If you just have a day or two to spare, and family and work comittments keep you from taking a longer course, then these may be for you! Call if interested in any of the following:

Glass Fusing - Learn the basics of glass fusing and slumping.
Tuesday, June 24    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Tuesday, July 22     6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wednesday, July 30 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost $25 per class plus $20 for glass supplies

Taking the Mystery out of Firing - How to load and fire and electric kiln, including using an electronic controller. Q and A session.
Friday, June 27      3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost $15 per class

Design Techniques - using underglazes/overglazes, resist techniques and more...
Friday, June 27     1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Cost $25 per class

Handbuilding Techniques - Explore slab, coil, pinch methods, Hands on class.
Friday, June 27    10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Thursday, July 31   6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost $25

Tile Making & Design Techniques - Surface decoration and basics of making your own custom tiles, and/or using bisque tiles to make a mural or tile project.
Tuesday, July 29     6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Tuesday, Aug 12    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost $25 per class.

Glaze Making 101 - How to make glazes from scratch. Glaze calculation and more.
Monday, July 28     6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Monday, August 11 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost $50 for both classes. (Must take both).

Independent Study - explore a clay project of your choice. Use of stuiio including supervision of project with professional consultation. Times to be arranged.
Cost $20 per two contact hours.

Sculpture Classes - Call to reserve a space, morning class, usually Tues or Wed. Expert instruction by noted sculptor, Chase Winfield. Cost $35 per class plus clay.
10:00 - noon. Call to confirm.

Pottery Classes - Throwing on the Potter's wheel. Expert instruction by Leon Nichols, master potter.
All levels through advanced. Six week summer session.
Cost $127.50 for six weeks, beginning the week of July 7th.
Evenings: Mon, Tue, Wed, or Thurs, 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Thurs Morning, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Basket Making - (not clay) How to make pine needle folk baskets.
Tuesdays 10:00 am - 12:00 noon, 6-week class beginning week of July 7th
Cost $25 per class

To register for any of the classes, call 704/376-7221 or stop in. 
We are located in the Southend area of Charlotte, near South Blvd. and Tremont.
Address: 2132 Hawkins Street, Charlotte NC 28203

Fun at the wheel

Pottery Classes at Carolina Clay Connection

Learn to throw on the potter's wheel. All levels, beginner through advanced. Instructor - Leon Nichols, master potter. Most sessions are 8-weeks, summer session is 6-weeks. The Wednesday morning class includes handbuilding. Pick a time that suits you:
Monday evening:      6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Tuesday evening:      6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Wednesday morning:  10:00 am - 12:30 pm  (Beginner class-summer)  
Wednesday evening: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Thursday morning:  10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Thursday evening:    6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Pottery Classes 2008:
These classes are for an 8-week session, Cost is $170 per session
Week of January 7, 2008  This session is FULL.
Week of March 3, 2008 
Week of April 28, 2008 
Week of July 7, 2008   This will be a six week session (Cost $127.50)
Week of August 18, 2008.  Call to be put on WAITING LIST for this session.
Week of October 13, 2008.  Call to be put on WAITING LIST for this session.

Sculpture classes – figurative sculpture, instructor – Chase Winfield
 $35 per class, plus clay, Tuesday or Wednesday mornings, 10:00 am - noon
Classes are very small,  not in a series, call first to reserve space.

Beginners are welcome. Call to register, as class size is limited. Class includes firing of class work and house glazes.
Dress for mess! Wear clay clothes, bring an old towel, a large sponge for clean-up, and a small bucket. You will need a basic pottery tool kit, available to our students at a discount. To register, call, come in, or fax registration. 

We are located in the South End area, just south of downtown Charlotte, near Dilworth.
(From South Blvd, turn west onto Tremont Ave, take first left on Hawkins St, we are the third building on the right.)  Call 704/376-7221 to register.