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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Watering Bell Workshop
Make a charming and functional ceramic watering bell designed to gently water plants while adding beauty to your garden or indoor space. In this workshop, you’ll handbuild the bell form, learn how sound and water flow are created through clay, and leave with a piece that blends practicality with quiet delight.
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.