Instructor: 
Emily Schuhmann

Have you always wanted to try making your own plaster mold but didn’t know where to start? Do you love incorporating natural motifs in your work? This workshop is for you!

Instructor: 
Diana Hsu

Have you been curious about using commercial glazes like Amaco Potter’s Choice? Join us for this demo-only Saturday morning workshop to learn all things commercial glazes, including how to select glaze, application techniques, glaze combinations and more.

Instructor: Madeline Fine

Create beautiful organic forms. Leaf earrings or Leaf pendant Time to turn over a new leaf? Create three-dimensional forms from flat sheet metal. You’ll learn the basics of fold forming, an exciting and compelling technique that involves percussion and patience.

Have you always wanted to try the wheel? Or are you ready to dust off your skills from a time past?

Join us for a special opportunity to learn how to use the potter's wheel from a seasoned professional! Under their guidance, learn the basics of throwing. At the end of the night, choose one piece to keep. We will glaze the piece for you with your preferred glaze color! 

Instructor: Elissa Dunlap

This is an excellent opportunity for potters to participate in a gold luster firing! Learn how to prep your surface and apply luster decoratively in different ways. Pots will be fired immediately following the workshop and ready for pick up shortly thereafter.

IMPORTANT: Students must bring their own bottle of gold or silver luster rated to fire at 018 or share with another participant. Please bring pots that have already been through a glaze firing. Pots with matte glaze with have matte gold luster results, and glossy glazes will yield glossy luster results.

This workshop takes place outdoors - please dress accordingly. The rain date is Friday, June 6, 10am-1pm.

This course is a required prerequisite for current CSAs who would like to participate in future luster firings.

Instructor: 
Donna Pioli

Do you dread glazing? Does it feel like you need a refresher on the basics? This workshop provides students and independent potters the opportunity to learn how to glaze successfully step by step, from start to finish.

Instructor: Laurie Savage

Beginning jewelry-making students can continue learning in this workshop which focuses on creating a set of 6 textured bangle bracelets. Sterling silver and copper will be used. Students will learn to further develop their fabrication skills, including measurement, texturing, filing, forming, soldering, and tumbler finishing. All materials will be provided, including sterling silver and copper (in different shaped wires), solder, and sandpaper. A materials fee of $40 is payable to the instructor on the day of the class.

Mother Brook Arts and Community Center’s Open Studios celebration is set for Saturday, May 10 11am-5pm + Sunday, May 11, 11am-4pm. Explore three stories of the historic Mother Brook Arts building, home to sculptors, painters, metal smiths, ceramic artists, photographers, printers and more.

Instructor: Laurie Savage

In this beginning jewelry making class, students will fabricate a sterling silver band ring, a sterling silver pendant with a bezel-set stone, and a set of bangle bracelets. Learn the basic fundamentals of metalsmithing, while incorporating personal design touches. Multiple soldering and finishing techniques will be covered, and individual design is encouraged. A materials fee of $100 is payable to the instructor on the first day of the class. 

Have you always wanted to try the wheel? Or are you ready to dust off your skills from a time past?

Join us for a special opportunity to learn how to use the potter's wheel from a seasoned professional! Under their guidance, learn the basics of throwing. At the end of the night, choose one piece to keep. We will glaze the piece for you with your preferred glaze color! 

Have you always wanted to try the wheel? Or are you ready to dust off your skills from a time past?

Join us for a special opportunity to learn how to use the potter's wheel from a seasoned professional! Under their guidance, learn the basics of throwing. At the end of the night, choose one piece to keep. We will glaze the piece for you with your preferred glaze color! 

Instructor: Laurie Savage

Beginning jewelry making students will learn the fundamental techniques for designing and fabricating a sterling silver textured band ring. Students will learn how to texture, file, form, solder, sand, and polish the ring. All materials will be provided, including sterling silver, copper (for practicing techniques), solder, and sandpaper

Instructor:  Michel l'Huillier
Cost: $125
In this hands-on workshop, students will be introduced to creating their own fused glass cabochons using colored, transparent and opaque glass, with copper and silver inclusions.

Students will learn to cut and arrange glass to make organic and geometric designs. Finished compositions will then be fired to create unique Cabochon pieces, ready to be made into jewelry. A $50 material fee is paid to the instructor on the day of class.

Instructor: Laurie Savage

Open to intermediate students and above.  Bring your ideas of what you would like to create in this hands-on open studio-style class.  Students will spend one-on-one time with Laurie as she helps you advance your skill set as you navigate from an idea to project completion.  Students should bring the materials they intend to use, such as metal, stones, and any preferred hand tools.

Have you always wanted to try the wheel? Or are you ready to dust off your skills from a time past?

Join us for a special opportunity to learn how to use the potter's wheel from a seasoned professional! Under their guidance, learn the basics of throwing. At the end of the night, choose one piece to keep. We will glaze the piece for you with your preferred glaze color!