Terrestrial Forming Pottery Studio

12/03/2024

🌲🌲A glimpse of what you can see at our
open house this Sunday🌲🌲1-5 PM
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In addition to Peter & Kim, these artists will be joining us:
🌲Cara O’Brian
🌲Khushal Wardak - jewelry
🌲Alice Gamble - handmade mittens & textiles
🌲Stu Heinz - illustrator
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Can’t wait to see you there!
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11/27/2024

Don’t Forget! New Goodies on their way to the shelves as we speak!

11/15/2024

The annual holiday open house is here! 🎄🎁
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Join us the second Sunday in December for all new stoneware goodies fresh from the kiln.

10/31/2024

Peter’s newest sculpture is done being built and it’s a beauty! Fingers crossed for getting this bad boy in the kiln.

02/15/2024

✍️✍️✍️Drawing Studio with Laurel Geis! Build your drawing skills in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. Improve your drawing skills, use of tools, and understanding of concepts. Topics may include: shape and proportion, shading and dimension, perspective, texture, and composition. The instructor will provide materials and drawing exercises, or participants may bring an image or project to work on. Each class is a stand alone class and exercises are adjusted for individual learning levels. Appropriate for beginning to intermediate students.

This class will meet on Wednesdays, March 6, 13, 20, and 27 from 10:00am-12:00pm each day.

Pay What you Can Pricing:
This class is supported by the ACWL-Nuveen Scholarship Fund. If you cannot afford the $75 class fee, you may still attend the class for $50 or $25. To see the other pricing options, click 'more prices' under Tickets. ACWL-Nuveen member discounts do not apply to scholarship prices.

About the Instructor:
Laurel Geis has lived in the White Lake area for 28 years. She taught Art in public schools for 30 years before retiring. She is an active artist, working primarily in painting and drawing, and her work has been widely exhibited in sites like the Muskegon Museum of Art and the White River Gallery. Her work frequently includes landscape or environmental themes.

Date: Wednesdays, March 6, 13, 20, and 27
Time: 10AM-12PM
Ages: 16+
Link to class: www.artswhitelake.org/events-1/drawing-studio-with-laurel-geis-5

01/24/2024

🛞🛞🛞Intro to Throwing on the Wheel - Tuesdays class! This 6-week course will cover the basics of throwing on the wheel. We will go over everything from wedging, centering, creating cylinder and bowl shapes, finishing, and glazing techniques. This is a hands-on class that will allow beginners to get a feel for this art form and improve their skills in clay! Class fee includes instruction, multiple firings, glazes, and 25 lbs of clay per student.

This class will meet Tuesdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27 & March 5 & 12 at Terrestrial Forming Pottery Studio. Students will need to pick up their finished pieces following a final glaze firing that will happen AFTER the final class. Students will be notified when their pieces are ready for pick up.

Class Fee Assistance: If the price of this class is prohibitive, scholarship funds may be available. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

About the Instructor:
Like many great love stories, Kim’s love for ceramics began in high school. She loved the limitless dynamics of the art form, and it’s been her passion ever since. Recently, she’s been apprenticing with Peter "The Potter" Johnson, the local master potter working at Terrestrial Forming in Whitehall. She’s now excited to begin her own journey creating and teaching pottery to other art lovers.

Dates: Tuesdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27 & March 5 & 12
Time: 10AM - 12PM
Ages: 16+
Link to class: https://www.artswhitelake.org/events-1/intro-to-throwing-on-the-wheel-tuesdays

01/23/2024

Working on the wheel area this week to get ready for our winter classes (taught by artist Kim Funk). There’s still time to register with Arts Council of White Lake - Nuveen Center visit their website and check it out!

01/17/2024

01/16/2024

Join us this winter for 6 week wheel throwing classes at Terrestrial Forming Pottery Studio!

🛞🛞🛞Intro to Throwing on the Wheel - Tuesdays class! This 6-week course will cover the basics of throwing on the wheel. We will go over everything from wedging, centering, creating cylinder and bowl shapes, finishing, and glazing techniques. This is a hands-on class that will allow beginners to get a feel for this art form and improve their skills in clay! Class fee includes instruction, multiple firings, glazes, and 25 lbs of clay per student.

This class will meet Tuesdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27 & March 5 & 12 at Terrestrial Forming Pottery Studio. Students will need to pick up their finished pieces following a final glaze firing that will happen AFTER the final class. Students will be notified when their pieces are ready for pick up.

Class Fee Assistance: If the price of this class is prohibitive, scholarship funds may be available. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

About the Instructor:
Like many great love stories, Kim’s love for ceramics began in high school. She loved the limitless dynamics of the art form, and it’s been her passion ever since. Recently, she’s been apprenticing with Peter "The Potter" Johnson, the local master potter working at Terrestrial Forming in Whitehall. She’s now excited to begin her own journey creating and teaching pottery to other art lovers.

Dates: Tuesdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27 & March 5 & 12
Time: 10AM - 12PM
Ages: 16+
Link to class: https://www.artswhitelake.org/events-1/intro-to-throwing-on-the-wheel-tuesdays

01/16/2024

Terrestrial Forming now has a website! Check us out