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<aside> 💲 Price: $270 for party of 2! (Additional $135 per participant)

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<aside> ⌚ Hours: 2 hours

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Marlaina is a proficient wheel throwing artist who loves to share her understanding of the wheel to others. Her personal work focuses primarily on wheel thrown and altered forms ranging from functional works of art to sculptural centerpieces.

Services

1. Wheel throwing one and one. (Get personalized help with all questions about the wheel no matter your skill level)
2. Specific wheel throwing one and one -Select one:
   1. Vases
   2. Large bowls
   3. Throw and stack multiple pieces to make one large vessel
   4. How to throw a hallow donut circle
   5. Mugs (How to be consistent and make good functional mugs on the wheel)
   6. Plates
   7. Dinner set - 1 cup, one plate, one bowl
   8. Pitchers

Artwork Samples

Artist Statement

Meet Marlaina Mathisen, the ceramic artist from the chill suburbs of Northwest Chicago! Picture this: a 10-year-old Marlaina, knee-deep in mud by the river, sculpting lumpy vases and trying to bake them in her mom's oven. Talk about a pottery lover diva in the making!

"The process of making pottery is just as important, if not more, than the final product. That's why 'Joy in the process' is my motto. Similarly, that is why I not only sell my work but have a passion for teaching the therapeutic creative process of pottery to others. Helping people to embrace the challenges of the process and transforming raw materials into functional works of art that enrich our every day." - Marlaina Irene Mathisen

Credentials

Marlaina attended Kansas City Art Institute and Principia college graduating with a BA in Studio Art - Ceramics and Educational Studies.

From teaching wheel throwing at the University of Madison, Wisconsin, to running the Ceramics Department at Camp High Rocks, Marlaina's been on a mission to spread the clay love far and wide.