Week 8 • afternoon

August 5 - 9

10 -16 yrs | 1pm-4pm | Altered Wheel: Mushrooms + Flower + Gnomes.

This is a Wheel Throwing and Hand-building class! Great for all experience levels. In this class, students will work on the potter’s wheels to learn the basics of throwing; centering, opening, and pulling walls to make cylinders for cups or bowls. They will then use a variety of hand-building techniques to alter or add sculptural elements to those wheel thrown pieces. The last class is a glaze day!

Weekly Schedule:

• Monday - Practice on the wheel - Bowls

• Tuesday - Independent Practice on the wheel - Mugs, bowls, cups

• Wednesday - Handbuilding attachments/sculptural additives: gnome, bug, flower, or mushrooms

• Thursday - Handbuilding attachments, mini wheel project, Glaze Day 1

• Friday - GLAZE DAY 2

* ALL STUDENT WORK WILL BE FIRED AND RETURNED 2 WEEKS AFTER THE LAST DAY OF THEIR CLASS. PARENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL.