Wheel Throwing: Tableware

In this ten-week class, students will design and create a 6 piece place setting. The goal is to make with intention, translating a design plan into a thrown object with a cohesive aesthetic through-line between the different forms. Foundational pieces will include plates, bowls, and mugs. Students will build their skills in making multiples, matching profiles between forms of differing sizes, trimming, and throwing with precision and intention. Additional projects will include a punctuation piece for the table such as a thrown and altered vase as well as a nesting bowl set. Glazing and glazing techniques will be discussed as a way to achieve cohesion and act as a backdrop for food presentation.

This class is intended for intermediate to advanced ceramic students, but if you are newer, have passion and dedication, then please join us in this fabulous class. 

Learn more about your instructor Cade Hollomon.

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 shelf for storage of tools, clay, and special storage for 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 an orientation as of Summer Quarter 2024, 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!