Independent Study

This course is unlike any other at Pottery Northwest. Students will have use of both the wheel and handbuilding studios for the quarter and can be as self-guided as they wish. The instructor will be there to provide hands-on mentoring and training in alignment with the students' goals. Projects will be assigned to those who wish to have additional prompts, and there will be advanced tutorials in technique and equipment usage. Overall, however, students will be invited and encouraged to pursue their own creative goals in alignment with their ceramics practice.

This is a class for Intermediate and advanced practitioners. It is a great option for those who wish to go into open studio practice but still want the option of an instructor to bounce ideas off of or provide demonstrations. 

Learn more about instructor Becca Headline.

We believe clay is for everyone! Need tuition assistance? Please visit our tuition assistance page for more information.

What’s included:

• Access to use our studio during open studio hours every day for the duration of the quarter from 10AM to 9PM.
• 1 bag of clay (pick-up first day of class)
• Personal full shelf for storage of tools, clay, and in process work

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:

• If you are new to the Pottery NW studio, or if you have not attended an orientation as of Summer Quarter 2023, you must attend the first class to receive the mandatory studio orientation. New students who do not attend the first day will be dropped from the class without a refund of the class fee. On the first day of class, late arrivals beyond 15 minutes after the class start time will not be permitted to join. Returning students should still attend the first day of class as the instructor will not be able to reteach missed lessons and demos to absent students in the proceeding classes.

 • We are in Pioneer Square, so please plan ahead so that you have enough time to park. You don’t want to miss anything!