Beyond the Vessel: Sculptural Wheel Throwing
Adult Class | Registration opens 8/5/2026 9:00 AM MDT
This wheel-based ceramics class reimagines the potter’s wheel as more than a tool for making functional pottery. While we’ll learn and borrow from traditional throwing techniques, the wheel will become just one tool in our creative quiver for building sculptural, expressive, and inventive forms. Through experimentation, alteration, deconstruction, and assembly, students will explore how wheel-thrown elements can be pushed beyond cups and bowls into dynamic sculptural work. Expect to cut, combine, stretch, distort, and play with clay in unexpected ways while developing both technical skills and a personal creative voice. Perfect for students interested in expanding their relationship to the wheel and discovering new possibilities within clay.
Students must be proficient using the potters wheel to center and throw up to 2 pounds of clay.
Clay:
Each class includes a materials fee which covers the cost of firing and glazing. In addition to this fee, students will need to purchase clay through the Registration Office at ASLD, which must be done in person. Clay costs are $20 for 25lbs of stoneware, $25 for 25lbs of porcelain. Please only purchase clay from ASLD, unless approved by the studio manager. No low-fire clays may be used at ASLD.
Tools:
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 are available for purchase at the Registration Office.
Other supplies:
Students are encouraged to wear clothes that can get dirty to ceramics class, including close-toed shoes. We also recommend bringing an apron and a towel.
Please review the ceramics studio policies before attending the first class: CERAMICS STUDIO POLICIES
- 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