Intermediate Wheel Throwing

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

Over the course of 6-weeks 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 vessel. 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 Intermediate Level class. Knowledge of the basics is recommended.

Learn more about instructor Tim Fox.

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:

• WE HAVE MOVED STUIO LOCATIONS. Our new address is 2250 7th Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
• Regardless of your prior class history at PNW, it is mandatory to attend the first week's orientation since we are all in a new space together.
• Due to our relocation and time of the year, this quarter will consist of all 6-week classes instead of the normal 10-weeks. We will begin with our regular cycle of 10-week classes in January of 2027.
• THERE WILL BE NO CLASSES FROM NOVEMBER 23 - 29. Classes will resume on Monday November 30th
• Free Parking in the parking garage located at the entrance on 8th avenue. No validation required weekdays after 4pm and none required at all on weekends.