6 weeks · six 3-hour classes
Pottery Wheel and Handbuilding Classes in Toronto
Our 6-Week Hybrid Pottery Wheel & Handbuilding course combines the best of the wheel and handbuilding in our Toronto studio, guiding you through an expanded arc of creation from your first time centering clay to intentional, hand-built forms and a finished body of work you glaze yourself.
Each week builds on the last, giving you the time and technique to develop real skills across two complementary disciplines.
Week by Week
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Week 1: Introduction to the wheel: centering clay and throwing your first cylinder.
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Week 2: Trimming and refining your wheel-thrown pieces, followed by a second session of throwing.
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Week 3: Trimming your remaining wheel work alongside an introduction to core handbuilding techniques, expanding what you can build and how you think about form.
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Week 4: Handbuilding: slab construction, pinch pots, and coil methods to create forms impossible to make on the wheel alone.
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Week 5: Detail work: carving, sgraffito, slip trailing, texture, adding small decorative elements, refining rims and surfaces & smoothing.
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Week 6: Glazing: where your entire collection finds its colour and character. You'll learn to use underglaze and advanced techniques to layer and glaze your pots before your work heads into the final kiln firing.
Our instructors guide you at every step, so you're supported whether it's your first time working with clay or you're looking to bridge the gap between wheel work and sculpting.
