Earthstones Ceramics - "A Creative Clay Art Centre"
We're your one-stop shop for:
• Creative Clay Art Parties
• Paint-your-own Ceramics
• Children, Teen & Adult Ceramic Art Workshops
• One-of-a-kind ceramic home decor and giftware
Creative Clay Art Parties
Our studio is the only one of its kind in Toronto West! Party guests are entitled full use of our clay art studio area, "Let's Party" Room stocked with toys, costume boxes and stage and a lounge area for adults. You provide the food and beverage and we'll provide a clean, safe and artful environment.
We offer two types of parties:
Option 1: Ready-to-Paint Bisque ware - There are a wide variety of bisque ware pieces to choose from! Guests simply pick their piece and paint them using our non-toxic, water-based underglazes. They're dipped in our diamond glaze and baked in our kiln. They're ready for pick up in a week or less, packaged and labelled for easy distribution.
Option 2: Creative Clay Art - This is our most popular option because of the interactivity and the use of imagination! Our clay art parties utilize multi-coloured, air dry clay which can be taken home immediately after the party or ceramic clay which we glaze and fire for pick up one week later. Clay art projects include anything from small figurines and charms to working clocks, name plaques and so much more! Our Art Director, a Fine Arts graduate from Ontario College of Art and Design, will be on-hand to lead the way!
Your party includes:
2 hours of studio time
Full use of the "Let's Party" room/kitchen
Personalized invitations
Balloons, streamers, party-favours
Small plates, napkins, cutlery
Coffee and tea service
Commemorative platter painted by the celebrant and guests (food & dishwasher safe!)
Paint-your-own Ceramics
We offer a wide-variety of blank bisque ware awaiting your signature style. Young artists can choose to paint miniature animals, fridge magnets, trinket boxes, robots and cars. Tweens and teens can choose banks, jewellery boxes, pizza slice plates and funky mugs. Adults can choose from plates, salad bowls, cookie jars and large vases. The possibilities and selection are endless! You can also browse through our catalogs and place orders for pieces we may not have in stock and takes only 2 weeks to arrive. Adults are welcome to paint while their little ones play in our play room.
Reserve time in our studio to:
Create your own gifts for your bridal party and/or wedding give-aways
Gather for a girls night out
Stay-at-home parents/Caregivers art time
You're welcome to bring food and beverages to our shop while you paint the day away!
Ceramic Art Workshops
4-week program (6+ years)
Learn how to create a variety of pieces from absolute scratch using the mold technique! Rob, our in-house Art Instructor, will take you through each intricate step in creating your unique masterpiece!
Saturdays, 4 weeks, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
8-week program (Adults)
Sundays: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Itinerary (condensed into 4 weeks for our younger audience)
• Week 1 - Introduction to ceramics, studio tour, material description and project discussion.
› Making a pinch pot and a brief introduction to simple one piece mould
› Using plaster
• Week 2 - First casting for those who choose to decorate pieces as well as a discussion about various decorative and form techniques
› Other students may be starting the molding process or preparing an object to mould
• Week 3 - Discussion about painting finishes and glazing, firing and gas vs. electric kilns. Continue working on projects.
• Week 4 - Work on projects and one-on-one instruction
• Week 5 - Finished projects are fired at this point and are ready to paint and decorate
• Week 6 - More painting and finishing, more castings fore a second piece
• Week 7 - Finishing up
• Week 8 - Pick up work, discussion, critique and evaluation
Note that your finished molds can be used even after your session is over. You are welcome to pour again and again for a nominal studio fee!
