Pottery Classes - Classes & Workshops

Classes and workshops are offered in various areas for all skill levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced). Classes are offered to members and non-members, and can also be organized upon requested themes.

Types of classes include:

• hand building
• wheel work
• sculpture
• decorating techniques
• glazing techniques
• Raku firings
• special themes

WINTER 2012 CLASS SCHEDULE

Intermediate Wheel Class - DAYTIME (8 weeks) - $200 (plus tax)
Monday Jan 9th to Monday Feb 27th, Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

This 8 week course is for students who have taken the beginner wheel class.

Please Note: Prerequisite of beginner wheel

Beginning Hand-Building (8 weeks) - $200 (plus tax)
Tuesday Jan 10th to Tuesday Feb 28th, Time: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

This is an introductory hand-building class. Students will be introduced to the general principles of working with clay. Each week a different technique will be explored - pinch, coil, slab, sculpture, glazing. Those students with previous experience will be encouraged to develop and extend skills already acquired.

Intermediate Wheel Class (8 weeks) - $200(plus tax)
Wednesday Jan 11th to Wednesday Feb 29th, Time: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

This 8 week course is for students who have taken the beginner wheel class.

Please Note: Prerequisite of beginner wheel

Beginner Wheel Class (8 weeks) - $200 (plus tax)
Thursday Jan 12th to Thursday Mar 1st, Time: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

This course is intended for students who have some previous experience with hand-building. Students will learn to center clay on the wheel, to construct cylinder and bowl forms, to trim greenware, and to glaze bisque ware. Students who have previous wheel experience will be encouraged to throw larger forms and to consider form and line.

SPRING 2012 CLASS SCHEDULE

Intermediate Hand-Building Class (6 weeks) - $150 (plus tax)
Wednesday March 7th to Wednesday April 11th, Time: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

This course is intended for students who have taken a beginner hand-building class.

Beginning Hand-Building (8 weeks) - $200 (plus tax)
Tuesday May 8 to Tuesday June 26, Time: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

This is an introductory hand-building class. Students will be introduced to the general principles of working with clay. Each week a different technique will be explored - pinch, coil, slab, sculpture, glazing. Those students with previous experience will be encouraged to develop and extend skills already acquired.

Intermediate Wheel Class (8 weeks) - $200(plus tax)
Wednesday May 9 to Wednesday June 27, Time: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

This 8 week course is for students who have taken the beginner wheel class.

Please Note: Prerequisite of beginner wheel

Beginner Wheel Class (8 weeks) - $200 (plus tax)
Thursday May 10 to Thursday June 28, Time: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

This course is intended for students who have some previous experience with hand-building. Students will learn to center clay on the wheel, to construct cylinder and bowl forms, to trim greenware, and to glaze bisque ware. Students who have previous wheel experience will be encouraged to throw larger forms and to consider form and line.

For further information please contact: classes@pinetreepotters.ca