Blue Skies Pottery is a gift worth giving (and keeping!)

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The holiday season is on the horizon, and what better way to hunker down in the cold weather than with the warmest new community in town? Located on the 4th floor in the Monroe Center, Blue Skies Pottery checks the boxes on all kinds of winter and holiday wish lists. Your sister has enough socks. Your husband doesn’t need that new kitchen gadget that will start collecting dust in 6 weeks. Instead, why not give them the gift of a truly memorable experience?

With Blue Skies’ affordable one-time introductory classes, you can visit alone, as a pair, or even in a small group; and at the end, you’ll get to take home your original handmade piece. It could be a plate. It could be a bowl. I once saw a guy make a Hulk glove he later painted red. It didn’t make sense, but he left happy. If the wheel is a bit intimidating, the studio also offers hand-building classes (think molding and sculpting) which are perfect for a broad spectrum of people ranging from kids and beginners to advanced potters.

Blue Skies also offers multi-week courses for those looking to explore pottery beyond the holiday season. The Fall session is just about sold-out, but the Winter session beginning the week of January 9th will be available on their website soon; so be sure to check there as well as their social media to know when those courses become available. These longer, more extensive courses are perfect for those who want to learn from a skilled instructor once a week while also getting additional weekly time in the studio to practice on their own and really hone their craft.

Finally, you can’t spell pottery without party! Actually, you can. You have to, in fact. Blue Skies offers private event and party options, though.

Perfect for birthdays and team-building activities, they have several private party options in their newly expanded studio where you and your guests can learn on the wheel, experiment with hand-building, and do it all with plenty of space for cake, pizza, or one of those other treats that help us all get up in the morning.

The TL; DR of it all? Blue Skies Pottery offers one-time intro classes that make thoughtful gifts, as well as multi-week courses for a more extended opportunity to learn the essentials of pottery. There are options for kids, adults, and grown-up & me, and their newly expanded studio is a perfect space for birthday parties and workplace get-togethers. Visit their website, give them a call, or check out their social media for exclusive updates and additional information.

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