Description
Curriculum Highlights:
Clay Preparation & Quality Control:
Further refine your clay preparation methods, ensuring consistent results and the perfect canvas for more complex throwing techniques.
Advanced Centring & Throwing:
Strengthen your control over centring and forming clay, enabling you to confidently tackle more challenging shapes and larger-scale pieces.
Exploring Complex Forms:
Move beyond basic cylinders and bowls to experiment with lidded jars, teapots, altered forms, and other sophisticated vessel shapes.
Refined Trimming & Finishing Techniques:
Hone your trimming skills to achieve cleaner lines, sharper profiles, and more elegant finishes, enhancing both the functional and aesthetic qualities of your work.
Handles, Spouts & Lids:
Perfect the art of adding functional components—such as handles, spouts, and lids—to create fully integrated pieces that reflect your evolving craftsmanship.
Commitment Requirement:
As with all wheel-throwing endeavours, progress comes with consistent practice and commitment. You’ll invest time refining techniques that may not yield immediate tangible results. This class encourages persistence and patience, ensuring that as you experiment and refine, you’ll steadily build a portfolio of work that reflects your personal evolution as a potter.
Prerequisite:
This class is designed for individuals who have basic to intermediate experience working on the potter’s wheel. If you’ve completed a beginner class or have foundational skills, you’ll be well-prepared to embrace the challenges of more advanced forms and finishing techniques. This ensures you can fully engage with the material and confidently expand your wheel-throwing repertoire.
Join us on this journey to elevate your pottery practice! Dive deeper into the world of wheel-thrown ceramics, refine your techniques, and enjoy the freedom to explore new forms. Whether you’re an enthusiast aiming to grow or a seasoned practitioner seeking fresh inspiration, this Open Pottery Wheel class will empower you to refine and express your creative vision.
Tutor: Michael Michaels
| Term 1: | 7 February | 11 April | |
| Term 2: | 2 May | 27 June | |
| Term 3: | 18 July | 18 September | |
| Term 4: | 10 October | 11 December |
Enrolment fee: $295.00 (incl. GST)
The enrolment fee does not include clay, glaze, and firing costs.
Where: This class is held at our KudoClay Studio, 4/11 Homersham Place, Burnside, Christchurch.
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