Our Art Education Blog | SLOWFIRE Ceramics

Student artist of the week: Nora!

Nora is one of Slowfire’s many talented tween ceramic artists. She has an amazing imagination, as well as an eye for detail and color. We...

Student of the Week: Lisa

Lisa has been investigating mishima and sgraffito techniques on her wheel thrown pottery. These techniques are a form of carving and then...

Slowfire Spotlight: Ms. Alice

This week for our Slowfire teacher spotlight is Ms. Alice! Ms. Alice helped develop and expand Slowfire with Ms. Noelle starting in 2020....

Glaze Daze

Did you know we make all of our own glazes from scratch at Slowfire? Alice and Noelle work together to develop all of the glazes that are...

Student artist of the week: Grace!

Grace always works carefully to make sure her pieces are something she’s proud of. During this week we created Mondrian inspired art...

Student artist of the week: Leia!

Leia is one of Slowfire’s first students! She has taken a wide range of classes, and most recently began learning the wheel. Leia loves...

Student artist of the week: Kathleen!

Kathleen is holding her most recent painting, a reproduction of a Bob Dylan's Lake Elsinor (2020). Kathleen is an adult student that has...

Slowfire Spotlight: Ms. Salma

This week for our teacher spotlight is Ms. Salma! Ms. Salma is passionate about creating digital artwork in her free time but teaches...

Student of the week: Sofia!

Sofia has been an SF student for 2.5 years! She loves wheel throwing and sculpting and has been working on combining both of these...