Winter 2026
Color Clay 1 Workshop
For Potters Experienced in Handbuilding with Clay.*

Open to ALL Marvelous Mud Pottery Studio (MMPS) Members and EXPERIENCED (Intermediate to Advanced) Non-Member Potters only! Must have experience with basic techniques of coiling, pinching, and slabbing, plus know how to score, slip, and smooth for successful finished pieces.

3 Day Workshop … 

February 26, 27, 28, 2026
Thursday-Saturday • 9AM-4PM

In three color-filled days, we will dig deep into coloring clay with Mason stains!

PLEASE NOTE...
Two purchases are required for registration in this Workshop... The Registration Fee plus A Student Supply Kit. Please include both before checking out.

Required Student Supply Kit - Sold Separately

Option 1...3 Color* Student Supply Kit - $100 + tax

• Color Kit of 3 basic colors...red, yellow, blue
• 4 oz containers of each Mason stain color
• 3 Canvas boards for Mason stain chips made in class
• One (4 oz) Squeeze Bottle for Slip
• 30 ml syringe for slip 
• Fabric strips for running Mason stain colored clay through pasta roller
• Plastic sample spoons for pigment

Additional Mason Stain colors can be added to order. Only three colors will be mixed in class.

Course Overview...

This course includes a folder of class notes, color ratios for mixing, measurements, and other documentation notating steps in techniques and processes.

Day 1: Sample Swatches & Marbled Nesting Dishes

• Go deep into making sample swatches that blend different ratios of colors together.
• Create swatches for a "Sample Swatch" board that will house your sample tiles once glazed and have them at your fingertips for planning future pieces.
• Learn how to marble a trio of nesting dishes that make fabulously functional pieces to use and get immediate practice in using Mason stain colored clay.

Day 2:  Skinner Blends, Laminating, and Caning

• Learn different techniques to use Mason stain colored clay in whimsical and pattern styles when slab rolling
• Use the pasta roller to make beautiful multi-color strips for use in a way that "tricks" the eye.
• Learn basic techniques to design and make canes.

Day 3: Making Colored Slip and Building a Vessel

• Learn how to mix Mason stain colored slip and store it to have on hand for multiple uses.
• Learn valuable tips and tricks for creating with Colored Clay to reduce risk of cracking and produce successful pieces.
• Using the colors mixed, and the canes made in the day prior, create a pot that emphasizes the new techniques learned and results in a fabulously functional piece.

*** Non-members may pay for additional Open Studio time on Sunday, March 1st 9AM-Noon to have more time to complete their project(s). That must be purchased through this link by 4PM Saturday, February 28. A studio assistant will be monitoring and no instruction will be included in this additional time. 

Required Student Supplies...

Links for priced items will be in follow-up email after registration. All prices shown are estimates taken at time of publication prices may be different.

• Minimum of 15 lbs of light body clay - MMPS uses Iceman or Kota- Speckled clay is not recommended. 
  Please contact Rachelle@MarvelousMudPotteryStudio.com if you would like to buy your clay (25 lb block) at our studio. 
• Journal and pen
• Personal scale like a kitchen scale that measures in ounces($20)
• Personal pasta roller ($37)
• Small Emulsion blender for stirring liquid slip ($12)
• Face mask - KN 100
• Spray bottle 12 oz  ($4)
• Hand Towel
• Fine point sharpie
• 32 oz air tight food grade container for mixed color clay - 1 per color (minimum 3)
• 16 oz air tight food grade container for mixed color slip - 1 per color plus 1 for base clay slip. (minimum 2)
• 2.5 Quart Plastic Paint Mixing Container (No lid needed)
  
  
  
  

  IMPORTANT INFO

• Class fee includes all firing for MMPS members only. If non-members wish to have their pieces fired at MMPS there will be a firing fee. If shipping of finished pieces is desired, shipping fees will be paid by the student. Please contact Rachelle@MarvelousMudPotteryStudio.com for firing prices and estimated shipping fees.
  

• Color Clay 1 is Open to all MMPS Members and EXPERIENCED Non-Member Potters

• COLOR CLAY 1 is the Prerequisite for ALL other Clay Workshops offered at MMPS!

• LUNCH- Bring a bag lunch (refrigerator available) or order in from a local spot! (Each student will be responsible for their own pick-up or arranging together with others.)
  

• Classes start promptly on time.
  

• Class Registrations are non-refundable and non-transferable.

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Class meets in our studio at

4035 South Florida Avenue
Lakeland, FL 33813

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Please email with any questions. Rachelle@MarvelousMudPotteryStudio.com

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Please visit RachelleEason.com/pottery to view Rachelle's current pottery collection.