifer Shop).
Friday, July 7, 2023
6-9 PM
Free
Please note that this event takes place at our new studio at 3377 Blake St.,
Sunday, June 18, 2023 @ 2PM or 5PM
Rainbow marbled throwing workshop
In this 2 hour workshop, you'll learn to make beautiful rainbow vessels! Previous throwing experience required.
You'll learn to wedge colored clay, then throw a vessel in the marbling/neriage/agateware method. Get ready to let go of control and see where the clay takes you!
You'll be able to practice first with regular clay, then throw with the colored clay. You'll have 3 pounds of colored clay to work with and we will bisque fire, dip in clear, and fire again for you. You'll be able to pick them up approximately 2 weeks later. Workshop comes with a total of 3 pounds of clay in a mix of the following colors (1/4 to 1/2 # of each color): red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. We have purchased an equal amount of each color, so we cannot accommodate color changes.
Please note that this event takes place at our new studio in RiNo at 3377 Blake St.,
About your teacher
Sam has been working in ceramics since 2018 and absolutely adores everything about clay. He loves to cultivate creative thinking in his students as they develop their pottery skills.
Friday, June 2, 2023 @6-10PM
Grand Opening Party for our new RiNo Pottery Studio!
Come see where all of our classes will be held from June onward!
Friday, June 2 from 6-10PM
3377 Blake St., #103, Denver, CO 80205
Sunday, May 14, 2023 2-4PM and 5-7PM
Mother's Day Ceramic Flowers Workshop
This Mother's Day, spend some quality time at Community Clay!
Our Congress Park pottery studio is the perfect place to relax and create. This 2-hour workshop will guide you in making beautiful ceramic flowers that will be treasured forever.
Good for anyone aged 16 and up, no previous experience necessary.
Feb 13, 14, and 15, 2023 @ 6PM
Valentine's Handbuilding Workshops
For this Valentine's Day, we are offering several one-time classes in handbuilding! Choose from Feb 13, 14, or 15.
Bring a friend, partner, or just yourself for a fun evening of creating in clay. Make one of our projects or your own - trinket dishes, plant pockets, cheese boards, mugs, and more!
You may bring your own drinks and snacks and enjoy a relaxing 2 hours of making something out of clay without the hassle of the potter's wheel. We have tons of projects to choose from or bring your own ideas with you!
See our Pinterest board of ideas!
What is Handbuilding?
Handbuilding is a traditional method of creating with clay in which you use your hands and a slab of clay instead of a potter's wheel. If you're new to pottery, this is a very approachable way to get to know clay as an artistic medium.
In this one-evening class you will have access to our white stoneware clay, all of our handbuilding tools and textures, and a selection of underglazes and glazes. Included in the class cost is 400 cubic inches of space (approximately a shoe box) and if you're on a roll and want to make more, then it's just $10 to fill another one.
Everything you make can be food safe!
About the Teachers
Feb 13 and 15 taught by Teal, Feb 14 taught by Roxane.
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Gold Luster Workshop with Anna Sage
Have you always wanted to try gold luster? Want to add a little bling to your pottery?
Join us for a special morning with our very own Anna Sage to learn how to apply gold luster to your glazed pieces.
Bring along work you made that has been glaze fired (luster is a 3rd firing) and you will receive enough gold luster to add design elements to your pieces. The cost of this workshop includes instruction, luster, and firing for 2-4 pieces (approximately 400 cubic inches).
Workshop is limited to 10 people and pre-registration is required.
Notes: Luster isn't meant to completely cover your pottery, and once it has been fired will no longer be microwave safe.
mug and a Beer with Ephemeral Rotating Tap Room
Friday, November 4, 2022 @ 6-10 PM
Join Ephemeral Rotating Tap Room and Community Clay for an evening of clay and beer
Buy a mug, get a beer pour!
Support your local businesses and artists in this unique event taking place at Community Clay Denver
Workshop with Becca Otis
Efficient Throwing Workshop with Becca Otis
Join us on Saturday, October 8, 2022 from 1-3PM for this very special workshop with guest teacher Becca Otis from 5 Lines Pottery in Indianapolis.
She is the co-host of the insanely popular podcast Wheel Talk.
Becca Otis is a production potter with 13 years of experience. She focuses mainly on efficient practices and speed of throwing. In this 2 hour workshop we will focus on movements that can help you more efficiently throw a pot. Focusing on the first and second pull can make all the difference in making a pot.
Price is $50. Any pieces you make may be kept for $0.03 per cubic inch.
All levels are welcome!