Martha Grover: Porcelain, Throwing & Altering | January 17 - 21, 2028

$1,000.00

January 17 - 21, 2028 | 10:00am - 4:00pm

Join acclaimed Maine potter Martha Grover for a 5-day, hands-on workshop exploring the expressive possibilities of porcelain on and off the wheel. Martha will share her distinctive throwing and altering techniques, demonstrating how to take advantage of porcelain’s elegant, sensuous qualities to create flowing, functional forms.

Working with wheel-thrown forms and slabs in both soft and leather-hard stages, participants will explore altering, assembling, and adding details such as handles and spouts. Forms will include cups, bowls, vases, pitchers, lidded pieces, and baskets. The workshop will also cover crack repair, mending, and spray-gun glaze application.

Throughout the workshop, Martha will share her sources of inspiration, philosophy of making, and studio practices. Participants will create their own porcelain pieces and have the opportunity to glaze and fire their work.

About Martha Grover

Martha Grover is a functional potter based in Bethel, Maine, known for her thrown and altered porcelain work. She holds an undergraduate degree in Architecture from Bennington College, completed additional ceramics study at Syracuse University, and earned her MFA in ceramics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times, and Pottery Making Illustrated, and is represented in galleries throughout the country.

$900 for Jewell Town Pottery Students and Members
$1,000 for non-members

January 17 - 21, 2028 | 10:00am - 4:00pm

Join acclaimed Maine potter Martha Grover for a 5-day, hands-on workshop exploring the expressive possibilities of porcelain on and off the wheel. Martha will share her distinctive throwing and altering techniques, demonstrating how to take advantage of porcelain’s elegant, sensuous qualities to create flowing, functional forms.

Working with wheel-thrown forms and slabs in both soft and leather-hard stages, participants will explore altering, assembling, and adding details such as handles and spouts. Forms will include cups, bowls, vases, pitchers, lidded pieces, and baskets. The workshop will also cover crack repair, mending, and spray-gun glaze application.

Throughout the workshop, Martha will share her sources of inspiration, philosophy of making, and studio practices. Participants will create their own porcelain pieces and have the opportunity to glaze and fire their work.

About Martha Grover

Martha Grover is a functional potter based in Bethel, Maine, known for her thrown and altered porcelain work. She holds an undergraduate degree in Architecture from Bennington College, completed additional ceramics study at Syracuse University, and earned her MFA in ceramics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times, and Pottery Making Illustrated, and is represented in galleries throughout the country.

$900 for Jewell Town Pottery Students and Members
$1,000 for non-members