hands throwing pottery on a ceramic wheel

Learn more ceramic wheel throwing techniques in Intermediate Pottery at San Diego Craft Collective

two tall wheel thrown vases glazed and resting on a table

a tall glazed vessel thrown on a pottery wheel

Ceramics | 5-Week Intermediate Ceramic Wheel Throwing: Sundays

Learn to throw ceramics on a wheel!

Select a session from the drop-down menu.

Ages 16+ years welcome! Refine your throwing skills and explore various forms. Weekly demonstrations are given in this intermediate class. Demonstrating forms such as sectional throwing, throwing off the hump, making lids, colored slips, as well as making your own colored clay and designs. In this 5-week course, intermediate students can refine techniques, explore new forms, and build consistency.

Individual guidance meets you where you’re at, assisting returning to the wheel with more confidence. The class will begin with an overview of the basics (wedging, centering, pulling, etc) to build a solid foundation and help give students confidence to take on more complex forms. Students will learn, in depth, about the process of turning clay into ceramic, including drying stages and moisture management, firing processes, decorating techniques, fixing mistakes, planning forward, and more.

Students will be given plenty of inspirational resources during class, including demos, pottery examples, one-on-one feedback, and more. This class is designed for those familiar with the basics of working with clay.

Projects will be ready to pick up 3-4 weeks after the last class.

Prerequisite: Student has taken either a Beginning Wheel or an Intro to Wheel multi-week course, or has equivalent experience elsewhere. Student has experience on the wheel and has a basic understanding of throwing – wedging, centering, pulling walls, trimming. Student is familiar with the basics of the ceramic process – stages of clay, making attachments, glazing, firing etc.

We recommend that each student bring an apron to wear and an older towel or a cloth rag.

• Military, first responders and sibling discounts: Email us for more information.
• Scholarships available: Click here for an application.
• Homeschool funds accepted: Click here for enrollment details.
• If this class is full, join the Interest List to be notified.
• If you would like to be notified of future offerings, join the Interest List to be notified when new dates or spaces are available.

Categories: Past Classes, Teen Classes Tags: ceramic, ceramics, clay, hand building, handmade, pop-up, pottery

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Ceramics | 5-Week Intermediate Ceramic Wheel Throwing: Sundays
Sundays from 10am – 12:30pm

Select a session from the drop-down menu.

San Diego Craft Collective, 2590 Truxtun Rd., Studio 106, SD 92106 • 619.273.3235 • make@sandiegocraft.org

This course is held indoors, so we suggest:
• Dress in layers and bring a jacket so you can adjust to the studio temperature.
• Bring water/beverage.
• Wear closed-toe shoes. Dropping tools on feet really hurts!
• Bring an apron + wear comfortable clothes that can get messy. You may also buy an apron from our studio.

DIRECTIONS: Located in Liberty Station’s Arts District, you can find our studio at the end of the hallway on the 1st floor of the Dorothea Laub Music & Arts Center (Bldg 176) at the corner of Roosevelt & Truxtun, next to The Lot movie theater. There is plenty of free parking. Parking Lot Q is behind our studio — enter via the driveway off Dewey. Across the street in the Vons parking lot, it is also free. If you can’t find us, call or text 619.273.3235.

CLASS SIZE: 3 min. If the minimum is not met, you will receive a full refund or credit toward another class.

REFUNDS: No refunds for tardiness or no-shows. For a refund (minus a 5% processing fee), you must cancel 7 days before the start of the class. After 7 days, we cannot offer refunds, as materials and supplies have already been purchased.

TRANSFERS: You may transfer your enrollment spot to someone else, but transfers must happen before the workshop begins. Please email us to let us know who’s coming.

INTEREST LIST: If a class is full or you would like to be notified of future offerings, join our Interest List to be notified when new dates or spaces are available.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Meg T. Walker is a ceramicist and multi-medium based artist hailing from Breckenridge, Colorado. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in ceramics from Slippery Rock University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Whether helping build a kiln in Texas, collecting clay from the river banks of Pennsylvania, or studying the vibrant colors and techniques of mosaics in Morocco, Meg strives to pull inspiration from the world around her and cultivate a relationship with the environment and one another through art. Meg is jazzed to share her passion of ceramics with all!