Wheel Throwing Level 3

Wheel Throwing Level 3

$195.00

4-Week Class (Level Two)

Intermediate Levels Welcome (experience required)

Tuesdays, June 3-24, 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. with Hannah Schelb

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Skill Level 3: Intermediate - experience required

Requirements: Pull 6 inch tall cylinders and 4 inch wide round bottom bowls as well as be able to trim. 

Location: 2011 Tracy Ave

This class is designed for those who are looking to refine their skills on the pottery wheel and move on from the beginner levels. In this level three course we will work on getting more even (and thinner) walls, creating narrow necks, altering forms on and off the wheel, Work on lips, rims, and spouts, cover throwing utility items (test tiles and glaze catchers,) and more advanced glazing techniques to take your work to the next level.

Week 1:

Demonstrations: Throwing even walls and Throwing test tiles

Discuss: Test Tiles, Wall thickness, Getting the most from your clay on the wheel

Week 2:

Demonstration: Lips, rims, and spouts, Narrow-necked and closed forms, Throwing glaze catchers, Refining and altering wet forms, Cutting and texturing test tiles

Discuss: Using heat guns

Week 3:

Demonstration: Altering leather hard forms, Finishing feet and bottoms, Pulling handles, and Using chucks and chums for trimming

Discuss: Using test tiles

Week 4:

Demonstration: Using flux washes, Re-glazing, Using glaze catchers and wasters

Discuss: Re-bisquing, Multiple Firings, Re-Glazing tips and tricks 


Included with class:

-15 lbs cone 6 clay

-firings of all work made during the course

-outside of class studio access with the following schedule:

Mon-Thur 8:30am-9pm, Fri 8:30am-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am-4pm


You will need to bring:

Clay tools. If you don’t already have some, a link to the recommended items will be sent along with the class info email after signup.

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