so called the ‘ throw it out pottery class’
– because you will learn to do just that.
You will learn to develop an intuit as to what is aesthetically pleasing as opposed to ‘ keep it for the sake of it’.
This is an art in itself …creating more space in our lives lightens us –
…give it a go…get your Marie Kondo on.
Less is more and all of that…its a Japanese thing.
You will practice practice practice – but the majority of your thrown work will be thrown out –
you will learn to be selective across the 4 intense classes of wedging/centering and throwing
….at the end of the block you will realise 4-6 -8 pieces – ….beautiful pots made by you to glaze/ and fire if you wish.
**refer firing cost schedule below.
Danny is your tutor across these classes.
x 5 Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings 6-8 p.m
– final glaze class – date to be discussed with enrolled participants.
week 1
Introductory class
Focus on clay preparation and preparing to throw on the wheel
clay preparation – practice wedging
clay centring – get down on the wheel
week 1
2nd class
Focus on wheel work
wedge and centre your clay
begin creating cylindrical forms – focus on pulling up, opening out and compressing the clay base
select finished forms to practise on next week
week 2
3rd class
Focus on turning and trimming leather hard pots
last week’s pots are now leather hard
-turn and trim all of your pots – select one ‘keeper’ and throw out ( reclaim ) the rest
wedge and centre your clay
practice your wedging and wheel work and throw more forms – bowls/ cylinders
select finished forms to practice on next week
4th class
Bringing it all together
Consolidate all you have learnt over the past 3 sessions
Continue wedging, centering, throwing, trimming and turning the clay
Select 2 pots from today’s throwing – you will trim, turn and decorate these raw pots in the final glaze class.
Select 2 finished pots from the previous weeks – these will be dried and fired while you are sleeping
– this is called the bisque or initial firing and prepares your pots for glazing in the final class.
5th class
Glaze time ( take a few weeks break and return for a 90 minute glazing and decorating class )
Date to be arranged – will be discussed in class.
Your bisque ware pots will be ready for glaze application/ decoration today.
Get ready to learn a few different glaze and decoration techniques.
When you have glazed and decorated your work you can now select what you want to keep to go into the final kiln for stoneware firing – charged at $12/kg as per usual class firing system and fee schedule.
