6 Week Throwing for Beginners.
Learning to throw with clay on a potters wheel is a wonderful and immersive craft to master. It can take some patience and perseverance but is an incredibly rewarding and therapeutic art practice. Scroll down for the full details of the 6 week course, specially designed for beginners, and covers clay prep to glazing and everything else in between.
The course is a 2 hour class run over 6 consecutive weeks and covers a range of skills as listed below:
Clay preparation and wedging.
Centering the clay on the wheel.
Throwing a number of simple forms such as a bowl and cylinder.
Turning, adding handles and finishing of work.
Glazing.
Each week you will learn a new skill as demonstrated by the tutor. You will have your own wheel to work on and the tutor is on hand throughout to help support and guide you through your learning experience.
Everything you need for the classes will be supplied.
You get to keep up to 4 of your favourite pieces of work.