4 Weeks of Intermediate Wheel Throwing

🎨 About the Course This four-week class is designed for students who already understand the basics of wheel throwing and want to build stronger, more consistent skills at the wheel. The focus is on repetition, control, and refining technique through structured exercises. Rather than exploring many different ceramic methods, this course concentrates exclusively on wheel throwing and the techniques that build strong, functional pottery.

✅ Prerequisite Completion of the 4-week or 6-week intro pottery course.

💡 What You'll Learn & Experience

• Improve centering and clay control

• Throw stronger cylinders with even walls

• Shape cups, mugs, and bowls with better consistency

• Pull and attach comfortable handles

• Trim and refine finished forms

• Glaze functional pottery cleanly and confidently

🗓️ Weekly Focus

• Week 1 — Cylinder Boot Camp: Refresh your core wheel skills through repetition, throwing multiple cylinders in succession to rebuild strong habits in centering, opening, and pulling walls.

• Week 2 — Cups, Mugs & Handles: Throw cup and mug forms while refining cylinder shape, rim compression, and wall thickness, then pull and attach comfortable, well-proportioned handles.

• Week 3 — Bowl Forms, Consistency & Trimming: Transform cylinders into bowl shapes with smooth curves and a strong base, practice throwing multiple forms with consistent size, then trim and refine your work.

• Week 4 — Glazing & Finishing: Glaze your finished pottery while reviewing the techniques from the course, with an emphasis on clean glazing and functional finishes.

🏺 What You'll Make & Create

Functional wheel-thrown pottery such as cups, mugs, and bowls, finished with studio glazes and kiln firing.

📍 Studio Location & Details

• Ages: Adults 17+

• Location: 🏛️ OCC Clay Studio (2708 W Colorado Ave, STE C, Colorado Springs, CO)

• Length: Four weekly classes, 2 hours each

💳 Tuition & Investment

• Class Fee: $180

• Materials Fee: $60

• Total: $240 per person (Includes 12 lbs of B-Mix clay, use of studio tools, studio glazes & kiln firing)