Sozo Ceramics by Suzanne Gariepy

05/30/2025

🎨✨ Youth Summer Clay Camps at ClearWater Arts Center & Studios! ✨🎨
Ages 9–12 | 1pm – 4pm

Get creative this summer with hands-on pottery and fun educational themes! 🌞🧱

🌍 Modern Masterpieces (June 2–6)
Explore pottery traditions from around the world & create your own masterpieces!

🧪 Clay STEAM (June 9–13)
Science meets art! Design, build, mix glazes & more while learning pottery skills.

🍽️ Clay Food Frenzy (June 16–20)
Craft mugs, bowls, tea sets & a pop art food sculpture keepsake box!

Spots are limited — sign up today!
📍ClearWater Arts Center & Studios

05/30/2025

🎨✨ Youth Summer Clay Camps for Ages 6-8! ✨🎨

Let your child's creativity soar this summer with our Youth Summer Clay Camps! Each week offers a new theme and exciting hands-on clay adventures. Perfect for little artists who love to sculpt, build, and imagine!

🧚‍♂️ Fabulous Fantasy Sculpture
Create castles, dragons, mermaids, gnomes, fairies & more!
📅 June 2 – June 6 | 🕘 9am – 12pm
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🎨 Illustrations Alive!
Turn 2D drawings into amazing 3D clay creations using drawing, hand-building & glazing techniques!
📅 June 9 – June 13 | 🕘 9am – 12pm
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🦕 Critter Creations!
Build dinosaurs, frogs, birds, bees, fish & more while learning clay hand-building skills!
📅 June 16 – June 20 | 🕘 9am – 12pm
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📍Spots fill fast—register now and let the clay magic begin!

05/30/2025

I would LOVE to have you come join me for this class series that I’ll be teaching at the vibrant Clay Community of ClearWater Arts Center & Studios!😊

🎨✨ Ready to take your ceramics to the next level? Join our Glazing & Surface Decorating class and explore the art of color, texture, and finishing techniques that make your pieces truly pop! Perfect for beginners and experienced potters alike.

🗓️ Saturdays, July 12 - August 30, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
📍 ClearWater Ceramics Center
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02/06/2025

I love teaching these new kids classes ! There are still spaces available for the next session! Send your kiddos to come play in the clay with us😍

12/08/2024

It was a fabulous day at Clearwater Visual Arts Center! Thank you to all the amazing art patrons who came & purchased Sozo ceramics at the Holiday Market today. I hope the art will bring you much joy! It was fantastic to see such a huge crowd at our arts campus! I am Beyond Grateful to be part of such a vibrant and loving arts community! ! Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to everyone🌲💚❤️🌲

03/16/2024

What a lovely day ! Love my sweet clay class students & this awesome studio! Come check out this fabulous place for upcoming classes & workshops!

11/12/2023

SO thankful & blessed to be working at the new Clearwater Ceramics facility! It’s a dream come true!

10/26/2023

10/11/2023

I am Honored & Thrilled to be part of The Fabulous new ClearWater Ceramics Center in Concord! Please spread the word to anyone who may be interested in clay classes! Thank you💞

Be one of the first to take a class out of our Ceramics Center at our ClearWater Arts Center & Studios! This beginner-level class is designed for students who are new to clay but unsure of where to start. In this class, participants will learn the basics of handbuilding and wheel-throwing; covering techniques like pinching, coiling, and basic wheel-throwing skills to create unique handmade ceramics. Each week
students will be challenged to grow and evolve creatively through guided instruction with instructor, Brenda Gariepy and through self-guided practice with scheduled Open Studio times. For more details and to register scan the QR Code or use the link below.

Intro to Clay is a 6-week course happening Saturdays from Nov. 4 - December 16; No class Nov. 20.
$150 Resident | $192 Non-Resident

https://secure.rec1.com/NC/concord-nc/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPTI3NjA2ODU=

10/11/2023

Be one of the first to take a class out of our Ceramics Center at our ClearWater Arts Center & Studios! This beginner-level class is designed for students who are new to clay but unsure of where to start. In this class, participants will learn the basics of handbuilding and wheel-throwing; covering techniques like pinching, coiling, and basic wheel-throwing skills to create unique handmade ceramics. Each week
students will be challenged to grow and evolve creatively through guided instruction with instructor, Brenda Gariepy and through self-guided practice with scheduled Open Studio times. For more details and to register scan the QR Code or use the link below.

Intro to Clay is a 6-week course happening Saturdays from Nov. 4 - December 16; No class Nov. 20.
$150 Resident | $192 Non-Resident

https://secure.rec1.com/NC/concord-nc/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPTI3NjA2ODU=

02/03/2023

Couple of new glaze experiments & my studio assistants who need to stop napping so much & help me get all this work done this weekend😜Hope it’s a great weekend for everyone who reads this💖

06/04/2022

It was a beautiful day for the Rowan Arts & Ag tour today. So thankful to have had my first official arts vendor sale at a wonderful event! Thank you to all the kind patrons who purchased some Sozo ceramics today! I hope the pieces will bring you joy at your homes🥰I’m already looking forward to creating more artwork for art & craft fairs! I’m hooked😍