Booking: Combo 1: 101 + 102 Lesson 4
This combination course comprises of 2 basic hand building courses.
This course will equip students with basic hand building skills.
Hand building consists of traditional pottery making techniques without the use of a potter’s wheel.
This course is suitable for beginners who would like to explore the pottery making using traditional hand making techniques only.
With this course, you learn 5 different hand building techniques and 2 glazing techniques. Experience how these techniques can be used to produce different types of work.
In this course, you will learn:
1) the process of making pottery with your hands;
2) 8 hand building techniques; and
3) take home up to 15 pieces of self-made pottery.
| Lesson #1 HB101 | Coil: Build in a mould |
|---|---|
| Lesson #2 HB101 | Coil & slip |
| Lesson #3 HB101 | Coil & blend |
| Lesson #4 HB101 | Glazing - Insert glaze and dip |
| Lesson #5 HB102 | Pinching a Japanese Winter teacup Pinching a Japanese Summer teacup |
| Lesson #6 HB102 | Pinch Coiling 1 |
| Lesson #7 HB102 | Pinch Coiling 2 (Continuation) |
| Lesson #8 HB102 | Glazing - Pouring |
* Each lesson is a 3-hour class
| Clay | “Free-flow” of clay |
|---|---|
| Firing | 3kg Firing (* Extra fee applies if total weight of final products exceeds 3kg) |
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.