Here at Kitte Club we offer a range of Workshops, Courses, and Events to suit everyone’s clay curiosity. Whether a one off project workshop to make something new, or a multi-session course to really gain a robust understanding of the medium, we got you.
Our Workshops
Project Workshops
Project workshops are great for all learning levels to make a project start to finish with step by step instruction, and learn new skills that can be applied to further work. There’s always space to add your own oomph!
It is scientifically proven that coffee tastes better out of a handmade mug and made using a handmade pour over. Scientifically. Proven.
Join us to make your very own mug and matching, or mis-matching, coffee pour over just the way you like using slab building techniques, and guided hand building before adding custom details to make yours truly one of a kind.
When: Saturday May 23 @ 1 - 5p, 4 hrs
Cost: $125 +HST includes enrolment, choice of clay clay, studio equipment & tools, bisque firing, your choice of glaze, with a final glaze firing
Please note there is approximately a 3-4 week turnaround until your final work is ready for pick-up
Create your own little ceramic critters to decorate your home with our Build-a-Bug workshop! Participants will be guided through the basics of hand-building and receive a ball of white porcelain clay to transform into any type of critter they like. They will have the option to decorate their creations with a selection of underglazes as well as a final glaze.
Saturday April 4 @ 1p-3:30p
Cost: $75.00+HST includes enrolment for 1, clay, underglazes, studio equipment & tools, 1 bisque firing, your choice of glaze with a final glaze firing
Finished work will be ready approx. 3-4 weeks following the workshop
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This Workshop is led by bug and coffee enthusiast Alex Bauman:
Alex Bauman is a Toronto-based ceramicist and illustrator. Inspired by nature, whimsy, and her inner child, she loves to create little critters and colourful, often humorous scenes. When not making lil’ critters they are slinging expertly crafted coffee at their cafe The Bothy in the East End.
Multi-Sessional Courses
Courses are multi-sessional, really letting you get into the nitty gritty of technique, forms, shapes and finishes, giving you a well rounded understanding of ceramics to carry into your developing practice.
Have you ever wanted to make one thing a lot? Well let me tell you - it’s pretty magical to do so! Mold making is a wonderful but tedious process, helping artists and makers the ability to create multiples, series, or consistent work, and here at Kitte Club we make it simple, giving you a well rounded understanding of molds and their various applications as well as step by step instructions and demonstration on how to make and use them! Each mold you make will be with your own created work, making start to finish a mold you can and will want to continue to cast over and over again!
This is a great way to up your ceramics practice with new and exciting methods!
We take you through:
Mold Making Applications
Various types of Molds and why each are used
We will be making and working with:
1x 2 Part Plaster Mold
1-2x Press Molds
1x Drape Mold
Making & Casting Slip, learning about different optional add ins
Clean up on casted objects
Some more creative applications
You go home with your 3-4 molds, some finished objects made from your molds and glazed by youthat will be bisque & glaze fired, and all the steps and processes to go forward on your mold making journey!
Duration: This is an 8 week course, Wednesday nights May 6 - June 24, 5:30 - 8:30p
Cost: $550 +HST, includes enrolment, all materials and firings
Spots: This is an intimate class with only 6 spots available
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This course is led by Kitte Club Owner Jes Young. Jes has worked with Mold Making and Ceramics for 10 years - continuing to create artist multiples. They’ve taught multiple mold making classes including Mold Making at York U and consistently use mold making techniques in their artistic practice. They are always excited to share mold making with folk who are new to this practice!
*You must be able to attend all classes. There are no refunds for missed classes and limited opportunity to make up a missed class
One person’s trash is another person’s center piece, that’s the saying right? Join us for a multi-week workshop to create some sculptural vessels with the inspiration of our favourite trash.
Using handbuilding we will create and fine-tune our trash vessels, making them just right and for whatever purpose you choose, before getting to have fun with surface design and final touches.
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Duration: Saturday June 6, 13, 20, 27 @ 1 - 4p, 3 hr sessions
Cost: $225 +HST includes enrolment, clay, studio equipment & tools, bisque firing, your choice of glaze, with a final glaze firing
Please note there is approximately a 3-4 week turnaround until your final work is ready for pick-up
Instructor: Garbage aficionado, Jes Young. Jes started Kitte Club in 2024 to build a community studio for folks who make weird and wonderful ceramics. They sculpt a variety of trash and pests that build our city.
Cinema Sip n’ Sculpts
Come and chill out, sculpt a lil something while enjoying some snacks, drinks, and a film!
Join us Saturday April 25, 11am - 2pm for our Saturday morning Sip n’ Sculpt where we watch some cartoons and create sculptures inspired by them, or whatever you feel like making!
Screening: A Mystery Screening, do you dare attend this equivalent to a surprise pack?
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You get your choice of clay body (white or brown) to create whatever you want during the screening, select your glaze to bring your piece to life! Bring your own beverages and snacks while we get cozy, creative and cinemated?
$25.00 per person for materials & kiln firing - please note there is a 15min demo for basic building techniques and some check ins during the screening to make sure your piece is coming together nicely - the rest is up to you! Feel free to bring in inspiration photos or ideas to inspire your creations.
*Please note it takes approximately 3-4 weeks to receive your final pieces, you’ll be emailed for pick-up.
Join us Friday May 22, 7pm - 10pm for our Cinema Sip n’ Sculpt where we watch a movie and create sculptures inspired by the film, or whatever you feel like making!
Screening: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), - “We are the knights who say… NI!”
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You get your choice of clay body (white or brown) to create whatever you want during the screening, select your glaze to bring your piece to life! Bring your own beverages and snacks while we get cozy, creative and cinemated?
$25.00 per person for materials & kiln firing - please note there is a 15min demo for basic building techniques and some check ins during the screening to make sure your piece is coming together nicely - the rest is up to you! Feel free to bring in inspiration photos or ideas to inspire your creations.
*Please note it takes approximately 3-4 weeks to receive your final pieces, you’ll be emailed for pick-up.
Join us Friday June 19, 7pm - 10pm for our Cinema Sip n’ Sculpt where we watch a movie and create sculptures inspired by the film, or whatever you feel like making!
Screening: A League of Their Own (1992), - “You’re Gonna Lose.”
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You get your choice of clay body (white or brown) to create whatever you want during the screening, select your glaze to bring your piece to life! Bring your own beverages and snacks while we get cozy, creative and cinemated?
$25.00 per person for materials & kiln firing - please note there is a 15min demo for basic building techniques and some check ins during the screening to make sure your piece is coming together nicely - the rest is up to you! Feel free to bring in inspiration photos or ideas to inspire your creations.
*Please note it takes approximately 3-4 weeks to receive your final pieces, you’ll be emailed for pick-up.
Join us Friday July 17, 7pm - 10pm for our Cinema Sip n’ Sculpt where we watch a movie and create sculptures inspired by the film, or whatever you feel like making!
Screening: Little Shop of Horrors (1986), - “Feed me Seymour!
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You get your choice of clay body (white or brown) to create whatever you want during the screening, select your glaze to bring your piece to life! Bring your own beverages and snacks while we get cozy, creative and cinemated?
$25.00 per person for materials & kiln firing - please note there is a 15min demo for basic building techniques and some check ins during the screening to make sure your piece is coming together nicely - the rest is up to you! Feel free to bring in inspiration photos or ideas to inspire your creations.
*Please note it takes approximately 3-4 weeks to receive your final pieces, you’ll be emailed for pick-up.
