2025 Workshops & Demos

Justin Paik Reese

Throwing + Carving Composite Forms

Saturday + Sunday, October 18+19

10AM–5PM

Workshop Focus: Learn how to throw, carve, and pierce larger multi-part forms and develop confidence troubleshooting challenges you may encounter when working with substantial volumes of clay.

Visiting Artist Justin Paik Reese will demo and discuss how he creates detailed surface and dimensional designs both on paper and as he works on the wheel. Justin will guide students through the steps involved in imagining and then developing patterns for large  thrown forms, and will show how he maps out geometry and repetition to create cohesive designs.

This workshop will use Laguna B-Mix cone 10. A tool list will be provided, and Justin will share best practices and show his favorite tools for carving and perforating stable, large hollow forms.

Experience Level: You’ll get the most out of the workshop if your wheel skills are technically sound. 

While Justin will adapt his teaching throughout the weekend to support every participant, please note that the pace and scope of the workshop curriculum cannot accommodate instruction on basic wheel skills such as centering, pulling, and shaping walls.

Justin will also be doing an afternoon demo on Friday, October 17 — details announced soon!

GENERAL PUBLIC — $345 | PS MEMBERS + SESSION #2 + #3 2025 STUDENTS — $295

~ Just a few spots left! ~

Justin Reese is a studio potter out of Youngstown, Ohio. Some of his influences include 90’s pop culture, retro video games, gothic architecture/design, and Korean pottery and patterning. He fires to cone 10/11 in his soda kiln, often looking for rich carbon-trapping with bright, electric celadons. If he is not loading a kiln or making work, you can find him spoiling his daughters and nerding out on the Super Nintendo.

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SODA WORKSHOPS 2025

Josie Rovegno

Introduction to Soda Firing

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, Oct. 20, 5:30–7:30PM: Introductory lecture + glazing demos

  • Saturday, Oct. 25 + Sunday, Oct. 26: Prepare work + load and fire the kiln

  • Tuesday, Oct. 28, 5:30–9PM: Unload, clean-up, potluck, and discussion

~ Limited spots available! Registration details coming soon! ~

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Scholarships are available. Email events@thepottersstudio.org for more info

Natalia Arbelaez

Save the dates November 8–9 for a 2-day workshop on handbuilding large figurative forms using armatures with Natalia Arbelaez. Details and registration date coming soon!