Join this beyond beginner handbuilding workshop to craft your own functioning clay bird whistle, a truly unique piece of ceramic art. You’ll master essential hand-building techniques, including pinching and coiling, to form the hollow chamber of the bird, and then learn the simple but precise acoustic principles required to shape the voicing mechanism that makes it sing. Finally, you’ll personalize your creation with details like feathers, eyes, and texture to give your new feathered friend a distinct personality, leaving it with us to be fired and transformed into a beautiful, playable instrument that’s ready to take home in a few weeks.                                                                                                

WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE REGISTERING

This is a series of classes. You must sign up before the first class in a series. When you sign up, you commit to 2 class sessions on consecutive days.

Clay needs time to dry and be fired, so projects will be ready to take home about two weeks after your final class. Unfortunately, we are unable to ship completed projects.

Pricing

• Breck Create Members: $90, no fees

• Non-Members: $120 + $8 service fee

The cost of the class includes materials and use of studio equipment and tools.

Ages

Participants must be 17 or older to participate.

Instructor

Emily Jones

Check-in

For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.

Scholarships

Breck Create is committed to making high-quality arts education accessible to everyone. We offer scholarships based on financial need to students of all ages and skill levels.

Scholarship Application