Clay Fairy House

Build a Winter Fairy House!

This is a Handbuilding class which means that instead of using a pottery wheel, we will use slabs, templates, forms, stamps, and other tools to create our fairy houses, no clay experience needed. The instructor will help you design your fairy house and guide you through several different techniques to create your houses. We can add details and decorations and let our imagination run wild!

During the first class we will create the fairy houses. The second class is for glazing.

Johanna Buwalda was born and raised in the Netherlands. She started taking art lessons at an early age and began learning about pottery around the age of 15 at a local ceramicist’s studio. Her interest in ceramics was influenced by her parents who collected mostly Dutch and German pottery and therefore many weekends were spent visiting studios, galleries and pottery exhibits in museums. During her time in college where she studied art therapy, Johanna worked in Museum Boymans van Beuningen which owns one of the largest ceramic collections in the Netherlands.

After some roaming around the world and living in various countries, she settled in Chicago in 1994 where she raised her children. Johanna has a Master Degree in Education in Early Childhood Development, and a Master Degree in Psychology. She is licensed to practice clinical counseling in both Illinois and Wisconsin. Johanna has over 30 years of experience as a therapist, administrator, and trainer working with survivors of war including refugees, torture survivors, development workers, and veterans in the Netherlands, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and the US. In Chicago, Johanna took pottery classes at Lill Street Art Center for better life/work/family balance, and further solidified her craft and design.

Since moving to the beautiful Northwoods of Wisconsin in 2018, Johanna now lives on the Wisconsin River with David and their two dogs. Johanna kayaks the Wisconsin river, maintains a vegetable garden, and takes endless hikes in the surrounding forests. She has established a home-based pottery studio where she further developed her pottery making skills. Johanna teaches all-level pottery classes at The Warehouse, and sells her work at as many regional art and craft fairs as she can. Her home studio is open by appointment or by chance.

Class fees must be paid at the time of registration.
Cancellation policy:
Full refunds or credits will be issued in the event a class or workshop is cancelled.
You must cancel a minimum of a week prior to the class or workshop in order to receive a 75% refund or 100% credit towards a future class.
No refunds or credits will be made for cancelling within a week of the first day of the class or workshop.

A $5 processing fee will be charged for refunded classes.

Your spot is not held or reserved until payment received.

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