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Click here to apply for membership! Hello, thank you for your interest in joining our studio as a member! Please take a moment to read below about member requirements and some information about our studio. Membership requirements: Monthly membership is available for ceramic artists with enough pottery experience to work independently in the studio on our equipment. Members must be knowledgable about the ceramic process and preventing creating clay dust. Membership if for hobby potters, we are not able to accommodate production potters. Those with less than 2 years of ceramics experience must take 3 classes at Cascade to become a member. Those with 2 or more years of ceramics experience must still take one class with us before becoming a member. Some exceptions for advanced level potters with recent cone 6 experience may be made. This is to make sure you have a good understanding of the studio, have a chance to get to know the instructors and some class friends, and get some experience using our glazes before being on your own with them. Minimum age for membership is 18. All members must agree to our studio code of conduct & terms of service upon signing up for membership. Please read and be familiar with our studio policies ahead of time! Monthly membership is automatically charged on your card each month starting on the day you purchase the membership, you may log into your account and choose to cancel it if you wish to stop. A members shelf must be cleared off by the last day of membership or what is left may be donated. If you meet these requirements, email us at info@cascadeceramics.com to join the waitlist for studio membership or to schedule a tour! Studio description: Cascade Ceramics has a friendly and collaborative atmosphere. Membership grants 24/7 Monthly Studio access by key fob to work at your desired convenience. We don't require scheduled "in-studio" time since we have 12 member designated wheels and lots of space to work in. We provide a 18 x 48 shelf for each member to store their projects, tools, clay, etc. Glazing and firings are included. We take care of the firings on a continual basis. Items are loaded as soon as they are dry and based on the size of work where it will fit in the kiln. We fire at cone 6. You may purchase Georgie's clay in the studio. If you bring in outside clay or glazes, please check with us that it fits our firing parameters(midrange cone 6) before using it. We provide a nice variety of house made glazes and some commercial underglazes to use on your pieces. There are two large worktables & a smaller work table with many handbuilding tools and banding wheels as well as many other community tools available for use in the studio. We have a Northstar slab roller, a large hardy-board wedging table and so on. We provide WIFI and take turns picking the music station. Click here to apply for membership! Email us at info@cascadeceramics.com to inquire about your spot on the list or for a studio tour. -
This class is aimed towards folk who want to take their wheel throwing further and will focus on technique and more advanced project ideas. We will cover compound forms, nesting bowls/sets, thrown and altered forms, and lidded vessels. If there is a project you want to do, feel free to bring the idea to class and we can work it into the demos and class structure. Base requirements for the class is the ability to confidently throw 6 inch tall cylinders. This class will start on January 7th and end on February 25th. Glazes, firing fees and one bag of clay is included in the class price. Students can enjoy 24/7 access to the studio to practice their new skills and work on projects. Community tools are provided or you may bring your own. Students get one 24x18x16 inch shelf to store projects and materials. Please read our terms of service and code of conduct& cancelation/refund policy before purchasing a class. Signing up for a class means you understand and agree to our current terms of service and code of conduct listed on our website. Students must be at least 18 years old. All cancellations and refunds are subject to a 5% fee due to card processor fees. Refund requests must be made 2 weeks before the class start date, we cannot offer refunds within two weeks of the class starting. JOIN THE WAITLIST HERE IF CLASS BECOMES FULL 
This class is aimed towards folks who have never taken ceramics before or just recently started playing with mud. We will go over in detail the foundational skills needed for a potter to produce ware from throwing to glazing. Projects will include cups, bowls, mugs, and plates. This class will start on January 6th and end on February 24th. Glazes, firing fees and one bag of clay is included in the class price. Students can enjoy 24/7 access to the studio to practice their new skills and work on projects. Community tools are provided or you may bring your own. Students get one 24x18x16 inch shelf to store projects and materials. Please read our terms of service and code of conduc t& cancelation/refund policy before purchasing a class. Signing up for a class means you understand and agree to our current terms of service and code of conduct listed on our website. Students must be at least 18 years old. All cancellations and refunds are subject to a 5% fee due to card processor fees. Refund requests must be made 2 weeks before the class start date, we cannot offer refunds within two weeks of the class starting. JOIN THE WAITLIST HERE IF CLASS BECOMES FULL
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Join Jazzy for a taste of handbuilding with clay! This class is aimed at clay beginners, and will introduce students to some of the basics & fundamental techniques of handbuilding with clay. We will learn how to use flat slabs of clay to create dishes and a square jar or planter, create small mugs and other forms with a pinching technique and learn about adding attachments like handles, sculpt a decorative hollow piece of fruit or a vegetable, and build with coils. Class will introduce students to various ways to add texture to each form, and glaze to accentuate textures and the form. We will learn to create slabs and coils by using studio equipment and by hand. This class will start on January 8th and end on February 26th. Glazes, firing fees and one bag of clay is included in the class price. Students can enjoy 24/7 access to the studio to practice their new skills and work on projects. Community tools are provided or you may bring your own. Students get one 24x18x16 inch shelf to store projects and materials. Please read our terms of service and code of conduct& cancelation/refund policy before purchasing a class. Signing up for a class means you understand and agree to our current terms of service and code of conduct listed on our website. Students must be at least 18 years old. All cancellations and refunds are subject to a 5% fee due to card processor fees. Refund requests must be made 2 weeks before the class start date, we cannot offer refunds within two weeks of the class starting. JOIN THE WAITLIST HERE IF CLASS BECOMES FULL- Out of stock
This class will introduce students to the steps of how to use the pottery wheel to make a cylinder/cup, bowl, mugs and some other techniques for smoothing the surface and adding texture. We will learn about the stages of clay and work towards building a good foundation of skills so students can feel more confident in their abilities to create work on their own, trim it to clean it up nicely and then apply glaze with success! This class will start on January 9th and end on February 27th. Glazes, firing fees and one bag of clay is included in the class price. Students can enjoy 24/7 access to the studio to practice their new skills and work on projects. Community tools are provided or you may bring your own. Students get one 24x18x16 inch shelf to store projects and materials. Please read our terms of service and code of conduc t& cancelation/refund policy before purchasing a class. Signing up for a class means you understand and agree to our current terms of service and code of conduct listed on our website. Students must be at least 18 years old. All cancellations and refunds are subject to a 5% fee due to card processor fees. Refund requests must be made 2 weeks before the class start date, we cannot offer refunds within two weeks of the class starting. JOIN THE WAITLIST HERE IF CLASS BECOMES FULL -
In this beginning wheel class, Lily will introduce students to the process of pottery with centering the clay, pulling walls, and creating functional shapes like bowls, cups and mugs. Students will be shown how to maintain clean and healthy habits while working with clay, how to trim their pieces before firing, and how to properly glaze their pieces. The first class will focus on centering the clay, the next will be pulling walls into cylinders. Then trimming, throwing bowls, and forming attachments for handles. Lily will give a glaze demo halfway through the session and on the last two classes. This class will start on January 8th and end on February 26th. Glazes, firing fees and one bag of clay is included in the class price. Students can enjoy 24/7 access to the studio to practice their new skills and work on projects. Community tools are provided or you may bring your own. Students get one 24x18x16 inch shelf to store projects and materials. Please read our terms of service and code of conduc t& cancelation/refund policy before purchasing a class. Signing up for a class means you understand and agree to our current terms of service and code of conduct listed on our website. Students must be at least 18 years old. All cancellations and refunds are subject to a 5% fee due to card processor fees. Refund requests must be made 2 weeks before the class start date, we cannot offer refunds within two weeks of the class starting. JOIN THE WAITLIST HERE IF CLASS BECOMES FULL 
In this advanced handbuilding class, students will be encouraged to explore large-scale, decoration, and sculpture to enhance their skills and possibilities. Lily will cover how to combine techniques to achieve the best result, use heat/time to help create larger work, and how to create sculptural elements of decoration. Projects will include a large coiled vase/storage pot, a lidded serving dish, a pouring-pot (think pitcher, olive oil ewer, teapot), and a sculpture based on either a reference image/object or sketch. Surface design techniques will cover underglazing on leather hard, and various ways of etching, inlaying, and layering color and design before and during the glazing process This class will start on January 6th and end on February 24th. There will be no class on January 20th. Glazes, firing fees and one bag of clay is included in the class price. Students can enjoy 24/7 access to the studio to practice their new skills and work on projects. Community tools are provided or you may bring your own. Students get one 24x18x16 inch shelf to store projects and materials. Please read our terms of service and code of conduct& cancelation/refund policy before purchasing a class. Signing up for a class means you understand and agree to our current terms of service and code of conduct listed on our website. Students must be at least 18 years old. All cancellations and refunds are subject to a 5% fee due to card processor fees. Refund requests must be made 2 weeks before the class start date, we cannot offer refunds within two weeks of the class starting. JOIN THE WAITLIST HERE IF CLASS BECOMES FULL
In this intermediate wheel class, students will enhance their wall pulling skills and detail refinement, learn to throw larger amounts of clay, and make various functional pots such as tumblers, plates, pitchers and lidded jars. Week one will be a throwing exercise of making a 4-pull cylinder/tumbler, followed by a trimming demo on week two. The third week will be centering larger pieces of clay to make large bowls and plates, then glaze demo on week four. The last two projects will be a pitcher with a pulled spout, and lidded jars with inset galleries. Lily will also share how to create interesting forms through alterations like darting, paddling and altering rims. This class will start on January 7th and end on February 25th. Glazes, firing fees and one bag of clay is included in the class price. Students can enjoy 24/7 access to the studio to practice their new skills and work on projects. Community tools are provided or you may bring your own. Students get one 24x18x16 inch shelf to store projects and materials. Please read our terms of service and code of conduct& cancelation/refund policy before purchasing a class. Signing up for a class means you understand and agree to our current terms of service and code of conduct listed on our website. Students must be at least 18 years old. All cancellations and refunds are subject to a 5% fee due to card processor fees. Refund requests must be made 2 weeks before the class start date, we cannot offer refunds within two weeks of the class starting. JOIN THE WAITLIST HERE IF CLASS BECOMES FULL
In this class, learn how to use pinching, slabs, and coils to make small scale functional and decorative projects. Students will be introduced to the proper procedures of working with the clay, drying their projects, and the bisque and glaze firing processes. Each week will cover a new technique, including pinched bowls, slab plates, and coiled cylinders. The projects will culminate in making a lidded jar and a wall-hanging piece. Lily will also teach the glazing process including wax resist, hand dipping, pouring, using dipping tongs, and brushing glaze. Every week Lily will offer multiple options to explore each technique, making this class friendly for both those new to clay and those who are looking to continue adding to their skills. This class will start on January 5th and end on February 23rd. Glazes, firing fees and one bag of clay is included in the class price. Students can enjoy 24/7 access to the studio to practice their new skills and work on projects. Community tools are provided or you may bring your own. Students get one 24x18x16 inch shelf to store projects and materials. Please read our terms of service and code of conduct& cancelation/refund policy before purchasing a class. Signing up for a class means you understand and agree to our current terms of service and code of conduct listed on our website. Students must be at least 18 years old. All cancellations and refunds are subject to a 5% fee due to card processor fees. Refund requests must be made 2 weeks before the class start date, we cannot offer refunds within two weeks of the class starting. JOIN THE WAITLIST HERE IF CLASS BECOMES FULL- Out of stock
In this class, we will explore the basics of pottery! This includes a general understanding of the ceramic firing process, wedging, centering, pulling, trimming and glazing. Each week will include a technical demonstration, a follow-along demo, as well as hands-on help. Our projects will include basic cylinders, bowls, plates and mugs. This class is perfect for those new to ceramics or have just started their journey and want to hone in on the fundamentals. This class will start on January 5th and end on February 23rd. Glazes, firing fees and one bag of clay is included in the class price. Students can enjoy 24/7 access to the studio to practice their new skills and work on projects. Community tools are provided or you may bring your own. Students get one 24x18x16 inch shelf to store projects and materials. Please read our terms of service and code of conduct& cancelation/refund policy before purchasing a class. Signing up for a class means you understand and agree to our current terms of service and code of conduct listed on our website. Students must be at least 18 years old. All cancellations and refunds are subject to a 5% fee due to card processor fees. Refund requests must be made 2 weeks before the class start date, we cannot offer refunds within two weeks of the class starting. JOIN THE WAITLIST HERE IF CLASS BECOMES FULL - Out of stock In this class, we will explore the basics of pottery! This includes a general understanding of the ceramic firing process, wedging, centering, pulling, trimming and glazing. Each week will include a technical demonstration, a follow-along demo, as well as hands-on help. Our projects will include basic cylinders, bowls, plates and mugs. This class is perfect for those new to ceramics or have just started their journey and want to hone in on the fundamentals. This class will start on January 5th and end on February 23rd. Glazes, firing fees and one bag of clay is included in the class price. Students can enjoy 24/7 access to the studio to practice their new skills and work on projects. Community tools are provided or you may bring your own. Students get one 24x18x16 inch shelf to store projects and materials. Please read our terms of service and code of conduct& cancelation/refund policy before purchasing a class. Signing up for a class means you understand and agree to our current terms of service and code of conduct listed on our website. Students must be at least 18 years old. All cancellations and refunds are subject to a 5% fee due to card processor fees. Refund requests must be made 2 weeks before the class start date, we cannot offer refunds within two weeks of the class starting. JOIN THE WAITLIST HERE IF CLASS BECOMES FULL
