Schedule

Monday · 1 Session

Date & Time

June 15, 2026

5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Location
Room 110

Category
Ceramics, Workshops

Experience Level
All Levels

Ages
17

Registration Cost:

$120

Materials Fee:

Included

Total Registration Cost:
$185
program overview

Hey, it’s Sarah Anderson! Join me for a sgraffito workshop on June 15th at the Sonoma Community Center. As a class, we will deep dive into specifics like surface design techniques, using the elements and principles in clay, underglaze vs slip, whether to glaze or leave the clay body unglazed, how to control the work time of your clay, and much more. This workshop is for all levels, beginners through advanced. Materials will be provided for you during this workshop: carving tools, underglazes, and porcelain clay tiles.

You are encouraged to come with your own piece already thrown and trimmed, still at the leather hard stage, ready for carving! If you want to take your pottery to the next level, let’s talk sgraffito!
Supply List

Students will be provided porcelain tiles for practicing, and are encouraged to bring their own leather hard pieces already created to practice carving.
Notebook
Snacks and Water Bottle

Schedule for the day

5-6 PM: Intro, painting our tiles and getting pieces prepped for carving. Students are encouraged to bring their own leather hard pieces to carve on. Test tiles provided by the studio will be distributed to each student. While drying, we will go over the specifics on consistency of clay at different moister points.

6-7 PM: Move into the surface decoration – bringing out books and examples of patterns, movement, line, and how I come up with my characters. If tiles are ready, starting this transfer process and practicing our new carving tools.

7-9 PM: Transferring images to the surfaces of our thrown pieces, if applicable. Moving on to carving the larger tiles and the thrown pieces. Explaining the carving process in detail, negative vs positive space, applying secondary colors for more depth.