Pinching and coiling with Laura Williams — Nov 14 - 16

Dates: November 14, 2025 → November 16, 2025
Times: 9am-5pm
Level: All levels
Membership Price: $550 (Members can use code MEMBERS10 at checkout to receive 10% off class price)

Workshop Description:
Join Chicago Potter, Laura Williams learning to pinch refined wares while playing with form, surface and design. Learn to use coils, slabs and combining forms to explore uniquely shaped cups, mugs, vases and jars.

Develop a layered, dynamic surface with terra sig, slips, and underglaze. Discover ways to highlight your fingerprints or hide them all together. This class is ideal for people looking to take their pinching abilities to the next level, but it welcomes new pinchers as well.

Instructor info:
Laura Williams (they/she) is a full time ceramic artist and educator. They studied ceramics and printmaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Laura's work explores process, color, material, narrative and play. "When working in clay I hope to create bright, playful functional ware that is a conversation between color, design, material and form. I’m interested in the way clay records our every choice; throw lines, finger prints, brush strokes, even sometimes our moods. It’s always exciting to see the way people’s personalities are exhibited in their wares. In an increasingly machine driven society, it’s refreshing when handmade items feel refined, yet human. Using a handmade object can feel like spending time with the maker. Each use allows us to appreciate the choices they made. We have a large collection of handmade vessels we use regularly in our home, it's an honor every time someone tells me my work has joined theirs."

$20 materials to be paid to instructor upon first day of class. Cash is appreciated.

Required Materials:

• xacto knife

• serrated rib

• wooden rib

• wire tool

• paint brushes

• underglaze

• terrasig

• slip