Make Your Own Mask!
Workshop: $75 Per Person / Ages 18 and up
Instructor: Matthew Hawkins
Instructor: Matthew Hawkins
Workshop: $75 Per Person / Ages 18 and up
Instructor: Matthew Hawkins
Instructor: Matthew Hawkins
Have you ever wanted to be someone — or something — else? Do you actually have three eyes? Is there a playful monster living at the edges of your psyche that needs unleash its love into the world?
In this two-hour workshop, you’ll design and create a ceramic face mask using hand-building techniques that are expressive and approachable. Using slabs of clay, you’ll shape and sculpt facial features—from abstract and surreal to playful or dramatic—guided by a teaching artist who will help bring your vision to life. Whether you’re channeling inner mythology or exploring form through texture and gesture, this workshop is a chance to unearth and inhabit other identities.
We’ll cover basic slab construction, additive sculpting, and surface decoration techniques using stamps, slip, and carving. The focus is on freedom and expression rather than perfection—this class is about building something that reflects a part of you we don’t usually see.
After class, we’ll finish and fire your piece in our studio kilns. Your mask will be ready for pickup in about 3–4 weeks, complete with a wire for hanging or display.
No prior experience is needed—just curiosity and a sense of play. Come build something bold, weird, beautiful, or all of the above.