Workshops, Events and Gatherings
Upcoming events.
Join us for creative, mindful, and inspiring events held at The Orchid. Each one is an opportunity to learn something new, connect with others, and root into your own growth.
Birdhouse
Build a cozy ceramic birdhouse designed for both function and charm. This workshop invites playful design while considering real-world structure such as entry holes, drainage, and hanging options. A sweet addition to gardens, porches, or outdoor nooks.
Cafe Planter
Perfect for herbs, small plants, or windowsills, the Café Planter workshop focuses on creating a charming planter that resembles your dream cafe. We’ll explore form, drainage, and surface decoration to make a piece that pairs beautifully with greenery and everyday living.
Wind Chime
Create a clay wind chime that brings gentle sound and movement into your space. This workshop explores form, balance, and negative space as you craft individual hanging elements. Once fired and assembled, your piece will catch both breeze and light beautifully.
Desk Organizer
Design a custom desk organizer to bring calm and beauty to your workspace. Whether you need a place for pens, brushes, notes, or small tools, this workshop allows you to build a piece tailored to your daily rhythms—functional, thoughtful, and uniquely yours.
Woven Basket
Inspired by traditional basket forms, this workshop focuses on creating a sculptural yet functional clay basket. We’ll explore texture, layering, and woven patterns while building a vessel that feels organic and grounded. No actual weaving skills required.
Chip and Dip Platter
Create a functional serving piece perfect for gatherings, snacking, or everyday use. In this workshop, you’ll hand-build a chip & dip platter using slab techniques, exploring gentle curves, proportion, and surface design. A lovely piece for entertaining or gifting.
Yarn Bowl Workshop
In this workshop, you’ll create a ceramic yarn bowl designed to keep your yarn neatly contained while you knit or crochet. Using handbuilding techniques, we’ll form a smooth, functional bowl and add a curved yarn guide to allow the strand to feed easily as you work.
Sectional Snack Platter
In this workshop, you’ll create a sculptural snack platter featuring 3–4 connected pinch-pot chambers, designed for serving small bites, dips, or shared snacks. We’ll focus on smooth transitions between forms, soft curves, and an overall sense of flow, allowing the piece to feel organic, balanced, and intentional.
Jewelry Holder Workshop
Create a functional and sculptural jewelry holder designed to beautifully display earrings, bracelets, and small treasures. In this workshop, you’ll handbuild a standing form using slabs and simple attachments, exploring balance, proportion, and surface texture. Each piece will be uniquely yours — equal parts art object and everyday organizer.
Love Mug Workshop
Create a cozy, handmade mug featuring a simple heart detail. This workshop focuses on building a comfortable, functional mug using handbuilding techniques, then adding a subtle heart motif for warmth and charm. A perfect gift — or a meaningful everyday mug to keep for yourself.
Woodland Acorn Keepsake
In this whimsical hand-building workshop, participants will create a lidded ceramic pinch pot inspired by an acorn.
Open Studio
Open studio hours are for those that have completed the Handbuilding 101 course unless otherwise noted by the studio manager. Those interested in purchasing a monthly pass can do so for $80 (8 hours per month), otherwise studio hours are able to be purchased for $15/hour.
Open Studio
Open studio hours are for those that have completed the Handbuilding 101 course unless otherwise noted by the studio manager. Those interested in purchasing a monthly pass can do so for $80 (8 hours per month), otherwise studio hours are able to be purchased for $15/hour.
Handbuilding 101 - January
This 4-week series meets weekly from 6-8pm on Tuesday nights, starting the first week of every month. Students will learn the basics of hand-building through pinching, coil building, slab-building, textured techniques, glazing and more. Clay is included.
Salt Cellar Workshop
Design and hand-build a ceramic salt cellar meant to live at the heart of your kitchen. In this workshop, participants will create a functional, tactile vessel ideal for cooking, seasoning, and gathering around the table.
Open Studio
Open studio hours are for those that have completed the Handbuilding 101 course unless otherwise noted by the studio manager. Those interested in purchasing a monthly pass can do so for $80 (8 hours per month), otherwise studio hours are able to be purchased for $15/hour.
Open Studio
Open studio hours are for those that have completed the Handbuilding 101 course unless otherwise noted by the studio manager. Those interested in purchasing a monthly pass can do so for $80 (8 hours per month), otherwise studio hours are able to be purchased for $15/hour.
Handbuilding 101 - January
This 4-week series meets weekly from 6-8pm on Tuesday nights, starting the first week of every month. Students will learn the basics of hand-building through pinching, coil building, slab-building, textured techniques, glazing and more. Clay is included.
Planter Bookend Workshop
Create a sculptural ceramic book end that doubles as a functional planter.
Incense Holder Workshop
Create ceramic incense holders designed to bring calm into your space.
Open Studio
Open studio hours are for those that have completed the Handbuilding 101 course unless otherwise noted by the studio manager. Those interested in purchasing a monthly pass can do so for $80 (8 hours per month), otherwise studio hours are able to be purchased for $15/hour.
Open Studio
Open studio hours are for those that have completed the Handbuilding 101 course unless otherwise noted by the studio manager. Those interested in purchasing a monthly pass can do so for $80 (8 hours per month), otherwise studio hours are able to be purchased for $15/hour.
Handbuilding 101 - January
This 4-week series meets weekly from 6-8pm on Tuesday nights, starting the first week of every month. Students will learn the basics of hand-building through pinching, coil building, slab-building, textured techniques, glazing and more. Clay is included.
Candle Holder Workshop
Design and build ceramic candle holders meant to illuminate both everyday moments and special gatherings.
Winter Handmade Mugs
Participants will create a one-of-a-kind ceramic mug using pinch pot and coil-building techniques.
Open Studio
Open studio hours are for those that have completed the Handbuilding 101 course unless otherwise noted by the studio manager. Those interested in purchasing a monthly pass can do so for $80 (8 hours per month), otherwise studio hours are able to be purchased for $15/hour.
Open Studio
Open studio hours are for those that have completed the Handbuilding 101 course unless otherwise noted by the studio manager. Those interested in purchasing a monthly pass can do so for $80 (8 hours per month), otherwise studio hours are able to be purchased for $15/hour.
Handbuilding 101 - January
This 4-week series meets weekly from 6-8pm on Tuesday nights, starting the first week of every month. Students will learn the basics of hand-building through pinching, coil building, slab-building, textured techniques, glazing and more. Clay is included.
Hanging Wall Shelf Workshop
Create your own custom wall shelf, built to your taste. No prior clay experience is needed.
New Moon Sound Bath Meditation
Join us for the final new moon of 2025 to reset and set new intentions for the new year. This event is donation based with a suggested donation of $10.
Want to Host an Event?
Have an idea for a workshop or meetup? Apply to become a host and share your gifts with the community.