Summer Wheel Thrown Pottery Class with Kristen Bonelli SUNDAYS

from $120.00
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SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2026, through SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2026. No class on June 21 (Father’s Day).

Classes are held on Sunday afternoons from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

This is a 6-week session.

Class is for all levels of experience.

In this class, students will learn Beginning and Intermediate techniques of throwing clay on the potters’ wheel.  Students will learn all the steps of wheel throwing from the initial step of centering the clay to pulling forms such as cylinders, bowls, plates, mugs, and pitchers. Students will learn how to use the various tools involved in the throwing process, as well as how to trim, decorate, and glaze your creations.

Cost: Members $120; Non-members $146 for the 6 week class
To access member pricing, you must be current on your membership. Memberships can be purchased HERE.

Stoneware clay (25 #), glaze, and firing are included.  Students are able to attend our Thursday night Open Studio from 6-9 pm at no charge. (Teachers do not instruct during Open Studio.) CLASS SIZE IS STRICTLY LIMITED TO 8 STUDENTS DUE TO THE NUMBER OF POTTERY WHEELS IN THE STUDIO.

Location: Elkhart Art League Studio, 132 Tyler Street, #1B, Elkhart IN 46516 in the west end of the Depot Building south of the Elkhart Post Office.

For more information, email us at mail@ealonline.org.

SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2026, through SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2026. No class on June 21 (Father’s Day).

Classes are held on Sunday afternoons from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

This is a 6-week session.

Class is for all levels of experience.

In this class, students will learn Beginning and Intermediate techniques of throwing clay on the potters’ wheel.  Students will learn all the steps of wheel throwing from the initial step of centering the clay to pulling forms such as cylinders, bowls, plates, mugs, and pitchers. Students will learn how to use the various tools involved in the throwing process, as well as how to trim, decorate, and glaze your creations.

Cost: Members $120; Non-members $146 for the 6 week class
To access member pricing, you must be current on your membership. Memberships can be purchased HERE.

Stoneware clay (25 #), glaze, and firing are included.  Students are able to attend our Thursday night Open Studio from 6-9 pm at no charge. (Teachers do not instruct during Open Studio.) CLASS SIZE IS STRICTLY LIMITED TO 8 STUDENTS DUE TO THE NUMBER OF POTTERY WHEELS IN THE STUDIO.

Location: Elkhart Art League Studio, 132 Tyler Street, #1B, Elkhart IN 46516 in the west end of the Depot Building south of the Elkhart Post Office.

For more information, email us at mail@ealonline.org.

About Kristen Bonelli

Kristen’s passion for pottery was ignited in Mrs. Marks’ art class at Elkhart Central High School. That love carried into many late nights in the pottery studio at Saint Mary’s College, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Art degree. After college, she occasionally took pottery classes and workshops—finally fully returning to pottery at the Elkhart Art League at the suggestion of Anne Blackburn. Kristen equally enjoys throwing vessels on the wheel and hand building; often combining several techniques in building her work. She is a pottery tool and glaze hoarder who loves to alter pieces with carving, piercing, sgraffito, sculpting, and glaze combinations.