Maker-Led Workshop | Sculpt and Sip: Pet Sculpture Making with Liz Collins Pottery

Join local maker Liz from Liz Collins Pottery for Sculpt and Sip: Pet Sculpture Making with Liz Collins Pottery on Thursday, September 26th from 6-8pm in the Heurich House Museum’s conservatory! 

In this workshop you will capture the individual personality of your pet using air dry clay! (not food safe) We will use pottery handbuilding skills to build a pot and attach your sculpture. Sip on local craft beverages from the museum’s biergarten, 1921 while you work on products!

Details: 

• $45 per person
• All supplies included
• Take home your own vintage book press filled with flowers
• 15% discount at the biergarten bar (Alcoholic & NA beverages available) 

Schedule: 

• 6pm: Doors Open, Purchase your Drinks (Biergarten opens at 4pm if you want to visit before the workshop!)
• 6:15pm: Workshop Begins
• 8pm: Workshop Finishes, Biergarten Closes 

About the Maker:

Liz lives and works in Woodley Park with her 1 yr old aussie Dierks. She has been making whimsical pottery for 10 years, learning from artists at Haystack Mt. School of Craft, Penland School of Craft, William and Mary, and The Clay Studio in Philadelphia .

Rooted in themes of mental health, identity, and emotion, her creations serve as vessels for storytelling and introspection. They also offer custom pet mugs, celebrating the unique bond between humans and their companions. 

Learn more lizcollinspottery.com or @lizcollinspottery.

About Maker-Led Workshops:

Maker-Led Workshops are a new initiative of the Heurich Urban Manufacturing Incubator. The workshops provide makers with a free in-person platform in the museum’s conservatory to test and develop a new revenue stream to support the growth and stability of their businesses. 

Heurich Urban Manufacturing Incubator: 

The Urban Manufacturing Incubator is rooted in the museum’s belief that house museums should be dynamic and relevant to our modern communities. The mission of the Incubator is to provide economic opportunities to our local small-scale manufacturing communities through: appropriate interventions in business life cycles, collective action, and social enterprises. The local small-scale manufacturing community in DC is composed of two groups: Artisan Makers + Craft Beverage Producers. These groups are directly related to Heurich history - the historic mansion was built and decorated by local craftspeople from 1892-1894 and the Chr. Heurich Brewing Co. (1872-1956) produced DC’s hometown beer brand for over 80 years.