OCTOBER 25TH & 26, 2025
Saturday 10am – 6pm
Sunday 10am – 5pm
The 33rd annual Texas Clay Festival will be held in the Gruene Historical District of New Braunfels on October 25 & 26, 2025.
Featuring the work of over 80 Texas potters and clay artists, the festival offers the opportunity to view and purchase a wide variety of pottery, from traditional to sculptural by the top clay artists in the state.
Come out and enjoy the beauty of what Texas clay artists have to offer!
Deadline for Texas Clay Festival 2024 is closed. Applications for the 2025 show will be available in February.
DEMO SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
AREA A
11:00am
Lucas McCain
Creating Stacking bowl sets & Tips for finding your voice in clay.
1:00pm
Labeth Lammers
Will be demonstrating her process of laminating very thin layers of patterned slips onto a slab or thrown surface to create anything from simple colored patterns to colored slip paintings.
3:00pm
Jess & Jamie Wade
Making Faces: Dueling Demos Jess and Jamie Lea Wade are back and so is their dueling demo. Both artists will take the stage and show you some of the ways they approach making faces out of clay.
AREA B
12:00pm
Pamela Barclay
Will demo turning a basic thrown cylinder into a beautiful, finished mug. Showing how she creates interesting depth using subtle texture, crackle slip, underglaze and glaze. She will also demonstrate the finishing touches that elevate a piece making it well-refined and pleasant to use including adding a comfortable hand-built handle and finishing the rim and foot. Pamela will be working on several in-progress pieces at the leather-hard and bisque stages so you will be able to see the various steps in her process.
2:00pm
Chris Long
Will be doing a demonstration on screen printing on clay!
4:00pm
NOM Ceramics
Will be demonstrating a Nom style faceted tumbler while talking about their glazing and firing.
sunday
AREA A
11:00am
Kym Owens
Will demo making your own slip using reclaim from your clay body. How to use mason stains to color your slips. Depending on time, she may show how to use an automatic slip trailer that will allow you to decorate with ease and precision, with a little practice.
1:00pm
Kassie Dilworth
Love colors? Watch and learn about making and using colored clay in to laminated blocks, inspired by the Japanese process of Nerikomi. Kassie will demo this technique on the potter’s wheel and discuss its hand building applications.
3:00pm
Valerie Hancock
Will demonstrate a thrown and altered decanter. The demonstration will include throwing a bottle form without a bottom, attaching a slab base and creating a hollow handbuilt knob for a cork topper.
AREA B
12:00pm
Rob Sheldon
Will be demonstrating a wheel thrown sectional pitcher
2:00pm
Niko Weissenberger
Going to demonstrate vessel making for ‘Ikebana’ style flower arrangement.
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