Ceramic Forms: Wheel Throwing

Ceramic Forms: Wheel Throwing

Adult Course | This program is completed

200 Grant Street Denver, CO 80203 United States

B7

Intermediate, Advanced

3/7/2024-4/25/2024

5:30 PM-8:30 PM MDT on Th

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$506.00

$440.00


***To enroll, students must have prior experience or already taken one of our prerequisite classes, If unsure about qualifications for this course, please contact, the Studio manager at j.hamilton3@asld.org ***

  1. Wheel Throwing (Avram),
  2. Wheel Throwing Fundamentals, Wheel Throwing Foundations (Heimerman) 
  3. Intro to Wheel Throwing and Ceramic Processes, (Callahan) 
  4. Beginning Hand-building (Skeer, Anthone)

Explore your unique style through a variety of wheel throwing techniques. Diverse ceramic skills and methods will be demonstrated or discussed to support students’ ongoing development of their personalized ceramic art. Intended as an independent study for ongoing students and/or those with experience in clay, the focus of this course is to customize student's goals to their creative interests. 

Raku firing at the end of the course if weather permits.

  • Each class includes a standard weekly lab fee which covers the cost of firing and glazing. In addition to the standard lab fee, students will need to purchase clay through the registration office at ASLD and must be done in person: $20 for 25lbs of stoneware, $25 for 25lbs of porcelain, $10 for 12lbs of our Reclaimed clay.  Please only purchase clay from ASLD, unless approved by the studio manager.  No low-fire clays may be used at ASLD.


    New students, arrive 15-30 minutes early to your first class in order to allow time for the purchase of clay.

    Currently enrolled students have access to Ceramic open studio for a $5 fee. Please see the whiteboard in the hallway for updated open studio hours.


    Please review the ceramics studio policies before attending the first class: CERAMICS STUDIO POLICIES

  • Community tools are available for student use, in exception of a small sponge. If you prefer personal tools, a basic ceramics tool kit, small sponges and large clean up sponges may be available for purchase at ASLD on a first come, first served basis. We welcome you to bring any new, used, found and repurposed tools you may have.

  • Please bring to class:

  • -Your favorite tools
  • -Clean up sponge

  • Optional
  • -Apron
  • -Towel


  • If you purchase your own tools, we suggest you assemble a basic tool kit that includes:

  • - Potter's rib (wood and or rubber)
  • - Metal rib
  • - Wood modeling tool
  • - Needle tool
  • - Trimming tool(s)
  • - Throwing sponge

  • Local Ceramic supply stores:

  • Rocky Mountain Clay 1220 W 1st Ave, Denver, CO 80223

  • Continental Clay 5303 East 47th Ave., Denver, CO 80216

  • Stoneleaf Pottery 6611 W 58th Pl, Arvada, CO 80003

  • Meiningers 499 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203

Cathy Avram has a BFA from the University of Colorado and works as a professional artist, creating custom ceramic pieces for private collections. Her work combines hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques to produce art inspired by both architecture and nature. Cathy Avram’s website