Clay Christmas Ornaments with Amy Smoot: November 2023

Join Amy Smoot on November 18th to create your own clay Christmas ornaments! Choose from a variety of Christmas shapes to cut out your ornament, and decorate your ornament with textures and glazes in this 45 minute workshop. Ornaments will vary in size by shape, but should fall within a 3"-4" scale. Participants will be given a slab of clay and will be able to make as many ornaments as they can from their slab. Session A: 9 AM-9:45 AM  Session B: 10 AM-10:45 AM  Session C: 11 Am- 11:45 AM  Session D: 1 PM-1:45 PM  Session E: 2 PM-2:45 PM  This class is for all ages, but participants 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult. If you and your child would both like to create an ornament, you must purchase one spot for each participant. ​ Ornaments will be fired and available to pick up in Kentuck’s Gallery Shop within a few weeks. Participants will be contacted once they’re ready for pick up. Instructed by Amy Smoot, this workshop will be held in the Georgine Clarke Building at 1922 5th Street Northport, AL 35476. Students should wear clothes that they don't mind getting clay or glaze on. This class has a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 10 participants. If the class fails to meet the minimum, participants will be refunded. About Amy Smoot: Amy Smoot is from Carrollton, GA and currently resides in Tuscaloosa, AL. She received her BFA in ceramics from the University of West Georgia in 2015. While there, she was studio technician and research assistant in the ceramics area. In 2019 she received her MFA from The University of Alabama where she first began teaching ceramics as a graduate assistant. Her practice consists of all types of ceramics techniques including mold-making, slip-casting, hand building, and wheel thrown pottery.   This workshop is sponsored in part by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.