Joy Friedman offers Pottery Classes!

Take a class and bring forms to life!

“Joy's style of teaching along with her patient and caring attitude made my first experience with pottery exceptional! So much so that I have taken many classes since and am so pleased with my progress. With Joy's guidance and knowledge, I have a much better understanding of clay!”
Dianne Dolan Orange, MA

Classes

2010 Fall Pottery Class
Wednesday Evenings Starting Sept. 15th-Nov. 3rd
6:30-9:00 pm
8 Weeks
Joy's Studio at LCA
$265 includes all materials and firings

Fall Daytime Class
If there is enough interest, I will teach a class during the day.
It will be held on either:
Wed. afternoons from 2:00-4:30 or
Thurs. mornings from 11:00-1:30pm
Please let me know which one is better for you!
Wed. afternoons 9/15-11/3 or Thurs. mornings 9/16-11/4

8 Weeks
Joy's studio at LCA
$265 includes all materials and firings

Classes are limited to eight people.

Private classes for wheel-throwing can also be scheduled. $40 an hour - all materials Included.

For registration call 413-548-9673 or click here to email Joy

Classes focus on promoting clay skills while enhancing individual expression. Participants will learn hand building techniques such as coil, pinch and slab construction, how to throw a variety of forms on the potter’s wheel, as well as glazing techniques. Form, function, surface decoration, altered forms, and group projects are also explored. Joy gives demonstrations each week to illustrate different techniques and projects for the students. Some of the projects offered have been masks, mugs, vases, lanterns, lidded jars, bowls, mirrors, plates, ocarinas, and more. There is a wide selection of glaze colors to choose from and all glazes are food safe.

Joy creates a class atmosphere that is supportive and informal, with students freely interacting with one another. She structures the direction of each class to meet the needs of the students and gives lots of individual attention. Joy loves to teach and believes everyone is inherently creative. Joy enjoys students' clay explorations and she likes to encourage them to discover something about their own creative style.

“Watching Joy’s beautiful hands form fluid shapes inspired me to try new things. Joy is calm and patient and taught us “the sky’s the limit!””
David W. Henion Leverett, MA

Joy Friedman has been teaching pottery classes for over 25 years. She has taught at Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., Amherst Community Art School, Amherst, Mass. and Mudpie Potters, Leverett, Mass., as well as currently in her pottery studio at the Leverett Crafts and Arts. She has given ceramic workshops for the elderly at Amherst Nursing Home, and offered “Artability” Workshops to students with disabilities in Amherst and Florence, Mass.

“I was thoroughly enamored of wheel throwing before I started classes with Joy. Then I discovered the amazing world of hand building! I love physically negotiating with the clay as I entice cooperation from my co-creator, the clay. Oh, I still throw, but my great love is hand building!”
Peg Davies South Deerfield, MA.

Upcoming Events

2010 POTTERY SECONDS SALE
FRI MARCH 5TH 6:00-9:00PM & SAT. MARCH 6TH 10:00-2:00
GREENFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
GREENFIELD, MA.

2010 Spring Pottery Studio Sale
May 2nd 10:00-5:00PM
Joy's Studio at Leverett Crafts and Arts
Leverett, MA

2010 Crafts on the Common
Sat. July 10th 2010 9-5
Amherst Common
Amherst, Ma.

2010 Apple Harvest Festival
Sat. September 25th 10:00-5:00
Amherst Common
Amherst, MA

2010 GARLIC & ARTS FESTIVAL
Sat. OCT. 2nd & Sun. Oct. 3rd 10-5
FOSTER'S FARM
ORANGE, MA.

2010 Open Studio Sale
Sat. November 20th 10:00-5:00
Joy's Studio at Leverett Crafts and Arts
Leverett, MA

2010 Winter Craft Fair
Sat. December 4th & Sun. Dec. 5th 2010 10:00-5:00
Northampton High School
Northampton, MA

2010 Annual Holiday Studio Sale
Sat. December 11th & Sun. Dec. 12th 2010 10:00-4:00
joy's Studio at The Leverett Crafts and Arts
Leverett, MA