Adult Group Classes
8-week Wheel Throwing class
The wheel classes are available to all skill levels. All our classes are small enough to allow for individual attention and our teachers are more than happy to provide it! There is no lock-step curriculum. While the instructor demonstrates a wide-variety of techniques, the choice of projects is dependent upon the interest and ability of the individual. We begin by mastering simple shapes such as cylinders (cups and mugs), bowls and vases. When shapes are leather hard the student will trim their pieces on the wheel or by hand. When the piece is dry, our technitians bisque fire the pieces and in the final two weeks the students paint their items. Items may be functional, fanciful, decorative, artful, or any combinations of these qualities!
8-week Handbuilding Class
Hand-building classes are taught to all levels. Pinch-pots, coiled pots, and slab-built work are all taught and their techniques are combined to create original and unique masterpieces. A broad spectrum of glazes are available to the hand-builder. Students will learn to create bowls, mugs, platters, plates, vases, wall plaques, jewellery and a variety of other sculptures. The instructor begins each week with a handbuilding demonstration teaching important techniques which students will apply when building their creations. What the student makes is entirely up to them and their imagination!
8-week Queer Clay Class!
Welcome to our queer pottery class! Our class will only be about 6 people total, which will allow for a lot of one on one time with the instructor and the ability to learn from other students in the class.
We will be working on learning both wheel throwing and handbuilding. Our class will be starting on June 6 from 5pm to 7pm and running on every Tuesday night until June 25th. Click the link for more details and to register!
8- week Wheel Throwing & handbuilding
This class is designed for potters who want to experience both wheel throwing and handbuilding in the 8-weeks. All our classes are small enough to allow for individual attention and our teachers are more than happy to provide it! This class is designed for beginners and intermediates and offers a gentle introduction to pottery including all its elements (hand building, wheel throwing, trimming and glazing) There is no lock-step curriculum. While the instructor demonstrates a wide-variety of techniques, the choice of projects is dependent upon the interest and ability of the individual. We alternate weekly between wheel throwing and handbuilding. We begin by mastering simple shapes on the wheel such as cylinders (cups and mugs), bowls and vases. When shapes are leather hard the student will trim their pieces on the wheel or by hand. When hand building we learn slab building, coiling, pinch pots (mug making, tea pots, vases and jewellery.) When the piece is dry, our technicians bisque fire the pieces and in the final two weeks the students paint their items. Items may be functional, fanciful, decorative, artful, or any combinations of these qualities!
5-week Introduction to mold Making/Slip casting
Students will be introduced to the basics of mold making and slip casting. With the aid of an instructor, students will develop a form to model and make into a plaster mold. With this mold, the technique of slip casting will be utilized to repeatedly produce the form. This process is ideal for making replicas or sets of the same form. Students will experience the development, setup, making, firing and glazing aspects of their design and come out of this course with a completely functional set of ceramic objects. All materials and firing included in course fee.
What is mold making?
In the context of this course, mold making is a technique in which a plaster mold is made and used to duplicate forms over and again by pouring slip into it and releasing the form from the mold
What is Slip Casting?
Slip casting involves pouring slip (a liquid clay body) into a plaster mold. It then forms a layer as the plaster absorbs the liquid. Remaining slip is poured out and a greenware form is produced.
