Wheel (B4) 2026

Class Description

PREREQUISITE: You must be able to center and throw a cylinder. Over the course of this class you'll have the opportunity to work with larger amounts of clay and create more complex forms. You'll also learn techniques for trimming, glazing, and decorating your pieces. create larger cylinders, bowls, and plates, experiment with slip decorating on greenware, and have a better understanding of glazes suitable for different clays. Items that students may learn to make: - Larger bowls, cylinders, and platters - Identical forms - Lids and galleries, small and large - Necks, spouts, and handles - Closed forms and combination forms - Chip and dip platters and - Teapots Techniques that will be covered: - Improving wedging skills - Throwing larger pieces of clay up to 3kg - Throwing agate-ware with coloured clay - Improving trimming skills - Using slips/underglazes with sgraffito techniques on greenware - Clay and glaze fits, and different temperatures - Wax resist and latex techniques - Glazing techniques with a focus on food safety in glazes. - Reduction and oxidation firing options - Critiques during a show and tell session on the last lesson of each term, covering any glazing issues and aesthetics of form, which is a helpful learning tool.