Make Your Own Bowl / Vessel

Make Your Own Bowl / Vessel

A Block Island experience in building slowly, shaping by hand, and creating something for the table.

We’ll begin with a warm welcome, homemade refreshments, non-alcoholic drinks, and a short guided meditation to help you settle in before you begin making. From there, you’ll spend 2.5–3 hours creating your own bowl or vessel by hand using a simple coil-building technique.

No experience is needed. This process is one of the oldest ways of working with clay: building from the ground up, one coil at a time. You’ll shape, build, and refine your piece while exploring form, texture, surface, and the quiet rhythm of making something with your hands.

Each participant will create one functional bowl or vessel. Your piece may become a cereal bowl, fruit bowl, rice bowl, or small vessel for the table — something useful, personal, and made by you.

After the experience, OXUM will finish, glaze, and fire your piece. Completed work will be ready for pickup or shipping approximately 2–3 weeks later.

You’ll leave with the memory of the day, the experience of making something from scratch, and soon after, a one-of-a-kind bowl or vessel made by you.

Experience Details

Class level: All levels
Age requirement: 16 and older
Maximum class size: 8
Duration: 2.5–3 hours
Location: Block Island, RI

Included

Stoneware clay
Firing of your finished piece
Homemade refreshments and non-alcoholic drinks
One hand-built bowl or vessel made by you

Wear clothes that can get a little messy.