Hand-building Ceramic Picture Frame!

​2-Hour Workshop | Includes Polaroid Snapshot + 30-Minute Underglaze Painting Session

​Turn a slab of clay into a one-of-a-kind frame for a moment worth keeping. In this beginner-friendly handbuilding workshop, you’ll learn how to roll and compress an even clay slab, choose from provided frame templates or create your own shape. You’ll also prepare your frame for hanging and explore ways to personalize the surface with stamps, carved lines, textures, patterns, and sculptural details.

​Once your frame is complete, we’ll move into a 30-minute underglaze painting session, where you can add color, patterns, and playful details to make it completely your own. As part of the full workshop experience, we’ll also take a Polaroid snapshot for you—giving your handmade frame a memory to hold from the very beginning.

​What You’ll Learn

• ​Roll, compress, and prepare an even clay slab.

• ​Design and cut your own ceramic picture frame.

• ​Smooth and refine interior and exterior edges.

• ​Add a hanging hole and functional details.

• ​Personalize the surface with stamps, carving, texture, and pattern.

• ​Decorate your frame with underglaze painting.

​What You’ll Take Home

• ​One handmade ceramic picture frame, ready to be kiln fired.

• ​One Polaroid snapshot to pair with your finished frame.

• ​A basic understanding of slab-building and surface-decoration techniques.

• ​Experience using underglazes to add color and personality.

​No prior experience is required. All clay, tools, materials, underglazes, firing, and your Polaroid photo are included.