Join us on Saturday, October 17 and spend the afternoon making a cute (or spooky) ceramic Halloween creature! Choose to create either a Ghost or a Pumpkin Jack-o’-lantern and ceramic artist Solange Roy will guide you through all the steps of making your piece, from hand building the shape to finishing with under glazing.

Halloween as we know it, originates from the Celtic new year celebration of Samhain, which marks the end of warm weather and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter. The belief is that on the night before the new year (the night of October 31), the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead becomes blurred. Traditionally, to both honour the dead and ward off unfriendly spirits, this day is celebrated by lighting sacred bonfires, feasting, offering gifts of food, wearing costumes, and carving root vegetables into lanterns with scary faces to leave on your doorstep.

Whether you celebrate Halloween with a passion, you’re new to the whole thing, or you’re just looking to spend an afternoon being creative with friends, this workshop will be fun for everyone!

Note: This workshop is open to all skill levels and children under 12 are welcome to attend with an adult. All supplies are provided. Ceramics will be fired and available for pickup before Halloween! We will reach out to participants with pick up times as soon as firing is finished.