Make Your Own Pinch Pot Candle Votive
Adult Intensive | Available
Illuminate the winter darkness and create some candle holding pinch pots! Make hand turned vessels using the ancient pinching method. Carve marvelous designs into your vessels to allow the light to spill out. Create and take home up to three ceramic votive holders to spread happiness and warmth throughout your home all winter long!
Please bring a towel and a set of basic clay tools if you have them.
Clay and underglazes (if used) are provided, along with a dip in clear glaze.
On-site courses do not come with studio access outside of class time. Paid open studio access is available through our Studio Access Program. Please visit visarts.org for more information.
This instructor speaks Spanish, but the class is held in English.
- Classes are confirmed one week prior to the start date. In order to help us confirm classes, please register as early as possible.
Claudia Meyer
Claudia is an artist and object-maker living and working in Richmond, VA primarily working in clay and paper media. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Sculpture + Extended Media in 2020. Her handbuilt works in clay, although they are made of hardened earth, feel soft to the touch. Their colors are as jovial and earthly as bursting laughter. These objects emit energy through their whimsical forms and patterns. She learns from the way that the moon and the trees wave to each other and the deep knowledge rooted in the earth and our bodies.
Through her teaching, she aims to democratize the classroom space, leveling the student/teacher relationship to one of reciprocity rather than authority. Her students learn just as much from the world around them as they do from each other. In her classroom, Claudia exists as a guide for her creative students' journeys and she endeavors to teach her students limitlessness in their creative pursuits.
Instagram: @ paloma.claudi