Who is The Clay Teacher?

Be assured, we are a locally owned Edmonton family business, we are not a franchise. Our knowledge of clay comes from many years of hands on experience.

Cindy Clarke, The Clay Teacher,has potted all her life, first as a child with clay from her mother's garden in Dawson Creek British Columbia, then in elementary and high schools and finally as a profession.Cindy and her husband Jim Willett own and operate Out of the Fire Studio. Out of the Fire Studio is licensed as a major home based business by the City of Edmonton and is listed as a vendor by The Edmonton Public School Board. Insurance coverage and police checks are current and as required by the School Board.The clay used in elementary schools for hand building is "Buffstone" from Plainsman Pottery Supply. The MSDS is available here as a pdf file.

Re-located in August of 2001 from Edson to Edmonton,Alberta, Canada, the studio is the home of  all types of wheel thrown and hand built pottery items. Cindy is featured in a video for beginning potters called "A Down to Earth Look at How We Make Pottery"   and it is available for sale here.

Cindy has taught pottery making to students at all age and proficiency levels and has a special bond with school age children. As The Clay Teacher she teaches to elementary class rooms in the school system with demonstrations of wheel throwing on a real potter's wheel and then supplies direction in hand building curriculum based projects which are taken back to the studio,kiln fired, and returned for final painting by the students. She also is available for workshops to demonstrate wheel throwing and hand building for personal development days and in secondary classroom situations.

Jim Willett accompanies Cindy on occasion as required, especially for multi session days, and workshops with large numbers. You get two teachers for the price of one! Jim has over thirty years of instrumentation and electrical experience in industry and is available for electric kiln evaluation and repair. Cindy and Jim can assist you in getting your old kiln running and teach you how to fire it.

Cindy has taught beginning pottery courses with the Edmonton City Arts Centre through the Rundle Park ACT facility. Phone the City Arts Centre at 780-496-6955.

 

See Cindy throwing on the wheel on YouTube!

and visit HowToMakePottery.com for more pottery making information and videos!

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