Demi Moore has the rock-hard body of a 20-year-old triathlon…and she owes it all to pottery. Yeah, right. But the scene in Ghost raised awareness for the love of hands-on arts and crafts everywhere. Try your hand at pot throwing, pottery painting, and ceramic glazing at these do-it-yourself studios, and you’ll be sculpted in one way or another.
Artrageous Potter
9700 Medlock Bridge Rd. (@ State Bridge Rd.)
Duluth 770.418.0222
Paint readymade pottery at this artful studio where the cost of the bisque includes everything from painting and glazing to the firing of your mantle-worthy masterpiece.
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
980 Briarcliff Rd. NE (Rosedale Rd. & Stillwood Dr.)
Virginia Highland 404.872.5338
Kick it up a notch by enrolling in one of the more education-oriented pottery classes at Atlanta’s historic non-profit community arts center. The sessions seem costly but you get what you pay for with knowledgeable instructors.
MudFire
175 Laredo Dr. (N. Clarendon & E. Ponce de Leon Aves.)
Decatur 404.377.8033
Make it work with flexible workshops that teach you the basics of working with clay and advanced techniques. Not feeling crafty? MudFire also offers a trendy art gallery that showcases and sells the members’ works.
Wired & Fired
994 Virginia Ave. NE (@ N. Highland Ave. NE)
Virginia Highland 404.885.1024
Perfect for a girls’ night out, this paint-your-own studio has rows of bright, white unfinished pottery just begging for you to put your Picasso-esque stamp on it. And they let you bring your own alcohol in. Cheers!
~ Kirsten Ott
