The Cowee Pottery School in Franklin, an emerging nonprofit outlet for people of all ages wanting to play in clay, has announced its September pottery options.

Students are given an opportunity to learn to create beautiful objects, both functional and nonfunctional, in an atmosphere of both fun and productivity.

• Lydia Patillo will teach on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., from Sept. 1-29. Students will learn to center, throw, trim and glaze a variety of forms.

• Doug Hubbs will also teach a daytime wheel class on Friday mornings from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. from Sept. 11-Oct. 2. Students will start out with salsa bowls, move to salad bowls and finish their throwing experience with at least one serving bowl. They will then glaze all their bowls.

• Hank Shuler is scheduled to teach three hand building classes in September. These include a Sunday afternoon class called Advanced Doowhockers, which means a variety of thingy-ma-bobs. No experience is required to design and complete a number of projects on lazy Sunday afternoons from 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 13-27. On Wednesday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 2-30 (skipping Sept. 9), Shuler will teach a ceramic box class. Salt boxes, key boxes, earring boxes, boxes for all occasions.  Students will hand build a variety of boxes for several uses. On Thursday afternoons, Shuler teaches Hand Building for Gifts. The emphasis will be on student selected projects and functional items to be passed on as gifts.

• Maria Greene will teach a class designed to bring parents, grandparents and aunts together with a child or children to participate in a class where everyone enjoys the pleasure of working with clay. This Wednesday evening class will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. from Sept. 2-30 (skipping Sept. 23). 

• On Monday evenings, Molly Suminski will teach a multi-generational class as well entitled Kids Play for All Ages. Both the children and their accompanying adults will have a blast in this hand building class. The class meets from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Sept. 5-26.

The registration fee for each class is $7 per meeting hour per student plus the cost of clay at $17 per 25 pounds. Included in the clay cost is glazes and multiple kiln firings. Class registration fees range from $42 for 6 hours to $84 for 12 hours.

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