Wheel Throwing: Fundamentals of Clay
Adult Course | Registration opens 2/5/2025 7:00 AM MST
Fundamentals of Clay is geared toward beginner and intermediate students who want to learn how to work on the pottery wheel or continue to build on the skills they have already learned. This class will focus on the basic principles of throwing with the growth of technique and establishing the foundations of making good cylinders and bowls. Students will learn how to properly center, open, pull walls and shape their pots as well as learn trimming, making and attaching handles, recycle clay, glaze and decoration and a general understanding of different firing techniques will also be covered.
- students will learn the basics of throwing on the wheel, how to make a cylinder, handle and how to trim and glaze
Each class includes a standard weekly lab fee which covers the cost of firing and glazing. This class has an additional clay fee, the clay used during class may only be used in class. If you would like to attend open studio, students must 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 Studio made clay. Please only purchase clay from ASLD, unless approved by the studio manager. No low-fire clays may be used at ASLD.
Currently enrolled students have access to Ceramic open studio for a $10 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
- Optional
-Apron
-Towel
-Clean up sponge-
- 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