VISITING WORKSHOPS
The Potters School hosts a variety of workshops throughout the year. Workshops are presented by visiting artists as well as our staff, studio members and potters enrolled in our Internship and Residency Programs.
Recent Visiting Artist Workshops have included:
- Exploring Naked Raku with Wally Asselberghs and Sue Morse
- Light and Energy: Porcelain Secrets with Monika Armbruster
- Throwing and Handbuilding with Leo van de Heyden and Domi Gruszecka
- Workshop manipulation & building with slabs Lisa Floryshak
Raku Workshops
The studio holds monthly studio member only Raku firings throughout the year. Raku workshops can also be scheduled for your group, studio, guild, school, co-op, etc. See the description below. Our Raku facilities include 6 propane fired kilns of various sizes in a spacious firing area complete with all equipment, materials, and supplies. We can host up to 12 participants.
Fees: $800 minimum covers all of the above. Firing session can be extended beyond the 5 hours. Each additional hour of firing time beyond 5 hours is $75. Scheduling: Weekdays only and workshops must be completed by 5 PM. Call for availability and scheduling.
MEMBERS ONLY
Upcoming Members-Only Workshops
Our monthly members-only workshops are presented exclusively for Potters School Studio Members and are free of charge. Only our monthly studio member Raku firings carry a firing fee. Please see our Membership page for more information on studio membership. There is a category for you!
**Workshops my be canceled due to lack of enrollment. Please call first before coming down to confirm the workshop is still on!
For a more detailed description of each workshop, visit the WORKSHOP PAGE!
To learn more about becoming a member to have access to our workshops, visit the MEMBERSHIP PAGE!
Up coming and past
Events and Workshops!
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Studio Member Workshops are open & free of charge to all current studio members and students. Please note: Workshops will be cancelled due to severe weather or lack of interest. If you plan on attending a workshop please email us an RSVP as soon as possible. Thank You!
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Lids.....The Final Frontier
High ranking and esteemed staff member Sarah Whitlock demonstrated the fine art of making lids. If you would like to improve your lid making technically, aesthetically, and functionally, Sarah is a master. Becoming adept at lids will improve and extend your skills at everything you do on the wheel. You can also be able to apply her demonstrations to hand building.
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Get ready for the annual
Bowl-a-Thon Glazing Evening
Next Bowl-a-Thon TBD
Be on the lookout for more information about how you can help participate in this annual tradition.
For Studio Members
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Terra Sigillata/Saggar Firing
with Shamai Gibsh
Master Potter and Teacher Shamai Gibsh. Shamai's work with terra sigillata and saggar firing in known throughout the world through his workshops and exhibitions. His recent book Terra Sigillata Smoke Fire & Clay is the definitive book on the method and technique.
Stay tuned for Shamai’s next workshop

Past Members-Only workshops have included:
- Woodfiring at Noble and Greenough School
- Kiln Info and Care with Steve Branfman
- Making Handbuilt Aka(red) Raku Chawan with John Baymore
- Oxides with Sarah Fuhro
- Screen Printing on Clay with Karen Mahoney
- Feet of Pots with Sarah Whitlock
- Raku with Debbie Winnick
- Slip Trailing with Jayne Raphael
- Low-fire Techniques with Karen Mahoney
- Big Birds: Thrown and Altered Sculpture with Sarah Whitlock
- Bottle Workshop with Steve Branfman
- Group Critique with Jaye Richards
- The Air in There: Closed Forms with Sarah Whitlock
31 Thorpe Rd. Needham, MA 02494 USA Phone: 781-449-7687 Fax: 781-449-9098 Email: PottersShop@aol.com Hours: M-Th: 11-5 F: 10-4