Lessons
We are excited to offer private pottery lessons from our garden studio in Brighton. Our studio is a mini-sanctuary of calm and a charming space to learn the skills of wheel throwing.
Clay is such a wonderful material and the possibilities to create are endless. If you've always fancied making a pot on the wheel, want to improve your skills or escape the day to day busyness for a few hours then our pottery lessons are for you.
So what is wheel throwing?
Have you ever seen Ghost? – that is usually the first thing that people think of!
In a private lesson you will learn the basic techniques of throwing pots; centring, opening and pulling walls, to create simple bowls and cups. When the clay is dried to a leather hard stage, the piece is placed back on the wheel and the shape is refined (or ‘turned’) using carving tools – this can be done by you in a follow-up lesson or we can do it for you. It is then left to dry completely, before undergoing its first firing in the kiln to approximately 1000C (the bisque firing). Next a coat of glaze is applied and then it undergoes its second firing in the kiln to approximately 1250C (the glaze firing).
To book your lesson or gift voucher, click on the relevant link below.
Am I ready for wheel throwing?
Yes! Our private throwing lesson are especially tailored to you, so whether you have never touched clay, want to brush up on your skills or work on a specific project, we will work with you.
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