New Year, New Hobby
January is an excellent moment for new beginnings and a new hobby. It’s a good time for reflection. What are we leaving behind in the past year, and what do we want more of in the New Year? Most important of all is the decision about how we want to feel.
The End of the Year
For us at Art Studio Laura Rainbow, the Traditional Studio Open Day is a moment to look back. Much has changed through the years, but the wonderful people connected by the love of ceramics seem to be a constant.
In the beginning, there were uncertain moments followed by years of growth, years in which courses and workshops and gained momentum and collaborations with other artists opened new ideas and new directions. But year after year in the studio, people create, rest, eat, talk, laugh, hug, enjoy being in the present moment and everyone goes home a little calmer than when they arrived.
This year too, we created a space for meetings, learning new skills, and for the peace that happens when hands are working and the mind finally slows down a little.
New Hobby in the New Year
January is the month when we feel the need for new beginnings. A ceramics course is both a break from work and a rest from daily routine. It’s perfect to start a ceramics course right at the beginning of the calendar year.
For everyones benefit we foster friendly and supportive atmosphere in our studio, without competition and without expectations. The course is designed as a creative break from everyday life and routine. Mindfulness through working with clay happens completely spontaneously.
What Is Really Created in the Ceramics Course
In the ceramics course, beautiful handmade unique ceramic cups, bowls, vases, plates, boxes with lids, decorations, and gifts for loved ones are created. Working with your own hands and creativity are equally important as growing acquaintances, friendships, and even business collaborations.
Women who share the same table and the same love for clay for months often become part of each other’s lives outside the studio as well.
The Greatest Treasure Is Two Hours a week Dedicated to Yourself
Participants very often comment on how they weren’t even aware of how much they needed this kind of relaxation and time for themselves. 135 minutes per week, in peace, without a phone in hand, without the roles that usually define us, with the goal of making something concrete or with the goal of following intuition and letting hands follow the clay. The soul rests, thoughts organize themselves, the feeling of being in the moment comes on its own.
That inner feeling then spreads further: into private life, into work, into relationships. Not because ceramics is a magical wand, but because regular time for yourself changes the way we live the rest of the week.
Why a Hobby Helps at Work Too
When we start learning something new from scratch, a healthy beginner’s curiosity returns. When we work step by step (and ceramics course is exactly like that), we practice patience and build faith in the process. When we finish making a new object from clay, we get a sense of achievement and confidence that often spills over to other life projects. When the whole group waits together for the kiln opening and everyone celebrates their own and others’ successes, we enjoy the experience of a supportive environment that many lack in their everyday work life.
And of course, the creative “surplus” that’s created when you’re in the flow of creation often opens new ideas at work too.
When You Recognize Yourself
If you recognized yourself, become part of the ceramics circle too, start the New Year with a new hobby and apply now. A new group starts on Thursday, January 22, 2026, at 6.30 p.m. Read all the details on the page Answers to some extra questions find here or reach out to art@artstudiolaurarainbow.hr
Give yourself the gift of time for yourself.
Come join us and discover how working with clay can bring not just beautiful ceramics into your life, but also the calm, creativity, and connection your soul has been quietly yearning for.