For students that have never touched clay to those still learning the basics.

This class will cover the basic “how tos” of pottery. Students will learn the foundations of throwing, including how to confidently center, pull, and trim pots on the wheel. The class will also cover basic glazing techniques, attaching handles, and how to track your pieces through the studio.

Ages: 16+

Class meets weekly on TUESDAYS

Note: This class will meet at the Hill location at 1010 Aurora Avenue. You will only have open lab access at the same studio as your class.

Does NOT include Firing Fees. For details on our Firing Fees, please click here: https://www.groundworksartlab.org/firing-fees

This class is Pay What You Can with a suggested price of $290

All pieces will be fired to Cone 6 in a reduction kiln.

Will be available to register on Monday, March 30 at 8:00am.

The Family Clay Class is a great opportunity for children to work together with an adult to make hand-built pottery!

Students will learn a variety of hand-building techniques, using tools, textures, stamps, and molds. Instructor will lead students in both functional and sculptural pottery projects and students will paint each finished piece with colored slips. Emphasis is on working on a project as a family. This is a fun class, built around community and creativity!

Please note registration is for 1 child and their adult. If you have more family members that want to get involved, please send an email to registration-clay@groundworksartlab.org!

Ages: 4+

This class is Pay What You Can with a suggest price of $100.

Will be available to register on Monday, March 30 at 8:00am.

This workshop explores expressive figurative sculpture, using the human face and bust as a foundation for both observation and experimentation. Participants will begin by sketching and developing ideas, building an understanding of structure, proportion, and expression.

From sketch to clay, participants will construct head and bust forms using handbuilding techniques such as coiling, slab building, and hollowing. These foundational forms will then be expanded through the addition of distorted, hybrid, and unconventional elements, encouraging a shift beyond traditional representation.

The workshop will also introduce playful surface approaches using slip, inspired by Buncheong techniques (분청: Korean decorative technique). Through layering, marking, and spontaneous gestures, participants will explore how both intentional and unintentional touches create unique and expressive surfaces.

This process driven workshop invites participants to experiment, take risks, and discover their own visual language. Rather than focusing on perfect likeness, the emphasis is on shaping ideas into form and allowing the work to evolve through making.

Each student will receive 25lbs of clay. A carving knife and a wooden modeling tool will be provided. However, for more diverse surface exploration, participants are encouraged to bring additional tools. Items with interesting textures—such as stones from your yard or unique tools and objects from your kitchen or toolbox—are welcome. Please bring at least one item to experiment with.

This is an all level workshop, and anyone with a love for clay and a desire to explore and learn is warmly welcome.

About the instructor: Eunjoo Kang 강 은 주
Eunjoo Kang is a ceramic artist and sculptor whose work explores expressive figurative forms rooted in observation and personal narrative. Drawing from her Korean heritage and personal experiences, she reflects on identity and a sense of hope through contemporary approaches to surface, texture, and the emotional presence of the human figure. She received her BFA in Ceramics from Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul, South Korea, and participated in the Korea College Outstanding Exhibition. Since moving to the United States, she has exhibited at the Boulder Public Library Canyon Gallery and the Cherry Creek Arts Festival where she received the 3rd Place Artist Award, and will participate in Sculpture in the Park in Loveland this year. She is a member of the Boulder Potters’ Guild, where she teaches.

To learn more about Eunjoo please visit her website, or check out her instagram. 

Please Note: Firing service is not included; if you wish to fire your pieces an additional fee will apply based on the size of the items.

This class takes place at Groundworks Main (3750 Canfield St.)

Ages: 16+

The Book Arts League is excited to announce that we will now offer open studio hours! Our shop will be available monthly for you to print your work. Below are the upcoming open studio dates. BAL board members will be your hosts and will assist you with your printing projects. Please bring your own paper and get ready to print! Book Arts League Members please RSVP to bal.workshops@gmail.com. If you are not a Book Arts League Member, register here!

WEDNESDAY May. 20thth — 4:30-6:30PM

WEDNESDAY June 17th — 4:30-6:30PM

 This book combines the soft opening of a leather spine with the sturdy firmness of board covers. The completed book opens nearly perfectly flat making it an ideal book for your journal writing or drawing. Creating your book involves sewing folded signatures through a leather spine with the long stitch. We will begin by getting acquainted with paper grain and its importance for the finished book. We will cover the boards of the book with decorative paper and once dry we'll drill holes in the covers to prepare for sewing. The leather spine will also need holes for sewing which we will pierce with an awl or drill. Paper signatures will be folded and pierced and then we'll take a short break for lunch. After lunch we will learn to sew the long stitch to bind the book. Covers will then be sewn onto the leather spine piece. By the end of the workshop, you will have completed your book, and have the skill to make more on your own. Class fee includes all materials we use to make a book: leather for the spine, a sheet of decorative paper to cover boards, paper for your signatures, a pair of pre-cut cover boards, glue, and waxed-linen thread. Students can borrow tools from the BAL or you can bring your own bookbinder's toolkit. Students will need: bonefolder, medium-weight awl, Xacto knife, scissors, ruler, and a bookbinder's needle. Optional: Students may elect to bring their own sheet of decorative paper for covering the boards..

Ages: 16+

This class takes place at Groundworks East (3063 E. Sterling Cir)

Will be available to register on Monday, March 30 at 8:00am.

Join us for clay camp, where kids learn the basics of ceramics hand-building. Campers will experiment with low-fire clay and discover ways to build functional pottery as well as creative sculpture — monsters and mugs, nature-inspired works, zoo creatures, and anything they dream up. Each day, we spend most of the time learning techniques and creating, with a quick break in the middle for snacks, outdoor activities, and games.

Supervised Lunch / Extended Pick-Up/Drop-off:Each student enrolled in camp can sign up for supervised lunch. Bring your own lunch to enjoy between morning and afternoon camps (12pm-1pm). The fee for this add-on program is $25 per week.

This camp will be available to register at 8:00AM on Monday, February 2.

Join us for clay camp, where kids learn the basics of ceramics hand-building. Campers will experiment with low-fire clay and discover ways to build functional pottery as well as creative sculpture — monsters and mugs, nature-inspired works, zoo creatures, and anything they dream up. Each day, we spend most of the time learning techniques and creating, with a quick break in the middle for snacks, outdoor activities, and games.

Supervised Lunch / Extended Pick-Up/Drop-off:Each student enrolled in camp can sign up for supervised lunch. Bring your own lunch to enjoy between morning and afternoon camps (12pm-1pm). The fee for this add-on program is $25 per week.

This camp will be available to register at 8:00AM on Monday, February 2.

This exciting new camp is available to all skill levels and is a great introduction to several metalworking skills. Over the week, students will learn the basics of cold metalworking with hand tools, as well as forging with hot metal and even some welding! Don’t worry, our instructors will be sure to cover safety too. But due the higher level of focus and dexterity needed, these camps are only available to preteens and teens.

What to Wear in the Metals Studio? You must dress safely and appropriately. Arrive for class in all-natural fiber clothing, long pants, and closed-toe, closed-heel shoes with socks that protect up to the ankle. Long hair must be tied back. Nylon, polyester, spandex, or other synthetics are not allowed around machines, equipment, or processes that can produce hot fragments, sparks, or flames.

Supervised Lunch / Extended Pick-Up/Drop-off: Each student enrolled in camp can sign up for supervised lunch. Bring your own lunch to enjoy between morning and afternoon camps (12pm-1pm). The fee for this add-on program is $25 per week.

This camp will be available to register at 8:00AM on Monday, February 2.