Cariku Art Lab
Art School
Why pick this one
Cariku Art Lab offers $220 four-week wheel-throwing and hand-building classes with four open-studio days in Black Mountain.
Best for
- Beginners learning wheel throwing or hand-building
- Adults with pottery experience seeking independent studio access
- Students interested in slab-built head-and-torso sculpture
- Potters needing clay, glazes, tools, or firing access
- Artists seeking flexible projects with instructor guidance
Look elsewhere if
- Someone needs open-studio instruction rather than independent work
- Someone is under 18 and specifically needs open-studio access
- Someone needs emergency or rapid-turnaround art instruction
Specialties
- Wheel throwing
- Hand-building
- Ceramic sculpture
- Slab-built figurative sculpture
- Pottery workshops and private lessons
What makes them different
- Four-week wheel-throwing and hand-building classes cost $220 and include four open-studio days
- Open studio is available to experienced adult potters who did not take a Cariku class
- Classes teach techniques rather than requiring students to reproduce set templates
- Kentucky Mudworks clay, Mayco glazes, pottery tools, and studio supplies are sold on site
- Classes include clay, dipping glazes, and firing unless otherwise noted
- Serves
- Black Mountain
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 137 Broadway St, Black Mountain, NC 28711
- Phone
- +17869107828
- Website
- http://www.cariku.com/
- carolina@cariku.com
Services
- Pottery classes
- Sculpture courses
- Open studio access
- Handmade ceramic sales
- Clay, glaze, and pottery supply sales