Have a Go and Throw!

What We Offer:

Discover the joys and mindful pleasure of throwing clay on a wheel. No experience needed - just patience. However, this short course is also perfectly suitable for intermediate potters who have done a wheel-throwing course or two and want to practise or refine their skills.

What you will learn

• How to centre your clay on the wheel

• Step-by-step throwing of simple vessel forms such as cylinders (the basis for all pots)

• Ways to shape your pots

• How to finish your work by trimming.

• How to glaze and prepare work for firing

What's included:

• Use of wheels and tools

• Glazes

• Clay

What to bring (prepare to get messy!):

• Towel

• Apron

• Enthusiasm

• Suggest you wear casual / older clothes and closed-in shoes - clay can get messy!

• Long nails not advised (sorry!)

• Hair tie

Extras:

• Each piece is fired twice (before and after glazing).

• Vessels are weighed after firing, making them lighter and stronger

• From 1 September 2022, firing is $10 per kg

• You can purchase your own set of tools and extra clay from us if you like.

Suitable for beginners as well as those who have done some basic wheel throwing before and want to develop techniques.