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Precision & Proportion: Exploring the Bottleneck Vessel

Dates:January 10, 2027
Meets:Su from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location:25 Sagamore Road Wheelthrowing
Cost: $95.00

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In this hands-on workshop, intermediate to advanced students will explore the process of throwing and refining bottleneck vessels on the wheel, while developing a deeper understanding of form, proportion, and profile. Through demonstration and guided practice, students will learn techniques for pulling and collaring necks, trimming using a chuck, establishing balanced silhouettes, and creating seamless transitions between the body and opening of the bottle. A great workshop to develop and push your skills at the wheel.
Fee: $95.00

Fee Breakdown

CategoryDescriptionAmount
Course Fee (Basic)Student Fee$ 95.00
Optional FeeMaterials Fee$ 10.00

25 Sagamore Road Wheelthrowing

Ava Tesoriero

Ava Tesoriero is a ceramic artist from Chatham, New Jersey, currently an Artist-in-Residence here at the Worcester Center for Crafts. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Skidmore College in 2025 with a B.S. in Studio Art, concentrating in ceramics.
Her honors include the Winter 2026 Homiens Art Prize Finalist, the Barbara Greene Wild Award in Ceramics, the Molly Haley '64 Entrepreneurial Artist Prize, and Skidmore's SEE-Beyond Award. In 2020, she earned the Girl Scout Gold Award for developing a Sensory Art Program for adults with special needs at Corpus Christi Church in Chatham Township.
Her work has been exhibited at the Tang Teaching Museum, Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, Main Street Arts, Spencertown Academy Arts Center, and Cooperstown Art Association, and featured in the Arts to Hearts Project's "Women Artists on the Rise," Circle Foundation for the Arts' "Spotlight Magazine," 518 Profiles Magazine, the Post-Star, and TAPinto Chatham. Most recently, she has shown in a duo exhibition, "Rooted and In Bloom," at Saratoga Clay Arts Center.

https://www.avatesoriero.com/