After you have the foundations of handbuilding down, we offer a variety of advanced handbuilding classes.
In The Crucible’s Ceramics Department, students make sculptural and functional forms in clay, covering traditional hand-building and surface treatment techniques. You can get started in introductory classes like Ceramics I to dive deep into handbuilding, or try a 3-Hour Taster to explore a new art form without the deeper commitment of a full course. After you have the foundations of handbuilding down, we offer a variety of advanced handbuilding classes. In Large Ceramic Forms, you can pinch and coil a large planter or sculpture. In our Raku classes, students utilize a unique firing technique where ceramic pieces are taken out of the kiln glowing hot and placed in an oxygen-reduced atmosphere, giving sparkling colors to your glazeware.