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6-Week Course: Wheel Throwing

Join us for a 6-week wheel throwing experience designed to build your skills in wheel throwing, trimming and attaching.

This term is perfect for beginners through to returning students, with guided weekly projects that progressively develop your confidence, technique, and creativity in a supportive studio environment.

Whether you’re completely new to clay or looking to expand your practice, this course will take you through the full ceramic process.
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6 week course

What will you do each week in the 6-week course?

Our 6-week Wheel Throwing allows you to build on your skills each week so you can continue to explore clay and the potters heel in your own time too. Build a foundation of skills to become a confident thrower.

Week 1: Clay, Wheel, Centering

  • Introduction to clay, tools, and studio processes

  • Learn all the basics of the potters wheel including centering and pulling even walls

  • No pieces from this week will be kept

Week 2: Pulling Walls & Cylinder Practice

  • Now you’re confident in your centering, it’s time to practice pulling up those walls.

  • Make 1 - 2 cylindrical shapes

  • Learn to wire your piece off the wheel and keep it to practice trimming next week.

  • Make test tiles on the wheel to test different glaze combinations

Week 3: Trimming & Handles

  • Its time to finish off your pots by trimming the base & adding handles

  • Learn about different foot styles

  • Explore attaching handles ad carving into your piece

Week 4: Bowls & Pots

  • Jump back on the wheel and learn how to manipulate your cylinder int something a bit more complex

  • Use your hands, wooden tools and make different styles and shapes of bowls and pots

  • Glaze your test tiles

Week 5: Narrow Neck

  • Learn to be more intentional with your throwing by creating a narrow necked bottle or vase.

  • Trim your bowls from the week before

Week 6: Glaze & Trim

  • Trim your bottle/ vase from last week and choose there glaze colour

  • Using your test tiles for reference, finish off your masterpieces by gazing each piece