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8-Week Clay Term: Wheel Throwing & Handbuilding
Join us for a 8-week immersive clay experience designed to build your skills across both handbuilding and wheel throwing, while creating a collection of functional and decorative ceramic pieces you’ll be proud to use and display.
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 — from shaping and decorating to glazing and finishing.
If you would like to pay each week head to our subscription packages here:
Subscription for Wednesdays at 4pm (under 18 only)
Subscription for Wednesdays at 6.30pm (over 18s only)
Subscription for Thursdays at 5pm ( ALL ages 10+)
To Pay in Full:
Under 18s on Wednesdays at 4pm
What projects you will make in the term 1?
For term 1, we have designed the class to include skills in hand building, slab building, and wheel throwing. The theme of the term is Garden Goodness. With each project being based around objects that bring a little goodness to your garden.
Whilst we deliver the course content, students are welcome to adapt the skills to their own projects if it inspires alternative ideas from the set projects.
Project 1: Garden Stakes and Flower Frogs
Introduction to clay, tools, and studio processes.
Create a set of garden stakes to identify where you planted what in the garden.
Create a set of handout flower frogs. These flower frogs are used to sit on top of a vase to arrange flowers.
Using the slab roller safely and effectively, correct stamping and cutting technique. How to clean and smooth a pottery piece for firing.
Focus: hand building, slab rolling, glaze techniques
Time: 2 weeks
Project 2: Self Watering Planters
Introduction to the pottery wheel
Learn centering and basic pulling techniques
Create a planter that has an inbuilt saucer. The option to create a saucer and planter seperate.
Focus: Wheel throwing, assembly design and glazing
Time: 2 weeks
Project 3: Ceramic Bird Feeder
Using the skills from the previous two weeks, develop and plan a bird feeder design.
Create a unique design that utilises both wheel and sculptural aspects. Design a piece that can be hung in the garden.
Focus: students choice (wheel, slab or hand building), exploration of design and glazing.
Time: 2 weeks
Project 4: Set of Three Vases
Using the skills from previous weeks, design a set of three vases to match your flower frogs.
Play around with differentiating the same item to stylise and create a series of small works.
Play with texture to create a successful self striking match stick pot.
Focus: students choice ( wheel, slab, or hand building), exploration of the same object repeated and glazing.
