on the schedule —
Six-week wheel series for first-timers. Eight-week functional intensives. Weekend masterclasses with visiting artists. And once a season — a kiln, a cot, three days outside Hood River.
start here
3 courses
6 weeks · 2.5 hrs/wk
with June Park
Your first time on a wheel. Centering, opening, pulling walls. You'll leave with four to six finished pieces — mugs, bowls, small vases — fired and glazed in studio kilns.
$360
Reserve a Spot4 weeks · 3 hrs/wk
with Hideo Tanaka
Pinch pots, coil vessels, slab construction. Hand-building is older than the wheel — and surprisingly forgiving for first-timers. Perfect for the wheel-shy.
$280
Reserve a SpotSingle day · 4 hours
with Sasha Reyes
Bring up to 6 of your bisqued pieces. We'll work through brush, dip, pour, and resist techniques across a dozen studio glazes. You leave with everything fired.
$110
Reserve a Spotgoing deeper
2 courses
8 weeks · 3 hrs/wk
with June Park
For students who have completed at least one beginner series. We focus on consistency — making a real set of dinnerware. Six matching plates, mugs, bowls. Production-level skills.
$520
Reserve a Spot5 weeks · 2.5 hrs/wk
with Hideo Tanaka
Sgraffito, mishima, wax resist, slip trailing. Decoration that goes deeper than glaze. You'll leave with 4-6 pieces that look unlike anyone else's.
$340
Reserve a Spotfor the obsessed
2 courses
6 weeks · 3 hrs/wk
with Robin Lee
Coil-and-throw construction for pieces over 18". Floor vessels, vases for branches, planters that hold a small tree. Includes one firing in the large gas kiln.
$480
Reserve a SpotFriday – Sunday
with Robin Lee
Three days of feeding the anagama kiln on our farm property outside Hood River. Bring up to 8 bisqued pieces. You take shifts, you sleep on a cot, you eat well, and the kiln decides what your pieces become.
$420
Reserve a Spotvisiting this season —
One-off masterclasses with artists we admire. Small groups, big ideas, things we don't get to do every week.
Sat, Jun 28 · 10am – 5pm
with Mira Sato
Visiting from Kyoto — Mira walks you through traditional gold repair on broken ceramics. Bring a piece you've cracked or one of ours. Lacquer, brass powder, real patience.
$185
Reserve →Sun, Jul 13 · 1pm – 6pm
with Wendell Pierce
Outdoor firing in the back lot. We pull pieces glowing red and crash them into sawdust nests. The smoke decides the surface. Bring a willingness to get sooty.
$165
Reserve →Sat, Aug 9 · 11am – 4pm
with Aiyana Two Crows
Aiyana teaches the same coil techniques her grandmother taught her — vessels without a wheel, fired in the open. We'll meet at her studio on the Yakama reservation.
$220
Reserve →for students —
While you're enrolled in any class series, the studio is yours. Wheels, slab roller, kilns, and 30 lbs of recycled clay per month — all included.
Sundays 11am – 5pm, plus an extra evening if your instructor signs off on a key.
groups + parties —
Birthdays, baby showers, team off-sites, bachelorettes. We open the studio after hours and walk your group through a 2-hour hand-build or wheel session. Everyone leaves with a finished, fired piece.
Groups of 6 – 20 · $65/person · includes clay, firing, and pickup in 3 weeks
Email for a datesee you on the wheel —
Most courses sell out 2 – 3 weeks ahead. The wood-firing weekend usually fills the day it opens.
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