Vessels + Vases: A Handbuilding Pottery Workshop at Hartlot Happening in Elbridge, NY

Handbuilt vessels and vases formed from clay slabs.

Explore the connection between hands and clay in this immersive pottery workshop at Hartlot Happening. Delve into the creative process of handbuilding ceramic objects and create your own vessel or vase.

Sunday, November 9

10 am - 1 pm

Hartlot Happening

639 Hartlot Rd

Elbridge, NY 

In the warm and inviting space of Hartlot Happening, learn step-by-step handbuilding techniques to shape your own utilitarian and decorative pottery from clay slabs. Starting with simple templates of various forms and sizes for guides, discover how to design your own inspired piece. Enjoy the playful process of transforming your clay object with decorative rims, handles, and other surface detail work .

This handbuilding pottery workshop is designed to be accessible to participants of all skill levels and experience. Workshop instructors and guides are present to support all participants in the tactile experience of handbuilding unique work. Clay and tools and other materials are provided. Comfortable clothing and aprons are encouraged. Printed instructional materials will be provided to inspire future handbuilding pottery projects at home.

We’ll close the workshop with coffee and other earthy sips from Milkhouse Roastery and thoughtfully prepared light seasonal fare.

After the workshop, pieces will dry slowly, are then bisque fired, glazed and finally fired a second time in the kilns at Hartlot Happening. Once fired, your pieces will be available for pick up at Hartlot Happening, along with the gift of winter bulbs for growing in your beautiful vessel. Work will be available for pick up approximately 3 weeks after the workshop.

Meet your Vessels + Vases pottery workshop guides:

Lora Taub is a studio potter and the co-owner of Hartlot Happening. A transplant from Southern California, and documentarian by training, she turns to clay and the industrial and natural elements of her surroundings to create connections and a sense of place in Central New York. She makes handbuilt and wheel thrown functional pottery for the table, home, and garden and all the spaces in between.

Becky Muir lives on a small farm in Borodino where she farms flowers and grows quince in all their glory, and tells the visual stories of her environment through photography. Her photographs invite viewers to notice the transitory and often exquisite beauty of blooms and branches foraged from farm, field, and hedgerow, in various states of emergence and fading.

Mike Foster is an artist whose understanding of and attention to growing and making is expressed in the really good coffee he roasts and shares with the community at Milkhouse Roastery in Marcellus. He shares with Becky an endless fascination and care for cultivating and collecting plants and local wild clay through their In The Hedgerow collaboration.

Space is limited to 15 guests. Register now to reserve your spot.

Please email questions about the pottery workshop to Lora Taub at lorataubstudio@gmail.com.