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Description
Explore hand-building functional and sculptural forms in this ten-week class! Stephanie will demonstrate various building methods and processes relevant to student interests, including slab building (soft and stiff), pinching, coiling, and additive/subtractive techniques. These demonstrations will help students plan, create, and complete their personal projects. Students will also learn glazing and finishing techniques.
On the first day of class, we will hold a group discussion, giving students the chance to share their interests in projects they want to pursue. During the session, Stephanie will work with students in groups and individually to help bring their ideas and concepts to life. Students will be encouraged to explore and experiment with different building techniques and create small preliminary models. This class will focus on planning, troubleshooting, and executing a personal project of your choice. Please come prepared with ideas and sketches for your project!
Skill Level
This class is suitable for all skill levels
What to Bring
Hand towel for cleaning
Notebook/writing utensils
Basic Clay Tools (needle tool, throwing sponge, wire tool, ribs, trimming tools, wood modeling tool. Your favorite hand-building tools.
Apron (Optional)
Optional: Additional Tools
Feel free to bring the following tools if you already have them
Rasp
Wooden paddle
Sculpting tools
Buying Clay
Registration does not include clay. Students must purchase clay from Chases Garage during class time. Clay cost: 25lbs $35.00 + ME state sales tax
What’s Included
$25 worth of firing fees (see below)
Glazing + Firing
Registration includes $25 worth of firing fees (1,000 cubic inches). Students may produce work totaling more than 1,000 cubic inches; additional work will be subject to our $0.025 per cubic inch firing fee.
Chases Garage is a ^10 Reduction Firing Studio
To ensure correct glazing and firing, all students must use ^10 clay and glaze from Chase's Garage. We stock: Laguna BMix 10, Laguna #900, Sheffield T3, and Sheffield #42.
Access
Access to open studio time outside of class is restricted to "student members" only. Additional details about student membership signup for newly registered students will be included in the welcome email sent out before the session begins.
Logistics
Registered students will receive a “welcome” email one week prior to the start date.
Stephanie Evans
Stephanie earned her BFA in Ceramics from Plymouth State University in 2005 and began her journey in clay as an apprentice with a potter in New Hampshire. She then moved to Florida for an artist residency at a truly unique gallery, where her early work focused on personal exploration and alternative firing techniques.
After her first daughter was born, Stephanie and her husband returned home to Maine. Today, their life is full of family and activity with two daughters, four cats, one lively dog, and a flock of chickens. She loves spending time at home in her garden when she’s not working with clay.
For the past eight years, Stephanie worked as a production potter in NH, where she learned to repair electric kilns, explored glaze chemistry, and developed new lines of work. While the experience was invaluable in strengthening her skills, she is now excited to return to a more creative, inclusive, and community-oriented clay space—one that allows her to reconnect with her personal voice and shape the next chapter of her clay journey.
TERMS + CONDITIONS
Adults (18 or older) may register for classes & workshops at Chases Garage. Chases reserves the right to cancel courses, substitute instructors, change course times, and limit enrollment. The student agrees to abide by any and all rules and policies of the studios. Chases will assume no responsibility for any loss, personal or physical. With enrollment, a student consents to being photographed in classes (unless we informed in writing). These photographs may be used by Chases in future promotional efforts without specific written permission from the student.
CLASS WITHDRAWAL & REFUND POLICY
100% Refund (minus processing fee): Student must withdraw at least 6 business days prior to the start of the class.
50% Refund (minus processing fee): Issued when a student withdraws 5 business days or less from the start of the class.
NO REFUNDS ARE GIVEN ONCE A CLASS BEGINS.
If Chases cancels a course, registered students will be notified and all fees will be refunded in full. Classes that do not meet minimum enrollment requirements will be canceled, typically two to four business days before the class begins.