#  Garden Party 

 



   ![sculptural ceramic birdbath made of three bulbous sections with shallow reservoir with impressed leaf decoration](/sites/g/files/omnuum4081/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-04/Garden_Denny_Birdbath_SU25.jpg?itok=gk7ANNgJ) 

 

## Garden Party

[**Summer 2025 Course**](https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics/courses)  
**Dates:** June 6 - August 1, 2025  
**Day/Time:** Fridays, 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM  
**Level:**[ Intermediate – Advanced ](https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics/definition-experience-levels)  
**Instructor:** Denny McLaughlin

Students will look to the garden for inspiration, elevating the experience in their garden setting by creating unique forms and vessels. They will choose a project or projects that may include unique serving vessels, lanterns, planters, or decorative forms that enhance the garden space. Students will use both hand-building and throwing techniques in the creating process. Students need previous experience with clay working at an advanced level.

\*Class will not take place on Friday, July 4th for Independence Day.

### Materials List

- Basic Pottery Tool Kit
- Apron
- Small Towel
- Notebook/Sketchbook

*All registered students will receive an email confirmation with the class syllabus one week before the start date.*

Tool Purchases:  
[Here is the list of available tools and materials at the Ceramics Program.](https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics/supplies) You may also consider ordering from a local supplier ([Sheffield Pottery](https://www.sheffield-pottery.com/), [Amherst Pottery Supply](https://www.amherstpotters.com/) or [Portland Pottery](https://www.portlandpottery.com/)). If you have questions, please email Ji-Eun Kim directly at <jikim@fas.harvard.edu>.

### Cost:

$100 for Harvard College Undergraduate Students; $350 for Harvard Graduate Students; $820 for Adult Community; Harvard Employee TAP Regular and Long Service - follow instructions in online registration system for pricing.

#### *Course Fees:*

*Your course fee covers all clays (terra cotta, midrange, and high fire stoneware, sculpture body, porcelain, and midrange casting slip), bisque firing, glazes, and glaze firing up to **6,200 cu. inches of kiln space for 10 weeks**, as well as 7-day access to the Ceramics Program and its equipment from the start date of your class through August 8, 2025.*

### User types:

- **Adult Community:** 18+**;** General Public; Harvard alumni, fellows, Extension School students, and faculty/staff who are not TAP-eligible; students from universities other than Harvard.
- **Harvard Employees eligible for the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP):** TAP regular (employees worked less than 15 years) and TAP long service (employees who worked 15 or more years at Harvard).
- **Harvard College Undergraduate Students:** Currently enrolled students at Harvard College. This does not include Harvard Extension School Undergraduate Students. You must register with your Harvard email – we can arrange for an alternative email to be used for class after registration is complete.
- **Harvard Graduate Students:** Currently enrolled students in a Harvard University Graduate Program. This does not include Harvard Extension School Graduate Students.

### Questions?

- For questions regarding course content, policies, staffing or facilities, please contact Director, [Kathy King](mailto:kking@fas.harvard.edu).
- For questions regarding registration, purchase of tools and materials, please contact Administrative Coordinator, [Ji-Eun Kim](mailto:jikim@fas.harvard.edu).
- For questions regarding electric kiln certification, materials, studio equipment and safety policies, please contact Operations Coordinator, [Mary Cale Wilson](http://marycalewilson@fas.harvard.edu/).



 

  ![sculptural ceramic birdbath made of three bulbous sections with shallow reservoir with impressed leaf decoration](/sites/g/files/omnuum4081/files/2025-04/Garden_Denny_Birdbath_SU25.jpg)

 



 

 Bird bath by Denny McLaughlin



   

 

 

 

 

 



 

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