Ceramics: Learn to Throw!
12 Week Class | FULL
Learn to throw on the potter's wheel with potter and teacher, Natalie Waddell. This is a beginner level course for students looking at starting to learn about and create with clay on the wheel. No previous experience is required. Learn and build on your skills in throwing, trimming, surface decoration and glazing. Independently directed projects are encouraged with technical and creative support provided by the instructor! This course is partly structured and best suited for students with no throwing/clay experience.
Base Tuition: $565 + Material Fee: $55 = $620 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- - For beginners, learn the basic techniques to create bowls and cylindrical pieces on the wheel
- - Students with prior clay experience will receive mentoring and throwing/technical instruction and analysis
- - Explore a variety of decoration techniques such as carving, slip trailing, underglaze and use of glazes
- - Developing independent projects with the guidance of an experienced practicing artist
Natalie Waddell
Natalie is a Toronto-based Ceramic Artist. A student of the Sheridan College Ceramic Craft and Design program (2003), she has continued her studies by attending workshops lead by local and international ceramic artists and educators. Natalie has continuously explored and developed new bodies of functional and sculptural work. She is an active member of the Akin Artist Collective, the Toronto Potters Association, the Potters Guild of Hamilton and Region, FUSION: Ontario Clay and Glass Association and NCECA - the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts and Craft Ontario.