297 Intersession Access Pass | Handbuilding @ Sawtooth

297 Intersession Access Pass | Handbuilding @ Sawtooth

Open Studio - Ceramics | Available

251 N Spruce St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 United States
Handbuilding - Ceramics
Intermediate to Advanced
6/23/2025-7/3/2025
4:30 PM-9:00 PM EDT on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri
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$32.00

297 Intersession Access Pass | Handbuilding @ Sawtooth

Open Studio - Ceramics | Available

Intersession Access Pass is available only to students who have completed at least 2 ceramics classes at Sawtooth prior to the intersession start date. If you do not meet this requirement, you can be added to the wait-list by contacting registrar@sawtooth.org. If any seats are unfilled, we will contact wait-listed students to register. 

This pass is designed to provide focused time for experienced students to work in between class sessions. 

You will have access to the handbuilding studio and glazing areas only as well as your personal cubby space and room on overflow shelving for work in progress. Handbuilding students should register for 297. Please see below for the Intersession Access Pass open studio schedule.

Ages: 18+

297 Intersession Studio Schedule:
Monday - Friday, June 23rd - July 3rd from 4:30pm - 9:00pm.
The studio will be CLOSED June 26. 


  • No clay is included with registration, but is available for purchase in the studio or at the registration desk.
Liu, Po Wen
Po Wen Liu

Po Wen is the Director of Ceramics at Sawtooth. He studied ceramic engineering in Taiwan and received his BFA degree in ceramics and ceramics sculpture from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and MFA degree in ceramics from Northern Illinois University.

Po Wen is the manuscript consultant for 2002 Newbery Medal awarded book, A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park, regarding making celadon. A Place of Reflection, by Dr. Elizabeth Perril, an article about Po Wen and his works was featured in Ceramics Monthly.

Po Wen served as the director of The Pottery Workshop Jingdezhen, and executive director of Jingdezhen International Studio from 2015 to 2018 where he oversaw international residency program and facilitated international ceramics events, serving the international ceramics community in China and abroad.

Po Wen has also taught ceramic courses and workshops nationally and internationally including University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Sawtooth School for the Visual Art, Leksands folkhögskola, Leksand, Sweden and the School of Design and Arts, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.