DEC Bottles Wheel Mini Course: Wednesday

Service Description

In this 3 week intermediate course, you’ll explore and develop your skills on the pottery wheel to make your own bottles. Skills you will learn in this class: how to collar, create sharp shoulders on forms, throwing to specifications, and how to trim upright. This mini-course is geared toward those with a bit of experience and are comfortable centering on their own. If you have taken our Wheel I a couple times and/or are skilled enough to make forms on center, this class is designed to further your exploration of forms and fortify your throwing skills. There are practice time slots available every week for student to come into the studio and practice what they learned. Please see our Student Practice Time page on our website for more details Lessons are as follows: Week 1: Throwing
different bottle forms Week 2: Trimming+Carving+Attachments Week 3: Glazing. Final Pottery takes 1-2 weeks to complete firing. POTTERY MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Classes meet once a week for 2.5 hour sessions. Course fee includes everything you need: clay, use of studio tools, a rainbow of cone 5 glazes to choose from. Clay is not included for Practice Times but is available to purchase by the pound, half bag or full bag at the studio. In each class session, you will build on what you learned and made the previous week, so we strongly advise you to make sure you’ll be able to attend all class sessions before signing up. It is especially important that you attend the first class, so if you think you might have to miss week 1, please consider enrolling in another session. We do not offer make up classes. Long nails can make working with clay very frustrating. We recommend cutting them close before attending class. Also, clay is messy. Please dress accordingly and bring along an apron and a towel/rag for wiping your hands throughout the process. Lastly, we work with moving equipment and long hair needs to be pulled back. See you in class.