14320 NE 21st Street #20, Bellevue, Washington 98007
About Us
Our Studio:
Kokanee Clay Studio is a new community ceramics studio on the Eastside. Our 1916 square foot space has a main studio space, a classroom, a kiln and storage room, and a glazing room. Windows on 3 sides of the space provide plenty of natural light, plus our roll-up door can be opened for extra light and air on nice days. There is free, off-street parking in our lot, and we have 24-hour access for members. We even have air conditioning to keep us comfortable on hot summer days.
Our facility includes:
- 20 pottery wheels for student and member use.
- Work tables for hand-building projects
- Tools and equipment for throwing, hand-building, and decorating
- Three Skutt kilns
- A Shimpo slab roller
- A variety of mid-range clay bodies for purchase
- In-house and commercial glazes and underglazes.
- Ample storage space and shelving for in-progress work
- Lockers for student and members to store tools
We provide:
- 5-6 weekly classes for 10-12 adults with a duration of 10 weeks each quarter
- Membership tiers of studio access, up to 24/7 unlimited hours
- Regular firings of student and member work.
- Occasional workshops, studio events, and sales
- Team-building sessions and private events
- Private lessons
Our Instructors
Ravinder Bajwa
Ravinder Bajwa founded Rav K Studio in 2019 after 10 years of playing with clay - learning, getting inspired by master artists, honing her craft, and solitary hours of pondering over the beautiful, pliable material clay is. In her studio, Ravinder works with persnickety porcelain, stoic stoneware & humble terra-cotta depending on what each piece demands. But whatever she does, colors are her primary inspiration - all hues & shades. Ravinder's pieces are either wheel-thrown or slab formed with extensive carving, etching, inlay-work. To learn more, visit her website ravkstudio.com or follow her on social media @ravkstudio.
Pat Colyar
Pat Colyar
Pat Colyar
Pat Colyar has been working in clay since 1980, and has been teaching pottery in the Seattle area since 1988. Her love of throwing comes through in her teaching and in her functional ceramics.
"I always enjoy helping students improve their throwing and glazing skills. In my own ceramic work, it's very satisfying to make mugs, bowls and other objects that people enjoy using every day".
Pat Colyar
Pat Colyar
Tim Hoffman
Tim Hoffman
Tim Hoffman
Tim Hoffman
Tim Hoffman
Tim has been working with clay for almost two decades. He's passionate about wheel-throwing, and loves to push the boundaries of form and the medium. A teacher at heart, he has been a tutor since college, and aside from clay, has taught STEM subjects, music, and computer graphics. When Tim's not in the studio, he can be found training for competitive table tennis, at the piano, or exploring the PNW outdoors.
Trevor Johnson
Trevor Johnson
Trevor Johnson
Trevor Johnson is an educator and artist based out of Seattle. He has over a decade of experience working as a teaching artist and several years experience as a full-time school teacher. Raised in Indiana, he landed in Seattle in 2007 after receiving a BFA in ceramics from Indiana University and after spending a Post Bacc year in ceramics at Southern Methodist University. When he's not teaching or making work, he can be found open-water swimming, camping, surfing or wandering the city's various museums and galleries. As an artist, he prefers the pseudonym Hellafragile and can be found on Etsy along with multiple social media platforms under that name. His website is: www.hellafragile.com
Trevor Johnson
Trevor Johnson
Rupa Palasamudram
Rupa Palasamudram
Rupa Palasamudram
Rupa Palasamudram
Rupa Palasamudram
Rupa is a teacher at heart and passionate about teaching. She has been teaching since 2012 to adults and children of varying skill levels from beginner to advanced. She works hard to create a curriculum that is both challenging and personal to every class and take pride in the growth of every student. The focus of her teaching is to introduce new techniques, as well as building skills.
Rupa incorporates various surface decorating techniques and helps students explore and experiment in creating interesting surfaces to make it personal and unique to their work. She is constantly inspired by the fresh, unique and creative ideas that students bring with them. This helps her to experiment and fine tune new techniques that she, in turn brings to class and share with students.
You can view Rupa's work at
Heather Fitzgerald
Kokanee Clay Studio
Kokanee Clay Studio
Heather has a BA in ceramics and painting from Bennington College in Vermont. She has extensive experience in customer service, order fulfillment, and supply chain management in the tech industry, and has worked as an office manager for a financial consultancy. While starting a family and raising her two young children in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Heather was actively involved in the cooperative housing community where she and her family lived. Upon moving to Redmond, Heather rediscovered her love of and talent for ceramics as a volunteer camp assistant at Redmond Clay Studio, where she continued as a student and active part of its community of artists until it closed in 2017. She is excited to introduce more people to the joy of creating with clay, and to build a thriving community of artists.
Kokanee Clay Studio
Kokanee Clay Studio
Kokanee Clay Studio
Vicky and Heather met at Redmond Clay Studio, where they each took classes and created work until the studio closed in 2017. Both avid clay artists, they then searched for another studio with the strong foundation of instruction and community they had become accustomed to at RCS, Now Vicky and Heather have partnered to realize their vision and create a new collaborative space for ceramic artists and enthusiasts. They are dedicated to creating a welcoming, functional, and enriching studio and community for members, students, instructors, and visitors.
Come join them at Kokanee Clay Studio.
Vicky Hattori
Kokanee Clay Studio
Vicky Hattori
Vicky has lived in Sammamish since 1994. She has a BS in biology with a minor in chemistry from the University of Oregon. She has laboratory experience working as a research assistant at the Institute of Neuroscience at the University of Oregon and at Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center in Seattle. While raising 3 children, Vicky created ad campaigns in PPC marketing on Google AdWords. Vicky learned all about ceramics at the Redmond Clay Studio, where clay art became a passion for her as she took classes for 8 years,. She taught hand-building classes at Renaissance Junior High School in Sammamish, as well as taking on college-age students one-on-one in her private studio. Vicky loves creating opportunities for people to get involved in ceramics, and sharing the excitement and exploration of this art form.