Making Your Mark: Creating Wheel Thrown Pottery That Is Uniquely Your Own

With Mike Caemmerer

November 2 - 8, 2025

End-Of-Summer discount! Book in August for a week-long fall class and receive 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Aug 31, 2025.

Location: Grunewald Guild

Address: 19003 River Road, Leavenworth, WA, USA

Will I need to work outside of class?: Yes, participants wishing to create complex or ambitious projects should expect to spend additional time working outside of class.

Do I need experience to take this class?: Must have some recent experience throwing.

Minimum age of participant: 16

  • Commuter – $115.00
  • Cabin – $1,180.00
  • Private Room + Shared Bath – $940.00
  • Shared Room + Shared Bath – $610.00
  • Yurt – $730.00
  • Library Dorm – $460.00
  • RV with Electric: 125V/30 Amp – $460.00
  • RV with Electric: 25V/20 Amp – $460.00
  • Personal Tent or Car Camping – $400.00
REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE
REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE

This program begins Sunday, November 2 and ends Saturday, November 8. The fees listed at right include lodging and all meals (except “Commuter”, which includes a Commuter Meal Plan).  An additional sliding scale Course Fee is required.  For more information on our pricing, see our Pricing page.

What is it that sets off work as different and unique that can be carried across multiple forms and functions of wheel-thrown ceramics?

Whether you are relatively new to ceramics or have been throwing for a while, this week will give you the tools to be more intentional about the look of your work and at the components that go into creating identifiable work.

This includes the last marks in the throwing process, planned and intentional trimming  techniques, and marking and carving leather hard work.  Potters will play with possibilities before doing a small set of work that can be identified as uniquely their own.

 

 

About the Faculty

Mike Caemmerer

Mike grew up with artistic parents, professor/painter dad and weaver mom, always in an environment that allowed dabbling in one art form or another. He first sat at a potter’s wheel at the Grünewald Guild pottery in 1988, and has mostly been self-taught ever since with the help of amazing mentors along the way, especially […]

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