More About the Camp
In it’s 32nd year, this North county, San Diego ceramic & pottery camp, continues to be a very popular art camp offering hand building in clay, with many techniques including slab, coil, sculpting, pinch & learning how to throw a pot on the pottery wheel. A mosaic project, color mixing & painting lesson, and glazing the ceramics are also part of each 1-week sessions. Located in Encinitas, this art camp environment is creatively inspiring with whimisical sculptures and my hand made ceramics in the garden, which gives my students plenty of new ideas to borrow from. The shady back yard setting is a perfect place to engage in messy clay projects like pottery wheel and hand building, and splatter painting. The kids and parents take away a sense of joy, accomplishment and pride at the end of each camp session.New projects will be added for 2024: for half day camps.
Students have fun creating from their own imagination, as well as making the projects offered. Step by step lessons give developmental strategies, problem solving & intuitive leaps for the students; and those who attend yearly continue to develop their confidence and skills with more challenging projects. My students who attend yearly even bring lists of creations they would like to make and explore.
A focus on creative growth and development, while encouraging exploration, imagination & individual expression are among the successes achieved in this camp. Each child receives individual attention & guidance, and freedom to create their own projects along with those offered. My students are allowed complete freedom with their creations, with the demonstrated skills, tools and information provided by myself and my staff; enabling the students to have a deep sense of pride using their own hands.
All ages attend together. Younger and older students always find others similar in age to group with. Art is a personal expression and so it has always been a successful experience for all ages to be creating art together, because the younger kids are inspired by the older ones. Everyone comes in starting out at their own developmental level and learn many more skills in creating with the clay.
Private Classes available (Adults & teen classes available) You can set up a special group to come to the clay studio, also I give a Girl Scout/Brownie Group clay session, or just a gathering of your friends to have a clay-play day or several. I will also come to the school classroom and present a project for the class to make a take home item and I have taught a project for classroom fundraisers for the students to make a small creation to contribute for a collective fundraiser design piece such as a large platter. Times and prices to be set according to the project.
Adults clay.....private, group, semi-private.......$35. per hour, or $60.. for 2 hours.....glazing....$10-$20. depending on size and number of pieces/creations.
Kids clay $35. 1 1/2 hours....glazing $10.-$15. depending on size and number of creations made.
Private pottery wheel lessons...$40. per hour, clay included
Mosaic lessons: Lesson is flat rate of $35. per hour, not including mosaic supplies. To be determined per project.
I am a professional artist and have been painting, drawing, designing custom tile murals and creative home decor for over 40 years. My first commission painting for a family friend was at age 14, and I continued from there. Clay has become my second passion since the early 1980's. My teaching experience began in 1986, teaching art in after school enrichment programs at local elementary schools, and also taught art for private schools and institutions. My studio is located in Village Park, Encinitas in my shaded backyard and covered patio and studio. It is a naturally inspiring environment and stimulates creativity and fun. I have one electric pottery wheel in the backyard, and three kilns in the garage for firing the ceramics. This art camp has become a very popular ceramic arts camp with a variety of projjects. Word of mouth has been my best source of advertising over the years, as parents of students who return yearly invite their friends and relatives to join the camps. This is one of the most popular camps in North County San Diego.