Introduction to Wheel Throwing – 8 week course with Ceramicist Lewis Hayes

Join ceramicist Lewis Hayes in this 8-week ‘Introduction to Wheel Throwing’ course at SET Ceramics.

There are 4 spaces available for this course, this is to ensure there is sufficient space to work in the studio and that students get the out the most from both the course and the tutor. 

Course Overview:
Lesson 1: Introduce the students to the studio, ceramics materials and processes. Go through relevant health and safety protocols. Students will learn how to prepare and wedge clay, and then start by learning the steps to create cylinders on the wheel, including, clay centring and basic wall-pulling techniques. Note: nothing will be kept in this first session, so students can get a feel for the clay without feeling too precious about their work. 

Lesson 2-6: Students will continue to learn the basic steps to create work on the wheel. Lessons will work in pairs. In the first lesson, they throw the pieces, learning new shapes each Mme, such as bowls, plates, and vases. Whilst also learning the relevant tools needed to do so. The following week they learn to trim these thrown pieces and again the relevant tools and techniques to do so. This is where they’ll also learn a range of decoration techniques, slip trailing, carving and inlay. As well as, learning to aRach handles and other things to their pieces. 

Lesson 7-8: These are glazing lessons. Students will learn what glaze is and the process of glazing their work.

Course Dates:
Week 1: Wednesday 3 September
Week 2: Wednesday 10 september
Week 3: Wednesday 17 september
Week 4: Wednesday 24 september
Week 5: Wednesday 1 october
Week 6: Wednesday 8 october
Week 7: Wednesday 15 october
Week 8: Wednesday 22 october

Classes will start at 20:00 lasting 2.5 hours and finish at 22:30. 
The last 30 minutes of the class are for cleaning up and organising work in progress.