2025 Workshops & Demos
Our spring round of workshops, demonstrations, and artist talks with visiting and local artists wraps up in April. More information about summer and fall workshops and collaborations will be shared here soon!
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To inquire about, sign-up for, or suggest a Visiting Artist for a future workshop, please email events@berkeleypottersstudio.org
Workshop registration and payment is completed via your Potters’ Studio account — if you’re not a current Member or Student, please go HERE to create an account.
Josie Rovegno
Introduction to Soda Firing
March 31– April 9 (see full schedule below)
~ this workshop is now full ~
gain hands-on training in the fundamentals of soda firing!
Josie will train you in safety and care of the kiln and equipment and will guide you in preparing and glazing your bisqueware, making wadding and cone packs, and loading and firing. Each participant will get 1 cubic foot of firing space.
This workshop firing will be at cone 9/10 reduction with oxidation strike and sprayed soda and is good for glazes, raw clay, and flashing slips.
Monday, March 31, 5:30–8:30 PM: Introductory lecture + demos
Saturday + Sunday, April 5–6: Prepare work + load and fire the kiln
Wednesday, April 9, 5:30–8:30 PM: Unload, potluck, and discussion
To register, email events@berkeleypottersstudio.org
PS Member + Student registration opens February 13
General public registration opens February 20. Limited spots available!
Scholarships are available. Email events@berkeleypottersstudio.org for more info
COST: $425 (PS Members & PS Students: $375)
Taylor Sijan
Exploring Layered + Colored Surfaces in Functional Ware
April 11–13, 10AM–5PM
~ this workshop is now full ~
DIVE INTO COLOR AND TEXTURE USING SLIPS + UNDERGLAZES AND LEARN HOW TO INCORPORATE INCISED + RAISED SURFACE DECORATION AND STENCILS INTO YOUR SURFACE COMPOSITIONS!
Taylor Sijan crafts richly decorated, functional pottery. Each piece is a confluence of things she finds beautiful— asymmetrical compositions, evocative colors, botanical imagery, and fine details—expressed within the parameters of objects intended for active participation in someone’s life.
Work with leather-soft and bone dry pieces and use simple provided tiles to learn and explore the rich variety of techniques Taylor demonstrates. Workshop includes a 25# bag of clay available for pick-up from The Potters’ Studio on registration.
Taylor Sijan is a full-time studio artist from Catawba Island, Ohio. She earned an MFA with ceramics emphasis from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2021). In 2020, Taylor was named one of Ceramics Monthly’s Emerging Artists. She enjoys traveling to teach techniques to students and has demonstrated at institutions including Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Peters Valley School of Craft, Gasworks NYC, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts, Snow Farm, and Hudgens Center for Arts and Learning.
When Taylor’s not in her studio, she’s usually gardening, hiking, or spending time with her two cats.
To register, email events@berkeleypottersstudio.org
COST: $500 (PS Members & PS Students: $425)
