This will be my first time exhibiting at this prestigious show at the Mint Museum. This is in Charlotte, NC and will be in person.

Join me in Zoom at Sonoma Ceramics for this hand building class. I will show you how i carve a cup and add a handle and how i make a drip cone using the pinch method.

Please join me at Sonoma Ceramics where I will demo how to coil build a large pot. We will talk about cracking issues, shape and form. Special attention will be paid to handles and finishing the rim.

Register at Sonoma Ceramics for this handbuilding zoom class. I will walk you through two demos of how i handbuild pitchers. Special attention will be paid to handles and spouts. We will talk about the elements of a pitcher concerning pourability and proportion.

please join me for a virtual talk “you are what you make” hosted by Sonoma Ceramics

register to learn how to hand build pots for serving or taking to a party via Sonoma Ceramics

Please visit Sonoma Ceramics to register for this zoom class.

Please join me for this virtual workshop. I will demo how to make bisque molds for creating slab dishes. We will also make molds from found objects. You can sign up through Sonoma Ceramics. BIPOC people can use code EQCLAY21 to take this class for $5

Hosted by Sonoma Ceramics

In conjunction with Sonoma Ceramics

From Black and White to Color with Melissa Weiss

Melissa will demonstrate how she decorates pots after bisque with a variety of materials and methods including how clay types,  like the custom stoneware she makes from her land in northwest Arkansas, play an important role in the final aesthetics. She will use glazes, underglazes and oxides in conjunction with mishima and wax resist techniques. She will talk about cone 10 reduction cooling in her gas kiln, firing multiple times and her journey of developing her exciting surfaces.

With time remaining after the demo,  there will be an opportunity for in-depth, and Q&A. All workshops will be hosted by the Sonoma Ceramics staff; participants will be encouraged to ask questions using the chat forum in Zoom, and the staff will communicate these questions to Melissa during her demo.

Students will receive the Zoom recording of the workshop to watch at their convenience for two weeks after the workshop (this will be sent to you 24 hours after the workshop). Many participants choose to observe the virtual workshop and work later, but you may also work alongside Melissa during the demo. If you cannot attend the whole workshop, you may drop in and out as you choose- remember, you’ll have the video to watch for 2 weeks after the workshop is over.

Participants must pre-register for the workshop to get the Zoom link & tool list. Once you register, the links will be in your confirmation email. 

Click here for Zoom Instructions and workshop agenda.

$45

All Levels
All Ages

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this class is hosted by Sonoma Ceramics Please register for this class on their website

n this online, live workshop using Zoom video conferencing, Melissa will demonstrate how she makes small boxes using a straight forward technique called Kurinuki. Kurinuki means to hollow out. It is a Japanese subtractive method of making pots by starting with a solid shape and carving the pot out of it.

Melissa will demonstrate how she carves boxes from a solid shape of clay. She will focus on feet, handles, followed by surface treatment and glaze decoration on bisqued pots. A pdf file with Melissa’s tool list and glaze recipes will be included in this workshop.

With time remaining after the demo,  there will be oppertunity for in-depth, live Q&A. All workshops will be hosted by the Sonoma Ceramics staff; participants will be encouraged to ask questions using the chat forum in Zoom, and the staff will communicate these questions to Melissa during her demo.

Students will receive the Zoom recording of the workshop to watch at their convenience for two weeks after the workshop (this will be sent to you 24 hours after the workshop). Many participants choose to observe the virtual workshop and work later, but you may also work alongside Melissa during the demo. If you cannot attend the whole workshop, you may drop in and out as you choose- remember, you’ll have the video to watch for 2 weeks after the workshop is over.

Participants must pre-register for the workshop to get the Zoom link & tool list. Once you register, the links will be in your confirmation email.  Click here to register

Come learn the kurinuki method of carving a cup from a solid block of clay at Super Mud Studios

This is benefit with all the proceeds going to Raices

The greatest craft fair in Asheville! Come visit me at The Big Crafty

The Signature Shop in Atlanta, GA has curated a show including all the potters in my recent book “Handbuilt; A Potter’s Guide” . I will also be signing and selling books at the opening.