Wheel Throwing: Fine Tuning for Beginners
Overview
6 Saturdays 1:00pm-3:15pm, April 12-May 17
Ages 16 and up are welcome
Cost: $200 + $15 materials and firing
For students who already have some experience centering and throwing on the wheel
Ready to continue growing your wheel skills? This class is perfect for beginners who feel comfortable centering clay and are ready to build confidence and consistency on the wheel. We’ll focus on refining your technique—like pulling walls more evenly, improving forms, and trimming with intention—while keeping things low-pressure and fun. This is a great way to keep building your skills with guidance and support. Our talented instructors can also offer more advanced guidance as needed, if you feel ready for it.
What students are saying about this class:
“Excellent class. I always learn a lot of new things from Karis. She is a wonderful instructor that always can help you through difficult throwing time.” -Jana
About the Instructor:
Karis has been making a living as a potter for over 40 years, selling at art fairs and through galleries. She took an adult education class in MA one winter and bought a pottery wheel before she could even throw a good pot, thinking it would be a hobby. After taking more classes at some museum schools in the Boston area, she bought a kiln and hasn't looked back.
When making her pottery her goals are to make something useful and to give visual pleasure. Her work has been influenced by living and traveling in Southeast Asia and Europe. But it is also influenced by her Norwegian ancestry which gives her an affinity for the clean Scandinavian sense of design in regard to form, as well as the Norwegian love of nature.
The images on the work are created by using engobes and sgraffito. An engobe is a layer of liquid clay applied to the surface to the pot. Colored by various oxides, the engobes used on these works are applied when the porcelain is still damp. After the piece dries, a design is chosen and sketched onto the engobe then sgraffitoed (from the italian word “to scratch”) to expose the porcelain body underneath. This creates a slightly raised surface where the engobe has been left on to create the image.
Class Cancellations and Absence
Refunds minus a $20 processing fee are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.
Overview
6 Saturdays 1:00pm-3:15pm, April 12-May 17
Ages 16 and up are welcome
Cost: $200 + $15 materials and firing
For students who already have some experience centering and throwing on the wheel
Ready to continue growing your wheel skills? This class is perfect for beginners who feel comfortable centering clay and are ready to build confidence and consistency on the wheel. We’ll focus on refining your technique—like pulling walls more evenly, improving forms, and trimming with intention—while keeping things low-pressure and fun. This is a great way to keep building your skills with guidance and support. Our talented instructors can also offer more advanced guidance as needed, if you feel ready for it.
What students are saying about this class:
“Excellent class. I always learn a lot of new things from Karis. She is a wonderful instructor that always can help you through difficult throwing time.” -Jana
About the Instructor:
Karis has been making a living as a potter for over 40 years, selling at art fairs and through galleries. She took an adult education class in MA one winter and bought a pottery wheel before she could even throw a good pot, thinking it would be a hobby. After taking more classes at some museum schools in the Boston area, she bought a kiln and hasn't looked back.
When making her pottery her goals are to make something useful and to give visual pleasure. Her work has been influenced by living and traveling in Southeast Asia and Europe. But it is also influenced by her Norwegian ancestry which gives her an affinity for the clean Scandinavian sense of design in regard to form, as well as the Norwegian love of nature.
The images on the work are created by using engobes and sgraffito. An engobe is a layer of liquid clay applied to the surface to the pot. Colored by various oxides, the engobes used on these works are applied when the porcelain is still damp. After the piece dries, a design is chosen and sketched onto the engobe then sgraffitoed (from the italian word “to scratch”) to expose the porcelain body underneath. This creates a slightly raised surface where the engobe has been left on to create the image.
Class Cancellations and Absence
Refunds minus a $20 processing fee are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.
Overview
6 Saturdays 1:00pm-3:15pm, April 12-May 17
Ages 16 and up are welcome
Cost: $200 + $15 materials and firing
For students who already have some experience centering and throwing on the wheel
Ready to continue growing your wheel skills? This class is perfect for beginners who feel comfortable centering clay and are ready to build confidence and consistency on the wheel. We’ll focus on refining your technique—like pulling walls more evenly, improving forms, and trimming with intention—while keeping things low-pressure and fun. This is a great way to keep building your skills with guidance and support. Our talented instructors can also offer more advanced guidance as needed, if you feel ready for it.
What students are saying about this class:
“Excellent class. I always learn a lot of new things from Karis. She is a wonderful instructor that always can help you through difficult throwing time.” -Jana
About the Instructor:
Karis has been making a living as a potter for over 40 years, selling at art fairs and through galleries. She took an adult education class in MA one winter and bought a pottery wheel before she could even throw a good pot, thinking it would be a hobby. After taking more classes at some museum schools in the Boston area, she bought a kiln and hasn't looked back.
When making her pottery her goals are to make something useful and to give visual pleasure. Her work has been influenced by living and traveling in Southeast Asia and Europe. But it is also influenced by her Norwegian ancestry which gives her an affinity for the clean Scandinavian sense of design in regard to form, as well as the Norwegian love of nature.
The images on the work are created by using engobes and sgraffito. An engobe is a layer of liquid clay applied to the surface to the pot. Colored by various oxides, the engobes used on these works are applied when the porcelain is still damp. After the piece dries, a design is chosen and sketched onto the engobe then sgraffitoed (from the italian word “to scratch”) to expose the porcelain body underneath. This creates a slightly raised surface where the engobe has been left on to create the image.
Class Cancellations and Absence
Refunds minus a $20 processing fee are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.
