Hands On Clay Studio

04/21/2026

04/17/2026

Date :
Saturday, May 9th 4PM - 8PM
Old Town Albuquerque
Come slow down with us. Find something made with intention . Support local, meet makers. Handmade goods shaped by hand aided by the land, guided by centuries of traditions and stories in every piece.
SLOW communities come together through craftsmanship, culture, and connection

03/18/2026

We’ll be in Scottsdale: Baseball Meets the Desert
Location:
Scottsdale, Arizona.
Enjoy fabulous weather, great beer, awesome music, and amazing vendors! Swing by to sip and shop, hang out, grab some gear, and soak up all that beautiful Scottsdale has to offer. Who could ask for more?

03/18/2026

Hit a Home Run Spring Training Saturday FINALE!
It’s the last Spring Training Saturday of the season, and we are going ALL OUT. This Saturday, we’re taking over the Scottsdale beer garden with a brand new Craft Corner Market featuring some amazing local vendors, right alongside our usual lineup of cold beer, live music, and killer food.
The Finale Lineup:
THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 21 | 2PM - SUNSET
The Finale Lineup:
THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 21 | 2PM - SUNSET

03/12/2026

Spring Training at Goldwater Brewery!
Date: March 21st
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Goldwater Brewery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Enjoy fabulous weather, great beer, awesome music, and amazing vendors! Swing by to sip and shop, hang out, grab some gear, and soak up all that beautiful Scottsdale has to offer. Who could ask for more?
LiveMusic SipAndShop WeekendVibes OutdoorFun BeerAndMusic

03/11/2026

I’m Jackie Pavlik, a ceramic artist inspired by the desert and the quiet rhythm of working with clay. Through wheel throwing and hand building, I create functional pieces for everyday use. Each piece reflects patience, craftsmanship, and the beauty of handmade work.





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02/26/2026

We’re excited to be part Rail Yards Market 2026 season at the historic Albuquerque Rail Yards! Stop by our booth #165 inside the historic Blacksmith Shop and say hello.
Come shop local, connect with neighbors, support local businesses that help keep our community thriving. Sundays are great to day to visit this amazing location. We can’t wait to see you there!
CommunityStrong handmade

02/23/2026

From a pedagogical perspective, the first pottery lesson embodies the heart of teaching and learning — offering encouragement, demonstrating technique, providing hands-on guidance, and creating a safe space for experimentation.
Learning happens through doing, through tactile engagement, and through reflecting on small adjustments.
Students learn not only how to center clay, but also how to center themselves, with the instructor’s hands alongside theirs, guiding and supporting.
Always remembering that education is a process of shaping — gradual, responsive, and deeply human. Just as clay requires steady hands, patience, and time, learning requires support, practice, and trust in the process.
First pottery lessons are especially important, as creativity, growing confidence, resilience, and the ability to let go all converge in one transformative learning experience.

02/17/2026

In a world that prizes speed and perfection, handmade work offers something different: authenticity. It invites others to slow down, to look closely, to feel the humanity embedded in the object. The slight wobble in a rim, the gentle curve shaped by steady hands, the faint mark where fingers once pressed—these are reminders that a real person was present in the making.
As makers, we must be kind to our own souls. In clay, there is no failure—only change. Pots do not need to be perfect; each one is unique. Imperfections are not mistakes but reflections of process, patience, and growth. Every piece carries something of us—our hands, our bodies, our energy—held quietly within its form. And in that quiet holding, the work continues to speak long after it leaves the wheel.

02/17/2026

Teaching and learning ceramics is humbling work. Even after 30 years, working with clay is hard. It demands strength and gentleness, presence and attention.
To succeed, our bodies must align—physically and emotionally—with the wheel. The outward force of the spinning clay must be gently harnessed. In that balance, the noise in our minds and bodies fades away. As we focus, our senses attune to earth and water, flowing through our hands. It becomes silent poetry in motion.
This is why the handmade matters. The flow of the process cannot be rushed or manufactured. It asks us to be fully present, to respond moment by moment to what the clay needs. Each movement leaves a trace of the maker. Subtle variations, small asymmetries, and surface marks are not flaws at all—they are evidence of touch, time, and care. They tell the story of how something came to be.