Sacramento State’s Ceramics Guild is molding friendships through a common passion for ceramics.

The Ceramics Guild is an organization that promotes the education of ceramics on campus.

The club focuses on educating its members by bringing guest artists to campus for workshops and lectures.

The Ceramics Guild hosted a ceramics sale outside of Kadema Hall last week.

Gia Moreno, senior art education major, said the club holds a sale at the end of each semester.

Nearly $1,400 was stolen from the Ceramics Guild on Thursday, the final day of the sale.

The box that stored the money was allegedly picked up and stolen just hours before the sale was complete.

Chris Thompson, treasurer of the Ceramics Guild, said he was upset about the stolen money.

“It sickens me. What really upsets me is that for some of the artists this was their first sale and it really just takes the joy of the experience away,” Thompson said.

The guild is working together to find a way to make up for monetary losses from the theft.

A portion of the profits helps fund guest speakers, shows and events for the club.

Thompson said the club had ceramics artist Jason Walker host a workshop for the club in October.

“He is an absolutely well-recognized artist. He has pieces in various museums around the country. He taught his technique to us students,” Thompson said. “So, we basically got a chance to see a master at work.”

The Ceramics Guild, composed of approximately 40 students, has meetings at least twice a month.

Meetings are scheduled by announcement in the ceramics studios in Kadema Hall.

Although students of varying ceramics skills are welcome to participate in the guild, Thompson said most members are involved in the ceramics department on campus.

“Most students tend to have been bitten by the clay bug. Something about putting your hands in clay and feeling the dinosaur juice in the clay. It just grabs a person,” Thompson said.

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