“Tableware: Pottery Wheel Intermediary” is a follow up course to the “Pottery Wheel For Beginners” course or an equivalent. Its longer course format allows time to strengthen your already acquired skills while also learning new techniques. By the end of the course you will have learned how to throw all the shapes necessary to make a complete tableware set.

The course runs once a week for six consecutive weeks. Each session is three hours, for a total of eighteen hours. Each class is limited to a max of five participants.

WEEK 1: Revisit the wheel fundamentals and perfect your skills. The first session will start with a quick run-through of the throwing process with added tips and tricks to improve your technique, followed up by two hours of guided work creating bowls and cups for your collection.

WEEK 2: Learn about shape modifications, make and transform cylinders and bowls into vases, jugs, creamers or matcha bowls.

WEEK 3: Refine your pieces from the previous two weeks. Trim your work and explore making handles and other form of attachments with guided demonstrations.

WEEK 4: Learn how to throw plates and shallow bowls under guided instruction. This lesson will focus on throwing wide shapes to complete your tableware set.

WEEK 5: Trim pieces made during week four. During this session we will learn the best practices and techniques for trimming wide and flat shapes.

Your ceramics will be bisque fired between week five and week six.

WEEK 6: Decorate your pieces. Learn about glazes and experiment with applications for specific shapes.

Following week six, pieces will be fired and ready for collection two to three weeks later.

All courses and workshops take place at Warthestr. 68 12051, Berlin. Price includes all materials and firing fees.

Course dates for 2024:
✿ Aug./Sept. Mondays: 26.08 + 02.09 + 09.09 + 16.09 + 23.09 + 30.09 from 18h30 to 21h30 (sold out)
✿ Sept./Oct. Wednesdays: 18.09 + 25.09 + 02.10 + 09.10 + 16.10 + 23.10 from 18h30 to 21h30 (sold out)

Course dates for 2025:

✿ Jan./Feb. 2025 course Wednesdays: 15.01 + 22.01 + 29.01 + 05.02 + 12.02 + 19.02 from 18h30 to 21h30 (sold out)
✿ March/April course Tuesdays: 11.03 + 18.03 + 25.03 + 01.04 + 08.04 + 15.04 from 18h30 to 21h30

Clay can be messy, wearing clothes and footwear you won’t mind getting dirty is recommended. Short finger nails are recommended!

Please note: Cancellation or change in booking are possible up to 9 days prior to the first session. Cancellation will be fully refunded minus the credit card/PayPal processing fee. Due to the limited amount of work stations available, we can’t guarantee a make-up class in the case of nonattendance. Please make sure you are available for all dates of the course before enrolling. In the special case of a serious illness, injury or major life event, please contact us. We reserve the right to decide if a reimbursement or cancellation is possible and each request will be evaluated on a case by case basis.

By booking this class you assure that you have a private liability insurance.