Welcome Dinner July 20 July 21 to 25, 2025 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (lunches included)
Interested in scaling up your work?
This hands-on, process-oriented class is for those interested in making large-scale work on the potter’s wheel. We’ll also cover healthy hand and body postures for moving clay, and making large pots in sections and using the coil-and-paddle method.
The focus will be on applying the best techniques to support each student’s design ideas. There will be group demonstrations as well as individual instruction. Basic pottery skills would be helpful for this class, but physical strength is not necessary.
As we work, there will be plenty of time for conversation about pottery in general — often one of the most important parts of the workshop experience.
Limited to 8 students.
Includes:
Welcome dinner on Sunday, July 20
Catered lunches each day
One 22 kg box of clay and all other materials included.*
Evening studio access
Cost: $1,000 CAD plus GST
Accommodation: 5 Nights, Sunday to Friday $750.00 plus GST (includes breakfast)
Accommodations are secured in charming nearby cottages as well as the Union Hotel, a historic 1834 inn, all located in Normandale.
The five-day workshop includes a welcome dinner hosted by the Union Hotel.
All accommodations are within a short walking distance of Lake Erie, Normandale Beach, Turkey Point Provincial Park, several beautiful trails, and, of course, Potter’s Creek Studios.
Breakfasts Monday through Friday are also included with accommodations and will also be hosted by the Union Hotel.
David Stuempfle is an acclaimed ceramic artist whose work bridges tradition and experimentation. He has exhibited widely across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and is a recipient of both the US/Japan Creative Artists Fellowship and the NEA/Central and Eastern Europe Visual Arts Fellowship.
David has taught at Penland School of Crafts, Peters Valley, the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, and in studios and universities throughout Canada, Portugal, and the U.S.
His work is held in major collections including the Mint Museum of Craft and Design, the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Museum in Japan, the Museum of International Folk Art, and several regional museums in North Carolina.
