Workshop: Yard & Garden Art — Mac Clay Pottery

Yard & Garden Art with Nikki

$65 / 18+ or
13+ with an Adult Guardian

Bring some magic to your life! In this hands-on workshop with Nikki, you’ll design and sculpt whimsical guardians, critters, birds, or mini totems to populate paths, planters, and porch steps. Plus, in time for Halloween, Nikki will have step-by-step guides for pumpkins and ghosts if you want to explore a seasonal spin during your studio session.

Across two hours, you’ll learn approachable handbuilding techniques—slab and coil construction, simple armatures, secure attachments, and surface texture—along with carving and underglaze options to bring personality to your piece. We’ll also cover practical mounting ideas like plant stakes, hanging loops, or freestanding bases.

All materials, tools, and firing are included. We’ll fire your work and let you know when it’s ready for pickup. No experience necessary—just bring your curiosity, a few reference photos if you like.

You’ll leave with one or more durable stoneware pieces for the garden (size depends on your pace), and a foundation in handbuilding for sculptural work. Beginners and seasoned pros welcome.

Established 2025

Mac Clay is the first ceramic studio solely focused on classes, workshops and events in McMinnville. We believe in strengthening community by deepening all of our understandings of ceramic art — whether wheel throwing technique, pinch pots, Instagram trends or pre-historic forms. Wherever you are on your ceramic journey, we will meet you at the place where curiosity, passion and technique find form.

Think of Mac Clay as a town square for all things ceramic. Whether you’re taking a multiweek class at our Downtown location, attending a weekend masterclass, or reserving space in the studio for the day, we exist to help you access the magic of clay creation. Our mission is to serve both the beginner and advanced studio potter in a safe, vibrant environment.

But there’s more: we don’t only make beautiful things; we explore new dimensions of ourselves and how we relate to each other. Mac Clay is honored to enter a conversation with the Yamhill County area. So follow along as we kick off a series of events that introduce ourselves while recentering a craft that developed lock-step with humanity itself.

804 SE 1st Street
McMinnville, OR 97128