Holiday Handbuilding with Holly Heaslip (Four Wednesdays)

Take some time out of a hectic holiday season and create some simple gifts and ornaments from clay. Using fun, easy techniques, we will handbuild holiday-themed ornaments and objects and include a few with a Cape Cod flare. Our small gifts will be thoughtful and useful for everyone. Suitable for all levels. All materials provided.

A Cape Cod native, Holly Heaslip began her journey with clay as an apprentice at Brewster Pottery. Being completely smitten, she continued on to complete a Bachelors degree in Art Education at Skidmore College. From there she went on to The School for American Craftsman at Rochester Institute of Technology where she received an MFA. The next years were spent teaching in New York state and as an Artist-in-Residence at Art Park on the Niagara River in Lewiston, NY. Eventually, the ocean beckoned and she returned home to Barnstable Village where she established her studio, Bay Scallop Pottery. Working on the potter’s wheel and with hand-building techniques, Holly makes contemporary functional ware. Her inspiration comes from life near the seashore. It is her hope that her pottery speaks in a clear quiet manner reflecting her love of place.