| We are always committed to bringing you a great experience! Find out why Girl Scouts of all ages LOVE Fired Up Pottery! Wall vase for junior badge Glass Squares Wheel pottery Silver Jewelry (can also be for badge) Summary: We now have 5 different media for the scouts to work in. They are: 1. Pottery painting: appropriate for all ages, from $18 and up. Takes 1 meeting of one hour. Pick up your project 1 week later as a group. 2. Glass fusing: appropriate for all ages, but best for Juniors, Cadets and Seniors. From $20 for a 3.5" x 3.5" square, for a suncatcher or coaster. Or, we can make 2 pendants for $20. Here, we put a glass piece together and fire it, melting all the glass together. Very fun, and something different. Takes 1 meeting of 1 hour, and for $15, we can mail the pieces to the troop leader, or pickup about 7 days later. 3. Clay: Junior Girl Scout and the pottery badge. This project is done by hand. See below. $15 or $20, takes two meetings spaced 2 weeks apart, but we can do it one week apart if we rush the drying. The lesson takes 1 3/4 hours to complete with snack and tour, subtract 30 minutes if you are just doing the lesson, and the second meeting takes place about 2 weeks later and lasts one hour. Clay: For girls younger than Juniors that want to work in clay, we make name plaques, small mirrors or garden stakes. Cost is $15. 4. Wheel pottery: appropriate for Junior, Cadets or Senior girl scouts. $30 a person, includes 1.5 hour lesson, one piece of your handmade pottery, and glazing. The lesson takes 1.5 hours, and 2 weeks later you come back to finish the pottery. If your troop is larger than 8 girls, you get extra time, most often 2 hours. We also had a troop with 28 girls and were successful in doing wheel pottery with them, so we can handle larger troops. We had them use the wheel and keep their piece and paint a plate, mug or bowl for $30 a person, total price. Please discuss this with Fired Up when making the reservation. We rotate the girls on and off the four wheels, and they enjoy watching their friends. Encourage T-shirts even in winter and short fingernails. Have the girls bring cameras if they have them. Great photo opportunity. 5. Silver clay jewelry: Appropriate for Juniors, Cadets and Seniors. Make stamped silver clay jewelry. Silver clay (PMC) is microscopic silver in an organic binder. The girls make jewelry, we fire it, and they wear it. Cost: $20 for one pendant. A leather cord, pendant and gold colored jewelry box is $25. Time: one meeting of 2 hours. We need the entire 2 hours to finish the project, but there are two 20 minute breaks to be used for your snack and/or meeting. Some troops have brought in string bracelets to start and finish later at another meeting. Pieces are taken home that day. We will be discontinuing silver clay in February 2010. Junior Girl Scouts and the Pottery Badge: The project we make is a wall vase, and we LOVE it because it is so simple, unique and successful. The cost is $15 per person making the project, or $20 if you also choose to keep a pinch pot that is made the same class period. The cost per child of $15, includes instruction for the wall vase, one pound of clay, firing and glazing. Two meetings, spaced two weeks or more apart are necessary to complete the project, and we can accommodate up to 20 children in one session. If you have a small troop, you may invite siblings to participate also, at a cost of $15 per project. I am now giving troops the option of keeping the pinch pots we make during the class. Before, we have not kept the pinch pots, as it is too expensive to for me to do two projects for $15, and I wanted to keep the cost to $15 per girl. However, some troops have asked about keeping both the wall vase and the pinch pot, and we can do that for $20 a person. Time to meet for first meeting is usually 90 minutes (60 minutes project, 15 minutes tour and questions, 15 minute snack). If you ask in advance for a wheel demonstration to your troop, we can also do that; but please ask in advance, as not all instructors at Fired Up know how to use the wheel proficiently, and we would like you to have one that is. BROWNIES We find that with Brownies, they want to come and paint pottery or make an item in clay! We will work with the troop leader to help set the right budget for your troop. Pottery painting pieces range from $5 and up, but most troops paint pieces in the $15 to $25 dollar range Coin banks and pottery boxes are often in the $20 to $25 range, while cups and bowls are $18 to $20, and small vases, tiles and figurines are usually around $15. If at all possible, troops come to Fired Up at their normal meeting time, so you don't have to rearrange schedules. Pottery painting take 1 meeting of an hour. If troops want to make item in clay, great ideas are garden stakes, small mirrors or name plaques. Cost is $15 per girl, and two meetings are required, spaced 2 weeks apart. Juniors, Cadets, Seniors and wheel classes: We have been offering wheel classes for smaller troops. The cost of $30 per girl includes two meetings, clay, glazing, firing and instruction. We have 4 wheels. The wheel class is a longer meeting, usually 1.5 hours, and the glazing requires 1 hour. Troops come back in 2 weeks to glaze the pottery. The cost includes both meetings. SUPERVISION We ask that the troop have one parent or other adult for every five to six children. This helps the troop stay on time, and keeps everyone finishing at about the same time. Troops should allow one hour if only making the clay project, and add a 15 minutes each for the business meeting or tour. Keeping both the pinch pot and the wall vase requires no extra time. GLAZING The troop returns for a second visit at least two weeks after the first visit to finish the piece by glazing. Allow one hour for this meeting. Children who miss the first meeting can choose from wall vases we have on hand just for this reason. Wall vases made at the first meeting, and not glazed because of absence at the second meeting are wrapped up with a note saying they are prepaid, and to please come back and finish the project at no charge. PICK UP The finished pieces are individually wrapped and picked up by one person, usually 7 to 9 days after the second meeting, but we can meet tighter time frames upon special request. If you have more questions, please call us at 839-5000. Let us host your troop! Call now. Reservations are taken anytime, and the busiest months are November and April (Mother's Day!) Some troops call in September and October for times in March and April, (That way you get your choice of times) however it is likely we can fit you in on short notice, as we have hosted 3 troops all at the same time, and we have two rooms. Fired Up Pottery LLC 425 B West Cottage Grove Road Cottage Grove, WI 53527 Phone (608 839-5000 Please call 608-839-5000 to arrange a time for your troop. www.fireduppottery.com |
| Here is one Troop's vases. As you can see, they are all quite different. |
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