A Two-Part Handbuilding Workshop with Karla Chambers

July 11 & 18, 2025  |  1–3pm ET  |  Live & Recorded

Learn to weave with clay! In this two-part handbuilding workshop, guest artist Karla Chambers — "The Clay Weaver" — teaches you two styles of woven basket construction to create beautiful wall sconces and wall pockets. You'll also craft hand-made clay flowers and learn how to underglaze them before bisque firing for stunning color. Perfect for all skill levels. Sessions are recorded and yours to keep forever.

About Karla Chambers — "The Clay Weaver"

Karla Chambers graduated with a BFA from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, WI and is known as "The Clay Weaver" — a pun on her middle name and a nod to her truly distinctive pottery style. Her pieces resemble woven textiles and invite observers into a tactile exploration of clay as fabric.

Karla's love of fiber, fabric, and textile design began in college, but clay was always her first love. One day, she asked herself: "There's gotta be a way you can weave with clay." What followed was a series of experiments, failures, and discoveries that led to the signature style she teaches today.

"I honestly feel like clay is a living material, an element you really have to have a relationship with and know what it can do and what it can't do," she says. "But don't be too intimidated to try — clay is a friend to all. You don't have to have any experience to come in and start from the ground level and create something you can enjoy. It's a stress reliever, a chance to express yourself, because there's no perfect way to create anything out of clay."