Artist Skyler Stencil has a calm demeanor when helping new students at the wheel at her new pottery space, Smudge Studios.

Students get hands-on experience in pottery during Dore Via Dumas’ beginner pottery course through The Enrichment Academy.

She first got her hands on clay as a teenager and loved it so much she changed her study plans and opted for a pottery course instead. After 27 years as an art, design and textiles teacher ...