Sidh J throwing a pot on a wheel

Sidh J

Founder and Instructor

I have been throwing on the wheel since 8th grade. Somewhere along the way I realized the part I loved was the science - that plasticity is a lubrication problem, that a glaze is a controlled melt, that firing a pot is a phase change you can hold in your hands.

Most kids never get near a wheel, and almost none hear that clay is materials science. The Art of Materials exists to fix both at once.

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Libraries, schools, and community centers in Northern Virginia. No kiln, no setup, no cost.

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