Catherine Evans Whitener Heritage Arts Series: Face Jug Workshop

FACE JUG WORKSHOP
Taught by Jayme Laney of Laney Pottery
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
10 AM - 12:30 PM

LIMITED TO 20 STUDENTS
$40 PER STUDENT

The Bandy Heritage Center, Creative Arts Guild, and Prater's Mill Foundation are proud to partner with
Jayme Laney of Laney Pottery to present a Face Jug Workshop! Many people are familiar with the
distinctive folk pottery tradition of face jugs, which have been made in North Georgia for nearly two
centuries. The face jug workshop will provide students with the opportunity to participate in a historic
North Georgia folk pottery tradition by gaining hands-on experience sculpting a unique face of their
choice onto clay jugs.

This class is a morning session which will last two and a half hours total. Each student will be given a
large stoneware clay jug and additional clay, and using a clay sculpting tools, shown how to sculpt a
face onto the jug. Each student will have the opportunity to create a face jugs, which will be fired in
a kiln by their instructor after the workshop and mailed to their address. All necessary equipment and
supplies will be provided by the instructor. This class is suitable for ages thirteen and up; students
under eighteen must have an accompanying adult present at all times. No prior knowledge of or
experience with pottery making is necessary. A coffee and donut brunch will be provided during the
workshop.

REGISTER HERE