20 Sessions- Learn to Make Mugs & Bowls- Wheel Throwing

Intermediate Beginner's Pottery Course: Mastering Cylinders and Bowls

Elevate your pottery skills with our in-depth twenty-session course, meticulously designed to help you master two fundamental shapes on the potter's wheel: cylinders and bowls. Each three-hour session offers a comprehensive and immersive learning experience, ensuring you develop the confidence and competence needed to create a variety of functional and artistic pottery pieces. 

Course Highlights

1. Comprehensive Curriculum:

• Sessions 1-4: Introduction to the potter's wheel, basic techniques, and initial practice with cylinders.
• Sessions 5-8: Refining cylinder shapes, focusing on even walls, consistent thickness, and creating mugs with handles.
• Sessions 9-10: Introduction to trimming techniques and surface decoration for cylinders.
• Sessions 11-12: Transition to bowl shapes, understanding the differences in technique from cylinders.
• Sessions 13-16: Mastering bowl shapes, focusing on even walls, consistent thickness, and finishing techniques.
• Sessions 17-18: Advanced trimming and surface decoration for bowls.
• Sessions 19-20: Glazing techniques for both cylinders and bowls, final touches, and review of all learned techniques.

2. Personalised Instruction:

• Small class sizes to ensure individualised attention.
• Step-by-step guidance tailored to your pace and skill level, with ongoing feedback and support.

3. Extensive Hands-On Practice:

• Each session includes significant wheel time to practice and refine your techniques.
• Learn from demonstrations and receive direct feedback to enhance your skills.

4. Additional Studio Time:

• Extra studio hours available outside of class to practice at your own pace.
• Access to studio resources and materials during these practice sessions.

5. Creation of Functional Pottery:

• By the end of the course, you'll have mastered both cylinder and bowl shapes, creating functional items like mugs and bowls.
• Understand the complete process from shaping to finishing and glazing.

Learning Outcomes

1. Mastery of Cylinders and Bowls:

• Develop a solid foundation in creating both cylinders and bowls, essential shapes in pottery.

2. Versatile Pottery Skills:

• Learn the complete process of making mugs and bowls, from initial shaping to adding handles, trimming, and glazing.

3. Enhanced Creativity:

• Explore various surface decoration techniques to personalise your creations.

4. Confidence on the Wheel:

• Gain confidence in your abilities to work independently on the potter's wheel and tackle new projects.

5. Comprehensive Understanding:

• Acquire a thorough understanding of pottery techniques, from basic to advanced, and best studio practices.

Where?

Our studio is in Noida, C block, Sector-56. Find us on Google Maps App.

Materials You will be using:

High Quality Stoneware Clay. Terracotta on request.

Refunds & Cancellation:

15% Cancellation Fee will be applied before the course start date.

Zero Refunds once the course begins.