308 Wheel Throwing – Marbling Clay
In this course, you learn to mix coloured clay, marble the clay in a variety of combinations, wheel throw with marbled clay and trim.
In this course, you will learn to:
1) wedge oxide into clay;
2) create marbling effect on your pieces;
3) glaze using 1 technique; and
5) take home up to 10 pieces of self-made pottery.
| Lesson #1 | Mixing of coloured clay Marbling clay by wedging Throwing small cylinders with marble clay (300g – 500g) |
|---|---|
| Lesson #2 | Inserting coloured clay and throw |
| Lesson #3 | Trimming and scrapping to reveal marbling |
| Lesson #4 | Glazing - choosing of colours and dipping |
* Each lesson is a 3-hour class
| Clay | “Free-flow” of clay |
|---|---|
| Firing | * NOT including firing charges. |
More Classes
101 Hand Building – Fundamentals of Pottery Making
In this course, you learn 3 basic traditional techniques of pottery.
103 Hand building – Slabs
In this course, you learn to use and handle clay in the form of slabs (sheets).
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 2 different bowl forms and trim them on the potter’s wheel.
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.
301 Wheel Throwing – 1kg Plate Form
In this course, you learn to centre 1kg of clay using the coning method, make 2 different forms of plates and learn to center by tap centering.
302 Wheel Throwing – Lidded Forms Part 1
In this course, you learn to make 2 different lids, trim and assemble a teapot.
303 Wheel Throwing – Lidded Forms Part 2
In this course, you learn to make 1 form of lid, create a rim for drop set lids, make a closed from jar.
304 Wheel Throwing – Jugs
In this course, you learn to create a spout on a wheel thrown vessel, trim it and produce same size cups.