Independent Projects with Amy Hamley
A 6 week class for students exploring handbuilding and wheel throwing! Instruction catered to your own project ideas!
program overview
This is a 6 week session with instructor, Amy Hamley. This course is for students interested in exploring both wheel throwing AND handbuilding, and the combination of both in one class! Learn from Hamley’s years of expertise in the field and enjoy creating handbuilt, thrown, and altered forms. Amy caters each syllabus closely to her group of students, ensuring that every project fits the desires of participants. This course encourages folks to work on independent projects in the class, receiving one on one support from Amy throughout the time. This course will include demos, exercises, and utilize a variety of methods to achieve the desired goal for each student. Some projects may include wheel thrown vases with altered adornments, best practices for slump and hump molds, and more.
instructor Overview
Amy Hamley
Amy Hamley is a ceramic and fiber artist based in Sonoma, California. Driven by a dedication to traditional processes and material exploration, her work focuses on the possibilities and unlikely pairings of fiber and clay. Her teaching style aims to encourage students to approach materials with curiosity over fear, to simplify the testing process, and to help students achieve the results they hope for in developing their work.
https://www.amyhamley.com/
Membership Has It’s Benefits
All Silver Memberships and above receive 10% off the registration cost for any class purchase over $40.
Materials fees are not discounted.
Membership helps support our programs, events, and financial aid programs.
Become a member today and find community, connection, and creativity.
Class FAQ
We ask that you notify us at least 10 days in advance of a class if you need to cancel your registration. You may cancel by phone or email and we will gladly offer you a refund or credit toward a future class. If you cancel with less than 10 days’ notice, we will not be able to provide refunds, due to our contractual obligations and material purchases for each class.
Sometimes, the Sonoma Community Center has to cancel a class due to low enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as a natural disaster or health emergency. If this happens and we do not offer a reschedule date, you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee (minus the payment processing and services fee), or credit towards a future class. If we are able to offer a reschedule date but you are unable to make the new date, we will gladly offer credit towards a future class.
All credits must be used within 1 year.
You can view our full class policies and guidelines here.
The Sonoma Community Center is committed to creating an accessible learning environment. If you require any special considerations(medical, physical, learning) please share them with Sean Baskin, Program Associate, by emailing him at [email protected] so that he can forward them to the relevant Program Director and Instructor.
Late additions to any program, class, or workshop that has already begun will be allowed on a per-case basis depending upon the Program Director & instructors approval. Late additions will have to pay the full registration cost of the class, along with any materials fees, and will not be prorated for the time missed. You may reach out to the program directors directly, or the Program Associate Sean Baskin at [email protected] to request a late addition.
We are always looking for new instructors. You can fill out the form directly here.
Every Tuesday · 7 Weeks
October 6 – November 17th, 2026
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Experience Level
IntermediateAge(s)
17 and 18-overRegistration Fee:
$200
Materials Fee:
$30
Total Registration Cost:
$230
