101 Hand Building – Fundamentals of Pottery Making
This is a compulsory course for those who would like to venture into hand building pottery.
In this course, you learn 3 basic traditional techniques of pottery making.
Hand building in pottery making terms consist of traditional pottery making techniques without the use of a potter’s wheel.
In this course, you will learn:
1) prepare clay by wedging;
2) 3 hand building techniques;
3) 1 glazing techniques; and
4) take home up to 4 pieces of self-made pottery.
| Lesson #1 | Coil: Build in a mould |
|---|---|
| Lesson #2 | Coil & slip |
| Lesson #3 | Coil & blend |
| Lesson #4 | Glazing - Insert glaze and dip |
* Each lesson is a 3-hour class
| Clay | “Free-flow” of clay |
|---|---|
| Firing | 1.5kg Firing (* Extra fee applies if total weight of final products exceed 1.5kg) |
More Classes
102 Hand building – Fundamental of Pottery Making
In this course, you learn techniques that will improve your sensitivity in using clay and efficiency in working speed.
103 Hand building – Slabs
In this course, you learn to use and handle clay in the form of slabs (sheets).
104 Hand building – Teapot
In this course, you learn to make 3 variations of teapots using 3 different techniques.
201 Wheel Throwing – Cylinder Form
Learn to produce, shape, trim cylinder forms on the potter’s wheel.
202 Wheel Throwing – Bowl Form
Learn to produce two different bowl forms and trim them on the potter’s wheel.
203 Wheel Throwing – Plate Form
In this course, you learn to make plates using the both the cylinder forms and bowl forms.
204 Wheel Throwing – 500g cylinder & Pulled Handles
In this course, you learn to use 500g clay to produce cylinder forms, shape with a wooden tool, trim, pull handles for your cups and glaze using dipping and tape resist method.
205 Wheel Throwing – 500g Thin Wall bowls
In this course, you learn to utilize your clay efficiently, trim efficiently to achieve a balanced piece and glaze application in thin layers.
206 Wheel Throwing – Open Teapot
In this course, you learn to make bottle forms, spouts, trim on a chuck , assemble an open teapot.