In-Person Classes

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Marvelous Mud Pottery Studio is an Art School and not open to the public.

Must be 18 Years or Older • No Walk-Ins.

Only registered students are permitted in the studio.

All of the Classes Shown on this Page are open to non-members and members.

Please scroll and click on link for Monthly Membership Info to learn more about our

Marvelous Mud Pottery Studio Membership.

Couples Clay Classes

$120 per Couple - Single Class

  • All levels welcome


  • 2 hours(ish) class


  • 4 Students per class


  • Included: all clay and underglazes, use of tools and equipment, 2 kiln firings - 1 bisque and 1 glaze, guided instruction


  • Instructor will clear glaze bisque pieces once out of 1st firing

Classes are held in Rachelle's Lakeland, Florida home studio. Specific location will be sent upon registration.

Marvelous Mud Pottery Studio

4035 South Florida Ave

Lakeland, FL 33813

Couples Clay Classes

$120 per Couple - Single Class

  • All levels welcome


  • 2 hours(ish) class


  • 4 Students per class


  • Included: all clay and underglazes, use of tools and equipment, 2 kiln firings - 1 bisque and 1 glaze, guided instruction


  • Instructor will clear glaze bisque pieces once out of 1st firing

Classes are held in Rachelle's Lakeland, Florida home studio. Specific location will be sent upon registration.

Dig Deep - 4 Week Course

*Prerequisite for MM Monthly Membership

~Dig Deep~

4 Week Course

In-Person Pottery Classes

Adult Class

This course is the prerequisite for being invited to join Monthly Membership.

In-Person Pottery Classes

4 Week Course

Instruction focuses on introduction to handbuilding techniques of pinching, slabbing, and coiling.

.Must be 18 Years or Older. No Walk-Ins. Only registered students are permitted in the studio.

  • Instruction focuses on introduction to handbuilding techniques of pinching, slabbing, and coiling.

  • Classes are 2 hours

  • Projects vary so students can repeat course as much as they would like.

  • Students are encouraged to follow their own intuitive design making.

  • Included: all clay and glazes, use of tools and equipment, kiln firings, guided instruction

  • Classes start promptly on time.

  • Class Registrations are non-refundable.

  • Along with other determinants, this handbuilding class is a prerequisite for being invited to join the pottery membership.

Dig Deep 4-Week Course
Winter/Spring 2025

Sundays, January 5-26, 2025; 2-4 PM

Sundays, February 2-23; 2-4 PM

Couples Clay Classes

$120 per Couple - Single Class

  • All levels welcome


  • 2 hours(ish) class


  • 4 Students per class


  • Included: all clay and underglazes, use of tools and equipment, 2 kiln firings - 1 bisque and 1 glaze, guided instruction


  • Instructor will clear glaze bisque pieces once out of 1st firing

Classes are held in Rachelle's Lakeland, Florida home studio. Specific location will be sent upon registration.

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Please note: The 4-Week Handbuilding Course is a prerequisite,

along with some other elements,

for getting invited to join our pottery membership.

2-Part Classes

Cultural Enrichment Through

Art Journaling Classes

Weekly • Live • Online

$100/month of 4 Weeks

4 Tuesdays per month - 6PM EST Live Online


This is a continual adventure in art to inspire Creative Wellness in your daily lives. It is fabulous for ones who have created with me before as well as new students. We'll dive deep into a variety of art techniques using watercolors and gouache! The art will be the "prewriting, reflective" stage to your journal writing in response to the weekly prompts.


Included...

  • 4 Live Remote Online Art Classes on Zoom


  • 2 hours each class as part of group


  • Small group instruction


  • Access To Replay Video Each Week


  • Click below to download the supply list

Chip & Dip Bowl

Two Sundays, November 3 & 17; 2-4 PM

Create A Fabulous Chip & Dip Bowl

Wrapped in Words Vase

Two Sundays, November 10 & 24; 2-4 PM

Choose Your Words & Create a Slab Vase

Couples Clay Classes

$120 per Couple - Single Class

  • All levels welcome


  • 2 hours(ish) class


  • 4 Students per class


  • Included: all clay and underglazes, use of tools and equipment, 2 kiln firings - 1 bisque and 1 glaze, guided instruction


  • Instructor will clear glaze bisque pieces once out of 1st firing

Classes are held in Rachelle's Lakeland, Florida home studio. Specific location will be sent upon registration.

Dig It! - 1 Part Classes

Marbled Bowl

One Saturday, November 9; 4-6 PM

Create a Marvelous Marbled Bowl!

Marbled Tumbler

One Saturday, December 14; 4-6 PM

Create a Marvelous Marbled Tumbler!

2025 Vision "Bird"

2025 Vision "Bird"

Clay/Art Journaling Workshop

with Rachelle

In one fabulous day, brainstorm, imagine, and create a 3D Vision "Bird" that will continue to enlighten your way through the year!

Rachelle will facilitate an Art Journaling experience in clay based on the Japanese Proverb "Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon."

Clay instruction focuses on handbuilding a 3-D bird sculpture. Art Journaling instruction focuses on ways to self-nurture through the year. The class brings this all together.

.Must be 18 Years or Older. No Walk-Ins. Only registered students are permitted in the studio.

  • All levels welcome, although recent basic experience with clay is required.

  • Venture into combining feeling and intention to bring 3D life to your bird.

  • Students are encouraged to follow their own intuitive design making.

  • Classes start promptly on time.

  • Included: all clay, use of tools and equipment, 2 kiln firings, guided instruction

  • This workshop is a journey that focuses on taking each step of the build to an elevated level.

  • Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

2025 Vision "Bird"

Saturday, Jan 4, 2025 9AM-4PM

Imagine and Construct a fabulous bird!

Open for Marvelous Mud Members

only at this time.

If any spaces are available, it will open to the public. Elevated learning classes usually sell out to members within the first couple of weeks registration is opened.

Please email Rachelle at the link below to be placed on the waiting list.

Sculpting the Human Story

👩🏻‍🎨Potters & Ceramic Artists of all levels looking to grow your sculpting skills.

🥰You have a desire to learn sculpting techniques and level up your creativity.

📅On March 7 & 8, 2025 and May 10th, join us for a Sculpting the Human Story … a workshop where you express a story through the sculpted figure!

 

🎨This is an amazing adventure for you to sculpt a tale of intrigue, mystery, humor, or fantasy told in 3D by form and design.
 
☀️Get all the details at the link below.

Sculpt the Human Story

Clay Sculpture Workshop -3 Days

Sculpt a tale of intrigue, mystery, humor, or fantasy told in 3D by form and design. The story is "expressed" through the sculpted figure, how they are positioned, their facial features, their clothing-if any-, and other characteristics.

Instruction focuses on handbuilding a 3-D human-esque sculpture.

.Must be 18 Years or Older. No Walk-Ins. Only registered students are permitted in the studio.

  • All levels welcome, although recent basic experience with clay is required.

  • Venture into sculpting and bring 3D life to your human story.

  • Create a figurative depiction, use symbolism, render in the abstract, or portray realism. It's a human in figure and story in style.

  • Students are encouraged to follow their own intuitive design making.

  • Classes start promptly on time.

  • Included: all clay, use of tools and equipment, 2 kiln firings, guided instruction

  • This workshop is a journey that focuses on taking each step of the build to an elevated level.

  • Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

Sculpt the Human Story

Friday & Saturday, March 7 & 8, 2025 9AM-4PM

Saturday, May 10, 2025 9 AM-4PM

Imagine and Construct a Story in clay!

Open for Marvelous Mud Members

only at this time.

If any spaces are available, it will open to the public. Sculpture classes usually sell out to members within the first couple of weeks registration is opened.

Please email Rachelle at the link below to be placed on the waiting list.

Class registrations are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Please email Rachelle with any questions at [email protected]

Upon retirement I was looking forward to renewing my interest in art classes, especially hand-building in clay, which I loved in college and never had time for during my career. I had no idea how lucky I’d be to find Rachelle’s pottery workshops. She is the best instructor I’ve ever worked with. She’s inspiring, talented, knowledgeable and fun. I look forward to each class and the projects we make or the excellent advice she gives me when I fall down a rabbit hole and strike out on one of my own wonky projects. She’s kind, encouraging, creative and a true artist and lovely person. I love our class time. Thanks, Boss.

-Deb Coker⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


After big changes in my life I was forced to stop marking art. Emotional and financial hardship let me with no time or motivation. 6 months ago I moved to Polk County and started looking for a creative group to belong too. And I stumbled with Rachelle's ad on instagram and just knew right there I had to try it. I am so overly thankful for this. I really different mediums but I like clay the most. Thank you Rachelle for what you do and given us the chance to 'belong'.

-Wandy Dilan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


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About Rachelle Eason

Rachelle Eason has been an artist all her life. She is the owner of Marvelous Mud Pottery Studio in Lakeland, FL where she focuses on teaching adults in a progressive learning adventure in clay. She also produces own line of fabulously functional pottery.

Rachelle Eason is also the creator of Plant-Stained Paper... artistically designed with fresh flowers and leaves then boiled together for one-of-a kind designs.

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