Do you love making pottery, but sometimes feel like you don’t know why things keep going wrong with the pieces that you make?
It could be on the pottery wheel. It could be in the kiln, but why do those pieces keep turning out so differently to what you wanted to see?
Or, maybe, you just feel lost not knowing what to try next.
I remember those feelings of frustration. I was there too!
But now, after years of making pots, teaching hundreds of students (in 5 different studios on two different continents), and running a successful pottery studio, I have answers!
Inside the Illyria Pottery membership, I walk you step-by-step through essential pottery making processes to give you the skills you need to create with confidence!
What you'll get inside...
Monthly tutorial video
This is the core of the curriculum. Each month you can expect an in-depth, step-by-step video on topics ranging from wheel throwing strategies to how to mix your own glazes. We’re currently exploring “The Five Essential Forms:" A series on how to create the potters go-to shapes on the wheel. Each tutorial is prerecorded and posted to our Facebook Group so you can watch at your own pace and in any time zone.
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Access to our private Facebook community
This is the membership hub where monthly tutorial videos will be shared and stored! Join a group of potters who love clay and who love to show support. Ask questions, show off your new work, and receive/give feedback and encouragement on pieces. We’re all in this together!
Regular "Throw and Grow" sessions
These are live, group wheel-throwing times where we meet up online to practice, ask questions, and make pottery together. If you’re struggling to create the pieces you want make, find that you’re stuck in your wheel skills or just want to chat about a current project of any kind, this time is for you. Think office hours, but with more mud. These sessions will be arranged in advance and offered at different times to accommodate time zones/schedules.
Use of the "Success Path"
Receive clearly defined steps to help you reach the next level. This is like our roadmap to move you from where you are in your journey with clay to where you want to be!
Access to our private Instagram account
Watch content created just for our members with super-practical, down and dirty tips and tricks for pottery success. Expect all the behind-the-scenes studio practice ideas that make up the real life of being a potter and running a ceramics business.
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About Katie
Katie holds a Bachelor of Science in Art Education and a Master of Arts in Three-Dimensional Studio Art.
With nearly 20 years of experience running a successful, independent pottery business, she’s sold and shipped thousands of pieces globally.
Katie’s pieces have been exhibited in galleries across the U.S. and the UK. Her work is part of the permanent collection at the Hôtel de Crillon, an ultra-luxury Rosewood Hotel in Paris, The Peninsula London, The Oxford Collection (The Old Parsonage & The Old Bank) in Oxford, and is currently on display in the award-winning Grand Bohemian Lodge in South Carolina. Her pottery has been featured in House and Garden, Country Homes and Interiors Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and her business was recognized by Instagram for Business as a leading example of effective social media use.
Katie has taught hundreds of students in studios across two continents, gaining a deep understanding of the common challenges pottery students face. Her extensive experience allows her to identify and address these patterns, helping students elevate their skills. Katie’s warm, professional approach ensures every student feels supported and inspired throughout their journey with clay.
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Join our community
So, if you’re ready to start making those pieces that you keep dreaming of, if you’re eager to gain the skills you need to create pottery with confidence, if you’ve been looking for a community of pottery-enthusiasts just like you, come on in!
The Illyria Pottery Membership is for you!
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