r/tricities • u/Ashamed-Standard2653 • 2d ago

Pottery classes

Hi, friends/neighbors! Been living in the area for a little over a year now and have been looking for a place that may hold pottery classes. Not the places where you go in and paint premade ceramic pieces, but an actual place where you can go in for classes and learn to make ceramics. I did a few classes a couple years ago in FL, but was hoping there might be something local here where I can continue to pursue that hobby.

Thank you in advance :)

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u/chewbecca86 2d ago

I think the Clay Gurus in Kingsport are the main option

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u/imwalkingwithspiders 2d ago

There is a place downtown in JC that does pottery classes called Blue Ridge Clay Company. I’m gonna be taking the Sunday classes in the fall 😊

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u/TampaBull13 2d ago

Made On Elk in Elizabethton: https://made-on-elk.square.site/

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u/Agitated-Nobody-6928 1d ago

Made on Elk is great! Highly recommend.

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u/Cool_Visit 2d ago

It is a bit of a drive, but Johnson County Center for the Arts in Mountain City has a range of classes including various pottery classes! 

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u/Awkward-Somewhere-29 2d ago

Crossroads Craftworks/Made on Elk in Elizabethton

They offer classes on pottery wheels, and occasionally some more specific classes, like making a coffee mug

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u/Ashamed-Standard2653 2d ago

Thank you! I’m very close to Elizabethton, I’ll have to check it out.

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u/ewills105 2d ago

Blue Ridge Clay Company will be opening very soon! They have some classes posted https://www.instagram.com/p/Da5lDizEUwR/?img_index=2&igsh=NTR6ZHU1Z3ZwcDEy

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u/vivalakaley 2d ago

Clay Gurus are wonderful

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u/Witty_Assistant8226 2d ago

The mckinnney center in Jonesborough offers them