What to expect
Wheel throwing courses focus entirely on the potter's wheel. There's no hand-building, which is a deliberate trade: you'll cover less ground than a general pottery class and get considerably better at the one thing you came for. Every session is spent throwing, which builds the muscle memory and technique a beginner needs to start working with clay rather than wrestling it.
Across your sessions, you'll move from centring and basic cylinders through to bowls, cups, plates, and more complex shapes. Your tutor works at your pace, with as much one-to-one time as the twelve-student class size allows.
We handle the firing. First the bisque firing, then the glaze firing. Firing is the only thing charged separately, at £2.25 per 500ml, which works out at about £2.25 for a mug-sized piece. You only pay for what you keep, so there's no pressure to fire everything you make.
