Keep Calm and Clay On: Next-Level Wheel

Ready to take your wheel-throwing skills to the next level? This Next-Level class is aimed at students who have taken a beginning wheel class and are ready to dive deeper.

Over the course of ten weeks and four mini projects, students will expand their throwing repertoire beyond the basic cylinder or bowl. You will refine control over size and shape and develop consistency by throwing a set of nesting bowls / cups. You will learn further techniques to manipulate the profile of your pot, such as collaring in clay, and use these skills to make vases, bottles, and closed forms like eggs and doughnuts. You will also hone your trimming by making a lidded jar / teapot. A running theme through the class will be the altering and joining together of thrown pieces, to create functional and/or sculptural forms with added interest, complexity or height. 

This is a Next-Level Class. Knowledge of the basics is recommended.

Learn more about instructor Palash Bharadwaj.

We believe clay is for everyone! Need tuition assistance? Please visit our tuition assistance page for more information.

What’s included:

• Access to use our studio during open studio hours every day for the duration of the quarter from 10AM to 9PM.
• 1 bag of clay (pick-up first day of class)
• Personal half shelf for storage of tools, clay, and in process work

What to bring:

• A good attitude and a mind open to learning.
• A basic pottery tool kit. (This should include a cut off wire, wooden knife, wooden rib, metal rib, needle tool, sponge, trimming loop tool and double-ended ribbon tool.)
• An apron or clothes that can get dirty.
• A notebook or sketchbook.

Pottery NW has communal tools available. Personal toolkits, bat pins & additional clay can be purchased at the online student store. All items purchased from the store need to be picked up onsite.

Please Note:

• If you are new to the Pottery NW studio, or if you have not attended orientation as of summer 2023 quarter, you must attend the first class to receive the mandatory studio orientation. New students who do not attend the first day will be dropped from the class without a refund of the class fee. On the first day of class, late arrivals beyond 15 minutes after the class start time will not be permitted to join. Returning students should still attend the first day of class as the instructor will not be able to reteach missed lessons and demos to absent students in the proceeding classes.

 • We are in Pioneer Square, so please plan ahead so that you have enough time to park. You don’t want to miss anything!