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Description
Learn the fundamentals of throwing on the potter’s wheel with Stephanie Evans! This class is perfect for beginners and is geared toward those with little to no wheel-throwing experience. Students will learn the basics of centering, pulling up walls, shaping, and trimming simple forms such as cylinders, mugs, and bowls. Stephanie will start each class with a demonstration, students will then receive hands-on instruction while they practice and explore on their own. The first 5 classes will focus on throwing and trimming, and students will glaze all of their pieces on the last day of class.
Skill Level
Geared towards beginners, no previous experience required
What to Bring
-Bring a towel/rag, notebook & pen/pencil along with you
-Students are required to bring a basic clay tool kit with them to class every week
-Wear clothes you’re not too fond of to class
What’s Included
-Clay and glazes
Chases Garage is a 10 Reduction Firing Studio
For purposes of proper glazing and firing, all students must use ^10 clay and glazes available at Chases Garage. We offer 22 single-glaze colors for studio use, with over 400 possible combinations!
Access
Students registered in this course do not receive open studio time, and do not have access to the studio outside of scheduled class time. Students are not permitted to take clay home, make work, and bring it into the studio to be processed through our kilns.
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.