Booking: Combo 3: 201 + 202 Lesson 2
This course will equip students with basic wheel throwing skills. Wheel throwing is a method of pottery making with the use of a potter’s wheel.
This combination course comprises of the 2 compulsory basic wheel throwing courses.
This course is suitable for those who want to learn a new skill as a hobby or for self enhancement purposes.
In this course, you will learn to:
- make cylinder forms (e.g. cups);
- make bowl forms;
- trimming of cylinder and bowl forms;
- glazing of cylinder and bowl forms; and
- take home up to 20 pieces of self-made pottery.
| Lesson #1 WT201 | Making 300g Cylinder: The Technique |
|---|---|
| Lesson #2 WT201 | Shaping the cylinder |
| Lesson #3 WT201 | Trimming a cylinder base |
| Lesson #4 WT201 | Glazing: Pouring style |
| Lesson #5 WT202 | Making 300g Bowl: The Technique |
| Lesson #6 WT202 | Making 300g Bowl: Creating “V” and “U” shape bowls |
| Lesson #7 WT202 | Trimming a foot |
| Lesson #8 WT202 | Glazing: Dipping 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) |
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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.