Beginner Wheel Throwing
Fridays, 12:00 pm
January 9 – February 27 | Ages 16-99+
Class:
Experience of magic of working in clay as you create and glaze functional, decorative, and sculptural forms using a pottery wheel. Students will develop a basic understanding of how to operate a pottery wheel as they work on teacher-led projects and practices.
What You’ll Learn:
In a small group learning environment, you will learn step-by-step instructions of the fundamentals of how to use a potter’s wheel such as wedging, centering, pulling, shaping, and finishing. With these skills, you will learn how to throw the three basic forms on a potter’s wheel: a cylinder, a bowl, and a simple vase form. You will also learn about basic glazing finishing skills for completing your pottery.
***(Students are required to follow the instructor’s curriculum. Only work produced from that curriculum will be fired.)***
What You’ll Leave With:
Depending on the disciplinary skill of the student, a student may leave with 7-10 completed pieces of pottery from 25lb bag of clay.
(Students will submit glazed works for final firing on the last class of the session. Students will be contacted, via email, once their pottery has finished firing and available for pick up on a later date)
Deadline to register by: January 5th
Instructor: Anne Saker
Supply List
Students will need to bring:
- Own set of clay or throwing tools
- Large cleaning sponge
- Small clay work sponge
- Approx. 2ft x 2ft piece of Canvas
- Small bucket for cleaning and tool storage
- (Optional) Small/detail paintbrushes for glazing
- (Optional) Plastic bags for wrapping work
Students will be provided:
- Shelf space as close to their creation station as possible
- (1x) bag of clay
Links to Class Required Items: (These are recommendations, not the required brands
- Clay / Throwing Tools
- Large Cleaning Sponge
- Small clay work sponge
- We recommend buying a basic toolkit with a small sponge included.
- Small Bucket for cleaning
- Any clean, small to medium sized bucket will do.
- Canvas
- We recommend a minimum of 2ft x 2ft piece.
