Join Kettle Creek Pottery for a day (or two) of barrel firing this Spring!

5/31/25 – Clay forms building day (12pm-5pm) CLASS 1

Students will create 4 forms approx. 2lbs each.
Potter, Amy Manson will demonstrate a few techniques for building various forms.
Come with ideas and photos references.

6/14/25 – Barrel Firing Day (8:30am – 6pm) CLASS 2

Meet in the morning to discuss how to pack your pots with organic materials, colorants, and more.
You will start the burn as soon as you finish preparing pots.
Lunch break – Lunch provided by Kettle Creek Pottery.
Help tend the barrel, or tour some local sites as the barrel burns down.
They will unload the barrel around 5pm and will clean and treat your pots with a follow up discussion on results.
In this workshop you’ll learn how to barrel fire pots – a modified version of the ancient technique of pit firing.

Participants will learn to treat their pots with colorants, copperwire, and organic materials. After you treat your pots participants will learn how to prepare the barrels for a successful firing. Once the barrels are loaded and lit they will burn most of the afternoon, when cool enough to remove, pots will be washed, sealed and ready to take home.

*Barrel fired pots are not food safe and will not hold water. Barrel fired pots are one of a kind works of art and can not be replicated.

***Workshop requirements (important!)
You can join them for both days, or if you have your own studio, you can create and prepare your pots at home and join them for the firing day only.

*Pots must be made with low fire Raku Clay (4 pots, size requirement 2lbs each)

* Pots must be treated with tera sigillata first and then bisque fired to 08.