Intro to
Wild clay
workshop Series
We are thrilled to offer a new workshop series in partnership with East Side Pot Shop.
Part 1 : Intro to Wild, Foraged, Local Clays
⏱︎ When: November 9, 2024 • 9a - 5p
⟟ Where: Windsor Park, ATX
Part 2 : Intro to Pit Firing
⏱︎ When: 12/7/24 • 9a - 5p & 12/8/24 • 9a - 12p
⟟ Location: Elgin,TX
All levels are welcome!
Interested in learning about wild clay?
This workshop series is an ideal starting point for those seeking to reconnect with the land by embracing sustainable, local materials in their creative process.
Over the course of 10 demos, students receive a comprehensive exploration of wild, local, foraged clay, designed to inspire and inform their ceramics practice.
CURRICULUM
IDENTIFY
Wild clay is everywhere! Walk with me through my east Austin neighborhood and learn to how to spot clay in urban environments.
TEST
Learn how to determine if clay is suitable for creating by learning steps for testing as well as the key indicators of workability & plasticity of clays.
CLEANSE
Preparing your clay is vital to successfully create. You’ll you’ll learn two methods for cleansing impurities from your foraged clay.
prepare
Learn techniques and material options for preparing your clay for hand building and pit firing.
Adorn
Learn about natural glaze options with demos covering a variety of materials enhance your work.
Fire
Learn techniques for building a pit firing including considerations / common mistakes to mitigate.
WILD CLAY TOOL KIT
WILD CLAY TOOL KIT
This list includes all the tools you'll need to start your wild clay adventures.
Can’t attend A WORKSHOP in person?
The intro to wild clay workshop is also available as an ONLINE COURSE.
Retreats
Our retreats are a unique and immersive tapestry of transformation,
creativity, mindfulness, and community
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Discover Your Path
Our retreats provide a sacred space and expert guidance to embark on a profound and transformative journey that embraces every facet of your being. By immersing yourself in our process, you'll gain clarity and insight into your deepest aspirations, allowing you to cultivate a life that is authentically aligned with your truest self.
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Unleash Your Creative Spirit
Our guidance extends beyond ceramic technique, as we gently lead you to trust your intuition and reconnect with your authentic self. Unlock the gateway to a flow state, where your innate creativity flows effortlessly. Immerse yourself in a journey of self-discovery, tapping into a deep well of inspiration, and rediscovering your unique artistic voice through wild clay.
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Connect with Community
Surround yourself with a community of like-minded individuals who are committed to living purposefully and authentically. Forge lifelong connections, share transformative experiences, inspire and empower one another along this extraordinary journey.
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Transform with foraged clay
Dive into the world of introspective journaling exercises, guided meditations, and coaching materials designed to unveil your authentic path. Rediscover your passions, uncover hidden talents, and embrace the profound sense of fulfillment that comes from aligning with your true self facilitated by a grounding wild clay process.
What happens During the Retreat?
Together with your retreat community, you delve into an ancient ceramics practice and a unique personal growth program — learning both the skills to forage, cleanse, hand-build, and pit-fire wild clay, while unearthing the raw elements of your being. Throughout this transformative experience, we cultivate a space where honesty, awareness, acceptance, gratitude, and presence thrive. Guided by our collective work, we excavate the raw and wild parts of ourselves, process, and create alongside a supportive community, fostering deep physical and spiritual connections with both the clay and our inner selves.
As the retreat unfolds, you will witness a processing. A sense of wholeness, groundedness, resilience, clarity, and wakefulness. By embracing this journey, you will gain a renewed understanding of your true self and form connections with a community of supportive, empowering people.
Emerge from this immersive experience empowered, enriched, and ready to embark on a new chapter of your life, carrying the wisdom and strength that comes from embracing your authentic self, the creative process, and the power of self-inquiry alongside a community of kindred spirits.
Pro·cess
\ ˈprä-ˌses , ˈprō-, -səs \
(n.1): a natural phenomenon marked by gradual changes that lead toward a particular result
(v.1): to integrate sensory information received so that an action or response is generated
(v.2): to subject to examination or analysis
Attendee Reflections…
“It is gorgeous. It was empowering and calming. A wonderful balance of the work we put in with time to be calm, which I think is extremely important. A really beautiful job of incorporating it all and aligning the pottery process with the meditations and emotional reflections.”
Emily, 2023
“The experience was a lot more than I expected. It was transcending. I don’t think it can be explained unless you experience it. You can give a gist overall of like feeling really close to the earth and people, strangers, who are also on a healing path. But, you just have to experience it.”
Elsa, 2023
“This was an opportunity to reconnect with nature, with art, and ultimately with myself, in a space among such strong and inspiring women. I hope to live my life as my vessel - resilient and imperfect, filled to the brim with love that pours from the spout and ripples into others.”
