Big Boxes, Small Boxes, Lots of Boxes! – New!
Adult Multi-Week | Registration opens 11/5/2025 9:00 AM EST
Dive into the world of stiff slab building! In this class, you will discover techniques to help keep your slab on the straight and narrow and defeat the evil warping monster. We will work on basic slab rolling and layout skills, learn to make bevel/miter corners, butt joints, recessed sides, flush and even soft pillow lids for our boxes. The class will cover simple square boxes, more elabrorate tall rectangles, a trapezoid box, and an oval shaker box with a domed lid. These skills will serve as a foundation for your clay life.
- The first 15 – 20 minutes of class will be a critique of work in progress, the next hour is a demonstration, and the rest of class is for individual work time. Practice is expected outside of class, but not required.
You will receive 25 pounds of clay; additional clay is available for purchase.
Please bring a towel and a set of basic clay tools if you have them.
Accessibility notes: Many artmaking processes require the ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time, fine motor skills/finger dexterity, repetitive motions, vision, and some amount of physical strength. VisArts values making classes accessible to everyone, and is always happy to work with students to make accommodations when possible. Please reach out to info@visarts.org with specific questions related to accessibility or accommodations.
Paid studio access is available through our Studio Access Program. Please visit visarts.org for more information.
Classes are confirmed one week prior to the start date. In order to help us confirm classes, please register as early as possible.
- All materials are provided. There is no materials list for this class.
Al Pellenberg
Al has been been playing and working with mud since he was a kid, his “Play-Doh Fun Factory” was just the best toy Al ever had. Al believes he became an architect and space designer as a result of all those things that he built in my “first childhood." Over the years he have been in and out of the clay studio. He worked on the wheel for many years making bowls, cups, teapots and the lot, but the move to hand-building has been very rewarding and offering a set of challanges that combine both his architectual training and creative side in new and different ways
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