Bonsai

Join us for a very special three-part workshop in partnership with the Pacific Bonsai Museum. Participants will make their own custom bonsai pot at Pottery Northwest and then plant a bonsai tree in that pot at the Pacific Bonsai Museum.

Session 1: Saturday, January 16th, 2:00 - 5:00PM

Onsite at Pottery Northwest. Instructors Ryanna Lawson and  Alison Grimm will lead participants will work with clay and learn pinch and coil techniques to design and build their own bonsai pot. Our technicians will do a bisque fire of the works in preparation for glazing session 2.

Session 2: Saturday, February 13th, 2:00 - 4:00PM

Onsite at Pottery Northwest. We will have your bisqued pots ready for you to learn how to glaze. Pottery Northwest staff will lead participants through how to choose a glaze, how to prep your pot and finally, how to glaze your work. Our techs will run a final glaze fire so that your pots are ready for their trees in session 3.

Session 3: Saturday, February 27th, 12:00PM - 3:00PM

*Onsite at the Pacific Bonsai Museum

Address: 2515 South 336th St, Federal Way, WA 98003

In the fresh woodsy air of Pacific Bonsai Museum, your Bonsai teacher, Cory Sutton, will lead you on a short tour of the Museum’s world-class bonsai collection for inspiration. Then, you will learn how to work your scissor magic to turn a small tree into an artful abstraction of nature. Finally, you’ll secure your tree in your own pot, fill around its roots with special bonsai soil, and then admire your bonsai as a work of art.

This workshop is open to all skill levels. No previous clay experience is necessary.

We believe clay is for everyone! Need tuition assistance? Please send us an email at info@potterynorthwest.org for more information.

What is included

• Clay

• Tools

• Bonsai tree

What to bring:

• A good attitude and a mind open to learning.
• A basic pottery tool kit. (This should include a cut off wire, wooden knife, wooden rib, metal rib, needle tool, sponge, trimming loop tool and double-ended ribbon tool.)
• An apron or clothes that can get dirty.
• A notebook or sketchbook.

Pottery NW has communal tools available. Personal toolkits, bat pins & additional clay can be purchased at the online student store. All items purchased from the store need to be picked up onsite.

Please Note:

• WE HAVE MOVED STUDIO LOCATIONS. Our new address is  2254 7th Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
• Free Parking in the parking garage located at the entrance on 8th avenue. No validation required weekdays after 4pm and none required at all on weekends.
• Workshops do not gain you access to the studio outside of the designated meeting times.