Throwing on the wheel
Centre clay, throw cylinders and bowls, turn a foot ring and glaze what you made.
- 5 Octfirst shop day
- 8weeks
- 9lessons
- £600tuition
- 1of 8 places left
Eight weeks on the wheel, from your first lump of clay to a glazed set of bowls. Every session starts with ten minutes of wedging and centring, because everything else depends on it.
Clay and firings are included. Short nails help.
Taught by Otto Brandl. For beginners.
Syllabus
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Week 1
- Wedging the clayIn the shop, 60 min
- CentringIn the shop, 90 min
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Week 2
- Opening and lifting a cylinderIn the shop, 120 min
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Week 3
- Why pots collapseReading, 20 min
- Quiz: centring and wallsQuiz, 10 min
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Week 4
- BowlsIn the shop, 120 min
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Week 5
- Turning a foot ringIn the shop, 90 min
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Week 6
- Handles and spoutsIn the shop, 120 min
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Week 8
- Bisque and glaze dayIn the shop, 120 min
Work to hand in
- A cut cylinderDue Fri 23 Oct, marked out of 10
- A pair of bowlsDue Fri 13 Nov, marked out of 10