Saturday, June 1st: 9:30am to 2:30pm at the WNC Foodworks Kitchen. Sunday, June 2nd: 9:30am to 3:30pm at Southside Studios.

Space: 14 tickets plus 2 scholarships

THIS WORKSHOP COSTS $575. THE $50 PAYMENT HERE IS A DEPOSIT TO SECURE YOUR SPOT IN THE WORKSHOP. WE WILL SEND AN INVOICE FOR THE REMAINING $525 OF THE CLASS WITHIN A HANDUL OF DAYS AFTER YOU SIGN UP. THOSE INVOICES MUST BE PAID IN FULL WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THEM OR WE WILL OFFER YOUR SPOT TO SOMEONE ELSE. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING!

THE ONLY OTHER ADDITIONAL COST WILL BE FOR SHIPPING YOUR POTS TO YOU AFTER THE WORKSHOP—THIS WILL RANGE FROM $20-$50 DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE AND WHAT POTS YOU MAKE. WE CAN SEND AN INVOICE FOR THIS WHEN WE SHIP YOUR POTS TO YOU. YOU CAN ALSO ARRANGE TO PICK-UP YOUR POTS IN PERSON WITH MELISSA AT NO COST.

For the crafts people, the dreamers, the ones that want to work with their hands. We’re offering a weekend workshop in Asheville, North Carolina, that explores both baking and hand-built pottery, drawing upon the varied skillsets of Betsy Gonzalez, Melissa Weiss, and Brennan Johnson.

We’ll spend Saturday at the WNC Foodworks kitchen in West Asheville as Betsy and Brennan teach a class on sourdough bread and pizza. We’ll cover every step of the sourdough process, and offer detailed explanations on sourdough fermentation and whole grains. Along the way, we will make a sourdough pizza dough and prepare some toppings for a pizza party lunch on Sunday.

On Sunday we’ll convene at Melissa’s studio in South Asheville to make some pots together. We will use hand building techniques covering coil, pinch and carve to make a variety of cups; goblets, teacups, mugs. Melissa will glaze, fire, and ship to students after class. We will be using a cone 6 clay body and firing to cone 6 oxidation. 

Our aim is to weave together the hand-building techniques and aesthetics of both bread and pottery, allowing students to work with their full set of senses while we make doughs and work with clay together. Students will take home sourdough starter, a proofing basket, a 1lb bag of freshly-milled flour, and a loaf of bread, and the pottery will be shipped to them after the class.

Lunch will be provided each day: a simpler lunch on Saturday at the baking space, and a pizza party on Sunday as we top and bake the pizza doughs we made together in class. This weekend workshop is perfect for beginners and experienced potters and bakers alike, as we’ll walk you through the basics while covering some fresh ideas and new forms and skills. 

SCHOLARSHIPS: We are offering 2 scholarships for this workshop. All expenses except the costs of materials will be covered. Between the baking and pottery side, materials will cost $75. Please do not book a ticket on this page if you’d like to apply for a scholarship—we would have quite a few refunds to issue—but rather please send an email with the subject line “Scholarship Application” to brennan@walnutschoolhouse.com, info@osonobread.com, and melissa@melissaweisspottery.com with a short description of why you’d like to attend the workshop. We can only pick two folks but will read through all applications thoroughly and inform applicants by Monday, April 8th at the latest.

Workshop Policy and Waiver of Liability

TICKET POLICY

Payments for classes taught by Osono Bread and Gentle Rhythms are non-refundable due to costs incurred by the initiation of purchase. If you find yourself unable to attend, you may transfer the ticket to someone else – we will happily welcome your guest but please let us know so that we can update our guest list. However, we are unable to refund fees or provide discounts as all payments are final.Classes provided by these instructors are hands-on and participation is at your own risk.

RESCHEDULED CLASSES

No discounts will be provided for rescheduled courses due to the initiation of the incurred costs of the workshop. We may provide discounts that are applicable to instructors' offerings (purchasing of product, virtual classes, private event, etc.) due to rescheduling.

WAIVER OF LIABILITY

By continuing with the registration process, I acknowledge and understand all the risks involved with my participation in Osono Bread and Gentle Rhythms class, workshop or event and assume full responsibility for all risks, including, but not limited to, risk bodily injury, or property damage, arising out of, related to or connected with my participation in said event. I release, hold harmless, indemnify and agree not to sue involved parties, and its officers, directors, members, employees, agents, volunteers, contractors, and all other persons acting by, through or in concert with any of them, and all other entities or persons involved in promoting, setting up, running, and/or administering (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, liability, losses, judgments, awards, costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees (collectively, the “Claims”), of any kind or nature whatsoever, by whomsoever raised or asserted. I relinquish and grant to Osono Bread and Gentle Rhythms all rights, titles and interest that I may have in any photos, images, pictures and audio and video recordings taken of me in connection with associated events.