Team Offsite at Anastasia Ceramics | 6-10 People | 4 Hours
Team Size: 6-10
Duration: 4 hours
Location: Strawberry Creek Park, Berkeley, CA
Level: All Levels
Let Anastasia host your next team offsite at her Strawberry Creek ceramic studio! In this team offsite, participants will spend a full day in the life of a ceramic artist in the Bay Area.
The day will begin with a catered breakfast and coffee/tea service at Anastasia's studio. We will let the coffee percolate our minds and slip into a creative mood for a day of creating with clay.
The first hour will be a focused guided group exercise to learn the fundamentals of slab construction, where the team will make one object with Anastasia's instruction, step by step all together. After the group exercise, there will be a live demonstration by Anastasia that up-levels the techniques learned during the group exercise. Following the demo, each team member will have the opportunity to make a project of their own choosing. There will be a break for a picnic lunch outdoors on the beautiful Strawberry Creek Park. After lunch, team members will return to the studio to finish their active projects.
Team members will learn fundamental slab construction techniques, how to make basic ceramic forms with simple methods and tools (such as cups/mugs, platters and plates, vases, etc.), how to share space in a communal studio environment, how to harness their creativity and materialize their ideas into tangible results, and make unique pieces with their hands by shaping, carving, texturing, and sculpting clay. There will be a show and tell of the work made during the offsite at the end of the day so that the team can celebrate each other's creative ideas and efforts in the studio!
Participants will have their choice from several beautiful glazes to finish their pieces — glaze service will be provided by Anastasia after the workshop's end. Finished and glaze fired work will be packaged all together and ready for pickup the following weekend.
Scheduling
After making your booking, Anastasia will follow up with you to arrange the team building date and answer any questions you might have before the day!
What’s Included
— 4 hour day of hands-on instruction for a group of 8-10
— Bright and clean ceramic studio on Strawberry Creek Park
— Hand tools, molds, formers, wheels, textures, sponges
— A choice from several gorgeous glazes for finishing work
— 4Ibs of clay per student, enough to make 2-4 pieces
— Glazing and firing service (bisque and glaze)
— Beautiful packaging of final work for pickup day
Bring to Class
— Clothes you don’t mind getting dirty
— Closed toed shoes
— A few ideas of ceramic forms you would like to make
Meals
Anastasia will provide the morning coffee, tea, a light breakfast, and some finger food snacks during event. Company offsite manager to order or provide a picnic-style lunch.
Cancellations
All sales are final. No cancellations, returns, or refunds will be granted for team offsites once scheduled and purchased. Please note a minimum of 6 team members is required for a team offsite to run.
Student Agreement
Your team will be asked to individually sign a standard waiver and student agreement that reviews my studio's policies. Please read, sign, and return by email to save some trees!
Please note my studio is not wheelchair accessible, there is one flight of stairs into my studio. Images in this class listing are aspirational and not intended to promise a particular end result
Team Size: 6-10
Duration: 4 hours
Location: Strawberry Creek Park, Berkeley, CA
Level: All Levels
Let Anastasia host your next team offsite at her Strawberry Creek ceramic studio! In this team offsite, participants will spend a full day in the life of a ceramic artist in the Bay Area.
The day will begin with a catered breakfast and coffee/tea service at Anastasia's studio. We will let the coffee percolate our minds and slip into a creative mood for a day of creating with clay.
The first hour will be a focused guided group exercise to learn the fundamentals of slab construction, where the team will make one object with Anastasia's instruction, step by step all together. After the group exercise, there will be a live demonstration by Anastasia that up-levels the techniques learned during the group exercise. Following the demo, each team member will have the opportunity to make a project of their own choosing. There will be a break for a picnic lunch outdoors on the beautiful Strawberry Creek Park. After lunch, team members will return to the studio to finish their active projects.
Team members will learn fundamental slab construction techniques, how to make basic ceramic forms with simple methods and tools (such as cups/mugs, platters and plates, vases, etc.), how to share space in a communal studio environment, how to harness their creativity and materialize their ideas into tangible results, and make unique pieces with their hands by shaping, carving, texturing, and sculpting clay. There will be a show and tell of the work made during the offsite at the end of the day so that the team can celebrate each other's creative ideas and efforts in the studio!
Participants will have their choice from several beautiful glazes to finish their pieces — glaze service will be provided by Anastasia after the workshop's end. Finished and glaze fired work will be packaged all together and ready for pickup the following weekend.
Scheduling
After making your booking, Anastasia will follow up with you to arrange the team building date and answer any questions you might have before the day!
What’s Included
— 4 hour day of hands-on instruction for a group of 8-10
— Bright and clean ceramic studio on Strawberry Creek Park
— Hand tools, molds, formers, wheels, textures, sponges
— A choice from several gorgeous glazes for finishing work
— 4Ibs of clay per student, enough to make 2-4 pieces
— Glazing and firing service (bisque and glaze)
— Beautiful packaging of final work for pickup day
Bring to Class
— Clothes you don’t mind getting dirty
— Closed toed shoes
— A few ideas of ceramic forms you would like to make
Meals
Anastasia will provide the morning coffee, tea, a light breakfast, and some finger food snacks during event. Company offsite manager to order or provide a picnic-style lunch.
Cancellations
All sales are final. No cancellations, returns, or refunds will be granted for team offsites once scheduled and purchased. Please note a minimum of 6 team members is required for a team offsite to run.
Student Agreement
Your team will be asked to individually sign a standard waiver and student agreement that reviews my studio's policies. Please read, sign, and return by email to save some trees!
Please note my studio is not wheelchair accessible, there is one flight of stairs into my studio. Images in this class listing are aspirational and not intended to promise a particular end result
INSTRUCTOR
ANASTASIA TUMANOVA
Anastasia has worked with ceramics since 2004, creating everything from traditional tableware, wall artwork, jewelry, large-scale ceramic installations, and sculpture. Anastasia has taught ceramics at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced level at The Berkeley Potters Studio, Dusted & Blue Studio, The Hamlin School San Francisco, and Clay Room San Francisco. Her work has been shown at West Coast Craft, Minnesota Street Project, Rare Device, Oakland First Friday, and Heron Arts San Francisco. Her ceramic artworks have been collected by private collectors and clients such as Google, Disney World, SFMOMA, Virgin Hotels, and others. Anastasia regularly collaborates on high end art projects with interior designers and the art consultant world to create incredible ceramic design. Anastasia holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.