The Clay Teacher brings the clay workshop to your classroom and works with your students or, with our DVD workshops , you can do it yourself.

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If you want to learn about clay, ask The Clay Teacher®!

    What makes The Clay Teacher® "in school workshops" different from those offered by others?

  • Experience - Each workshop is led by two teachers with a combined fifty years of clay working experience. Cindy Clarke and Jim Willett bring a unique team approach to the presentation.
  • Professional Skills - From simple hand building clay projects with three year olds to advanced learning with senior high students and adults, The Clay Teacher offers the only program of its type in Edmonton presented by professional potters.
  • Education - It's not just about making "keepsakes" or painting trinkets. We introduce students to clay and the art creation process. We help them see and work in three dimensions.
  • Freedom to Create- We offer over 100 hand sculpting clay projects for elementary students and can design an in school fieldtrip workshop to meet your goals. Compare the size of the projects! We always bring more clay than required so students have plenty of creative freedom. Clay is "cheap like dirt"!
  • Choice - Air dry or kiln fired? Projects can be air dried and remain at the workshop location, or can be brought back to our studio for kiln firing and return in three weeks. The choice is yours! Over 5000 air dry projects have been created in the past 12 months with many repeat customers. Curious about air drying pottery clay sculptures? Read our blog Hey Teacher! where Cindy discusses the subject in depth.
  • Pricing is simple with no hidden charges. We also can provide extra clay for $20 a box and low odour spray on gloss sealer for $6 per can.(Every workshop includes one can at no additional cost) Call or email for details!
  • Book Classes online anytime with our easy form.

Now You Can Do It Yourself! Purchase a DVD for individual workshops. The choice is yours!

No Kiln, No Special Clay, No Special Tools

27 of our most requested projects are now available in workshop format on DVD Video in full HD. Cindy, the Clay teacher, leads you and your class through projects in a step by step, easy to understand process. "Every day is Clay Day!"® when you can have The Clay Teacher visit anytime your schedule permits. Included in the series is Cindy's introduction to clay and demonstrations of how to work with clay. Here is an excerpt from the Introduction to Clay:

For more information and to purchase DVDs see our shopping web site Clay for Schools!

To see examples of numerous student projects visit The Clay Teacher on Facebook and check out the photos!

Bigmouth girl pinch pot clay sculpture Magical mystical dragon kids clay project Tunisian adobe dwelling kids clay project

Follow this link for some handbuilding examples of actual grade 7, 8, and 9 student projects in progress.

Follow this link to see some handbuilding examples by Coronation School grades 5 and 6.

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