Pottery 102: Wheel

$325
16+

This six-week course is suitable for beginning pottery students and those who have taken our Pottery 101 course and would like to deepen their focus on throwing and trimming functional ware that holds up to daily use and is fit for purpose. 

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Class Details

This course will prepare you for our Continuing Wheel course.

Pottery 102: Wheel will focus on building strong foundational clay skills including:

  • Wedging and preparing clay
  • Centering 1-2lbs consistently 
  • Pulling even walls
  • Shaping cylinders and bowls 
  • Pulling and applying handles for mugs
  • Practicing trimming skills to even up walls, remove weight, emphasize shape, and add decorative marks
  • Managing work dryness - cutting pieces off the bat, wrapping with plastic, and using fans/heat lamps

The price includes materials and firing fees. 

For more details and available dates, please register below. More dates will be added regularly so please check back in!

Upcoming Dates

Pottery 102: Wheel Instructors

  • Reann Nye

    Reann started working with clay in 2013 while she was studying Communication Design at Buffalo State. She creates highly decorated thrown, slip cast, and hand built forms which emulates her graphic design background. Reann has been a member, teacher, and studio tech at BCA since 2018. 

  • Logan Finley

    Logan is a wheel-focused potter from Ohio who enjoys throwing generous vase forms. He’s interested in local materials and the geology behind them, and he draws inspiration from the beauty of rocks and landscapes. He loves rustic and unpredictable wood-fired surfaces. He also really, really loves mud.

Pottery 102: Wheel Gallery