Portland Pottery

September Drawing Workshop! September 6th. 6:00-8:00 $65.00
Create a vibrant colored pencil butterfly study by learning how to blend soft layers of color and mix your tones on paper. You will create a detailed drawing to scale then transfer your drawing to Bristol board using serial paper for the final study. Bring a favorite butterfly photograph!

UPCOMING KIDS CLASSES AND FAMILY WORKSHOPS!
We have some new offerings to get your kiddos (and yourself!) into the studio!

Youth and Teen Ceramics classes for the fall are posted online - We will have two 6-week sessions - one in Sept/Oct and a second in Oct/Nov. You can sign up for either or both!
Teen Ceramics: Wed. 3:45 - 5:15
Youth Ceramics:Thurs.3:45 - 5:15, Sun. 10-11:30
Homeschool: Fridays 11-12:30.

Family Clay and Play workshops are NEW!
In this two hour workshop, you will work with clay alongside your family members! Each Sunday alternates between a wheel throwing focus and a handbuilding activity. You will finish your project during the class time and pick up your finished pieces 2-4 weeks afterwards.
Sign up online. Portlandpottery.com

Kiln is loaded and candling to fire Friday/ unloading Monday.

Here we go again ! A packed kiln with 6 stacks of work firing Friday to 2350*. Excited to open and see results on Monday.

Loaded up the front stacks today ! Firing Friday up to 2400* and unloading Monday. Students, do you see your pieces? Before and after photos of front stacks. A great firing and kiln is unloaded

Reloading has begun, back stacks done today!

New Product alert coming soon !
Kentucky Mudworks !! What clay would you like us to order on our first truck ?

Kiln fired today , unloadin on Monday!
Before and after ! We got some beautiful work out today !

This is going to be a fabulous workshop and we are excited for Diana to be at Portland Pottery in Maine this weekend ! $ 30.00 a person. Check out the new cone 5/6 glazes and make test tiles. Sign up online at portlandpottery.com

This is going to be a workshop you don’t want to miss ! $ 30.00 a person. Try out new cone 5/6 glazes and talk to Diana with all your glaze questions !

Workshop announcement! August 3rd. Sign up online ! $30.00 a person and space is limited.
We love having Diana visit !!

Our Portland location is hiring !

Workshop announcement! August 3rd. Sign up online ! $30.00 a person and space is limited.
We love having Diana visit !!

East Bayside block party today till 4:00 !

Another great week of our Summer Program ! Fridays are always so much fun! Kids are watching the unloading of the raku kiln with their monsters. Kids learned how to screen print T-shirts this week and today they were tie-dyed. Lots of glazing and finishing up pots today. We are excited for week 5 next week !

*NEW PRODUCT ALERT*! Portland Pottery now has Advancer Shleves stocked at our Braintree location !! Shelves can be moved up to Portland upon ordering. They are so pretty !

Summer camp last minute opening for next week. 1 spot available , call in tomorrow for the spot !

Flowers are so pretty !

Beautiful day ! Gallery open Saturday and Sunday 9:00- 5:00.

We are so excited to be in this cute space ! Join us for a party, datenight, or an Intro class!

Congratulations to Portland Pottery on its fourth location! Get ready to unleash your inner artist at their vibrant new location at 49 Fox Street in Portland's vibrant East Bayside. Cheers to Brice O'Connor of The Boulos Company for brokering the deal on behalf of the landlord and the tenant!

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Kiln loaded and firing Friday, unloading Tuesday!

Portland Pottery Staff party was an amazing night ! Lots of laughs while creating staff t-shirts, aprons and painting bisqueware. We are so lucky for this awesome staff !! ❤️

With Bake Maine – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

It’s the return of the pottery stairs, our favorite sign of spring! The pottery stairs are back for the Maine Pottery Tour, but if you’re local you can shop today.
I hope you can visit Fine Mess Pottery this weekend- lots more to see!

The Messy Minute - Maine Pottery Tour 2024 Well, it’s been a minute - a Messy one! - since my last newsletter. It’s once again time for my favorite sign of spring, the Maine Pottery Tour! That’s happening May 4th & 5th. Here at Fine Mess Pottery, I’ll have wheel demos, a raffle, and the biggest bargain sale ever! An entire winter’s...

Maine Pottery Tour weekend ! We are excited to have lots of student and staff work for sale ! We hope to see you. 9-5:00 Saturday and Sunday.