6 Week ADVANCED Pottery Throwing Course
Learn to advance your pottery throwing skills during this 6 week course
Available spots
Service Description
Are you a budding potter looking to expand your pottery throwing skills? Join us at the Flint and Gaia studio for our ADVANCED 6 week pottery throwing course! Under guidance from Scarlett our professional potter, over 6 weeks you will build on your skills to take your pottery to the next level! Who is it for? This is NOT a beginners course! This course is for those who have some pottery throwing skills already, have done a previous beginners course and want to build up their confidence in throwing in a relaxing, mindful environment. These intimate sessions have a maximum of 2 people so are a peaceful environment to help you get in the zone to develop your skills in a way that you can relax. What will I learn? During the 1.5 hour session each week, you will build up your skills in throwing. From centering, opening out, pulling up and shaping. You will be able to create pots of your choice, with full tuition from a professional potter, offering different techniques to help you find your rhythm and give you the freedom to craft intuitively and mindfully. Each lesson will be catered to your skills and a personal lesson plan will be created for your next session. What’s included? Your ticket includes 1.5 hours of full tuition from a professional potter each week, use of facilities and tools, firing and glazing of your favourite pot each lesson. Your tutor will offer you a selection of glazes to choose from. Additional pots can be fired and glazed at an additional cost. When will I be able to collect my pieces? Your pieces will be refined, fired and glazed and will be ready for you to collect between 6-8 weeks after the end of your course. Your pieces can be posted at an extra charge. Example weekly structure: Week 1: Throwing basic forms - working on centering and getting height Week 2: Trimming pots from week 1, adding handles. Week 3: Throwing forms to measurements Week 4: Trimming pots from week 2 and 3. If extra time, throwing. Week 5: Throwing larger amounts of clay Week 6: Trimming pots from week 5. Adding decoration with underglaze This plan is just a guide and will be guided by what you want to make! All sessions are committed to at the time of booking. 6 weekly sessions at the same time each week. Our 6 week course is structured in a progressive way, with each lesson building upon the previous one. Unfortunately, we don't have spare places on our courses, so it's not possible to reschedule a missed lesson to another date.
Upcoming Sessions
Cancellation Policy
Individual Bookings Your booking fee secures your place – we cannot reserve places without full payment. You have 14 days to cancel or change your booking. After this time, no refunds will be offered but bookings can be amended up to 28 days prior to your booking. After this time, no refunds or amendments are permitted. If we cancel or alter the session, a full refund or the option to rearrange will be offered. Group bookings To secure your booking a non-refundable 50% deposit is required. The remaining balance must be paid at least one month before the event takes place. Group bookings are for a maximum of 8 participants. Due to space, no more than this will be permitted. Individual places on a group booking will not be refunded. If a member of your party can no longer attend, it will be up to you to fill this space or pay the ticket of the missing party member. If we cancel or alter the session, a full refund or the option to rearrange will be offered. If you cancel your booking less than one month before the class, the entire booking cost still applies. No refunds will be given.
Contact Details
Banks Mill Studios, Bridge Street, Derby, UK
s.wakefield.potter@outlook.com