Combo 2 – Hand Building 101 + Wheel Throwing 201
This combination course comprises of a basic hand building course and a basic wheel throwing course.
Hand building consists of traditional pottery making techniques without the use of a potter’s wheel.
Wheel throwing is a method of pottery making with the use of a potter’s wheel.
This course is suitable for those who want to experience both methods of pottery making.
In this course, you will learn:
1) 3 hand building techniques;
2) to make cylinder forms (e.g. cups) at the potter’s wheel;
3) 2 glazing techniques; and
4) take home up to 20 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 WT201 | Making 300g Cylinder: The Technique |
| Lesson #6 WT201 | Shaping the cylinder |
| Lesson #7 WT201 | Trimming a cylinder base |
| Lesson #8 WT201 | Glazing: Pouring style |
* 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.
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 2 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.
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.