Happy Life Pottery and Gallery

Incomparable artist, Pam Dixon, created an Air-Dry Clay ornament of her own after being a judge in our Air-Dry Clay ornament contest and being inspired by our creative community! Air-Dry Clay Kits, as well as classes, are available to purchase online or in-store! And Air-Dry Clay techniques translate to kiln-fired clay, so you really ARE learning pottery! #benicia #beniciacalifornia #beniciaca #vallejo #vallejocalifornia #suisuncity #americancanyon #cordelia #concord #fairfieldca #greenvalley #vacaville #vacavilleca #martinez #martinezca #solanocounty #solano #napavalley #napa #pinole #crockett #portcosta #bayarea #walnutcreek #walnutcreekca

Eye smiles rock! Congrats to Tina who came to pick up $50 and the the T-Shirt she was awarded as the winner of the Judges’ Choice Award in the Air-Dry Clay Ornament Contest! There were tremendous ornaments entered into the contest this yearwhich made the Judges’ jobs very difficultbut in the end it was the whimsy, originality, movement, and composition of Tina’s Shredding Rudolf which won them over. Way to go Tina!!!

And the eye smiles continue!! Congrats to Maggie who came to pick up the T-Shirt she won as one of our Runner-Ups in the Air-Dry Clay Ornament Contest! I’m sure you can understand now why we ended up picking several Runner-Up winnersthese ornaments are just AMAZING! We are SO impressed!

Love these eye smiles!! Congrats to Cathy who came to pick up the T-Shirt she won as one of our Runner-Ups in the Air-Dry Clay Ornament Contest! We LOVE the use of mixed media on her piece (one of the advantages of Air-Dry Clay) and her Nutcracker turned out stunning! Fabulous job Cathy!!

More eye smiles!! Congrats to JoAnne who came to pick up the T-Shirt she won as one of our Runner-Ups in the Air-Dry Clay Ornament Contest! Her Tree of Hope was an absolute favoritegetting a HUGE amount of votes, and you can see why! Great job JoAnne!

More eye smiles!! Congrats to Jennifer who came to pick up $50 and the the T-Shirt she was awarded as the winner of the People’s Choice Award in the Air-Dry Clay Ornament Contest! We think Jennifer’s Hope ornament really struck a chord with people this seasonher beautifully done ornament had a whopping total of 151 votes! I think we are all ready to invite in some HOPE this year! Well done Jennifer!

This is the kind of thing that just makes our day... We just received these photos from someone who took our On-Demand classes with her sister and dadand look what they created with their air-dry clay kits!!! We are so blown awayAWESOME JOB Nicole (and family)!!! Thank you SO much for sharing this with us!!! #benicia #beniciacalifornia #beniciaca #vallejo #vallejocalifornia #suisuncity #americancanyon #cordelia #concord #fairfieldca #greenvalley #vacaville #vacavill...eca #martinez #martinezca #solanocounty #solano #napavalley #napa #pinole #crockett #portcosta #bayarea #walnutcreek #walnutcreekca Nicole Earl

We’ve learned the language of eye smiles!! Congrats to Gaetana who came to pick up the T-Shirt she won as one of our Runner-Ups in the Air-Dry Clay Ornament Contest! We loved her entry so much: Christmas Tree Light Fight

We’re participating along with 30 other downtown businesses! Come join the fun!

New Online, LIVE, Interactive, Air-Dry Clay Flower Class! We’ll walk you through itno experience required! This Saturday: Sept 26 from 1pm to 4pm (online Zoom class) For details and to register, go to https://happylifepottery.com/at-home-pottery-projects... $20 Class Tuition; Air-Dry Clay Kit sold separately (go to At-Home Pottery Projects for prices and purchase options) This class can be taken anywhereplease allow time for the air-dry kit to arrive before Saturday if you have it shipped! #benicia #beniciaca #beniciacalifornia #vallejo #vallejocalifornia #vallejoca #fairfieldca #vacaville #vacavilleca #vacavillecalifornia #jewelrymaking #suisuncity #suisun #suisuncityca #americancanyon #martinezca #martinezcalifornia #pinole #pinoleca #pinolecalifornia #concordca #concordcalifornia #walnutcreekca #walnutcreekcalifornia #cordeliacalifornia #cordelia #crockett #solanocounty #solano #solanocountyca

New 3-Week, OUTDOOR, in-person, PMC pure silver jewelry workshop! Design & create your own unique pure silver jewelry for yourself or to give as a special gift Saturdays: Sept 26, Oct 3, Oct 12 11am to 2pm For details and to register go to https://happylifepottery.com/metal-clay-jewelry ... $120 Tuition includes all instruction, tools, textures, firings, and findings. It does NOT include PMC (Precious Metal Clay) which can be purchased at a special discounted rate during class. Classes will be held outdoors with a small number of students - masks are required. DurtyDog Studio #benicia #beniciaca #beniciacalifornia #vallejo #vallejocalifornia #vallejoca #fairfieldca #vacaville #vacavilleca #vacavillecalifornia #jewelrymaking #suisuncity #suisun #suisuncityca #americancanyon #martinezca #martinezcalifornia #pinole #pinoleca #pinolecalifornia #concordca #concordcalifornia #walnutcreekca #walnutcreekcalifornia #cordeliacalifornia #cordelia #crockett #solanocounty #solano #solanocountyca

This Saturday!! Join us for an Online Workshop where you design & create your own Precious Metal Earrings from home! Led by jewelry artist Linda Bodie, this two-part workshop will be on Saturdays 9/5 and 9/12 from 11am to 1pm. This all-inclusive workshop provides the bronze, copper & silver PMC, as well as all the tools, textures, firings and findings. This will yield at least 3 good sized earrings! $125 To register, go to HappyLifePottery.com and select Classes and Me...tal Clay Jewelry. Limited spots available! Benicia, Vallejo, American Canyon, Fairfield, Suisun City, and Vacaville areas include free pickup and delivery of supplies. Other areas can arrange their own pickup and delivery of supplies before the classes DurtyDog Studio #benicia #beniciacalifornia #beniciaca #americancanyon #suisuncity #suisun #fairfieldca #fairfieldcalifornia #vallejo #vallejocalifornia #vallejoca #vacaville #vacavilleca #vacavillecalifornia #solanocounty #solano #napavalley #napa #walnutcreek #walnutcreekca #concordcalifornia #concordca #jewelrymaking #jewelrymakingclass #martinezcalifornia

So why IS creativity important? And why now especially? And how does creativity factor into our "real" lives?

Show love for downtown with this fun raffle to win a Downtown Dollar Spending Spree! Benicia Main Street is a non-profit organization supporting Benicia’s downtown business community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of our event fundraisers, this raffle not only will help them keep doing what they do, but it will support our amazing downtown businesses (including us!) GRAND PRIZE: $1,000 Downtown Dollars 2ND PRIZE: $500 Downtown Dollars 3RD PRIZE: $250... Downtown Dollars Single Ticket $10 OR 3-Pack $25 For more information and to enter, go to http://beniciamainstreet.org/show-love-raffle/

Now you can learn pottery at home! We’re so excited that we’ve devised a way to share our joy with you, wherever you happen to live! We ship our air-dry clay kits all over the United States (and this is not the air-dry clay that WE remember!) and offer both On-Demand AND Live, Interactive classes! And because of grant money we’ve been awarded, we’re currently offering our On-Demand Class tuition for FREE! So you’ll only need to order your clay kit to participate (free shippin...g). Join us for some fun creativityno experience requiredand great for adults and children over 9. We have had so much fun doing these projects with groups as well: families, businesses, birthdays, and friend happy-hours... And even if you’re quarantining separately, you can still share the on-demand class through zoom for a super fun, creative event So we hope you have some fun with this! For more information, go to https://happylifepottery.com/at-home-pottery-projects. We hope our joy becomes your joy #thingstodo #thingstodoinquarantine #artathome #activitiesforkids #activitiesathome #kidsactivities #funactivities #craftsforkids #kidscrafts #artsandcrafts #artsandcraftswithkids #familyfunday #stayathome #learningathome #workshops #workshoponline #thecraftersworkshop #workshopforkids #workshoptime #craftworkshop #classesforkids #onlineclasses #classesavailable #classesonline #artclasses #potteryclasses #solanocounty #solano

Amazing Artist (& Mom), Janet Matthews, is looking FLY sporting the Silver Clay Jewelry she made in a Happy Life Pottery PMC class last year!

We are so grateful to these incredible men and women - sending them all love in this difficult time

Join us for an Online Workshop where you design & create your own Precious Metal Earrings from home! Led by jewelry artist Linda Bodie, this two-part workshop will be on Saturdays 9/5 and 9/12 from 11am to 1pm. This all-inclusive workshop provides the bronze, copper & silver PMC, as well as all the tools, textures, firings and findings. This will yield at least 3 good sized earrings! $125 To register, go to HappyLifePottery.com and select Classes and Metal Clay Jewelry.... Limited spots available! Benicia, Vallejo, American Canyon, Fairfield, Suisun City, and Vacaville areas include free pickup and delivery of supplies. Other areas can arrange their own pickup and delivery of supplies before the classes #benicia #beniciacalifornia #beniciaca #americancanyon #suisuncity #suisun #fairfieldca #fairfieldcalifornia #vallejo #vallejocalifornia #vallejoca #vacaville #vacavilleca #vacavillecalifornia #solanocounty #solano #napavalley #napa #walnutcreek #walnutcreekca #concordcalifornia #concordca #jewelrymaking #jewelrymakingclass #martinezcalifornia

Thank you, Robin Silver, for gifting us with this awesome tool sanitizer!!! Our community rocks!

How exciting! Linda just delivered the bracelets from our first online metal clay jewelry class a couple of weeks ago! Nice job you allthey turned out beautifully!! Okaywe’ve put in our request for earrings to be her next class ... Can’t wait! #beniciacalifornia #benicia #beniciaca #fairfieldca #fairfieldcalifornia #vacaville #vacavilleca #vacavillecalifornia #vallejocalifornia #vallejo #vallejoca