Beginner's Pottery Saturday Throwing Course
Fancy yourself a contender for throwing beautiful pots? If you've never made a pot before or feel ready to learn a new skill which is mindful and fun... then this is the course for you!
Time & Location
03 May 2025, 10:00 – 11:30
Unit D2 Maws Craft Centre, Ironbridge, Maws Craft Centre, Jackfield, Telford TF8 7LS, UK
About the event
5 - Week Beginners Throwing Saturday Course
Suitable for complete beginners, this course offers in-depth tutoring of all of the foundational skills of throwing pottery on the wheel.
Over 5 sessions you will guided by Lucy, a professional potter and experienced teacher, through the processes of wedging, centering and coning up, pulling to create height and turning clay.
The throwing is broken-down into manageable steps, moving through the stages altogether as a group and then after that, when participants pretty much have got the hang of things, at their own pace with individual tutoring as and when required.
Located in a pottery workshop within the historic Maws Craft Centre, near the UNESCO World Heritage site of Ironbridge. This site was once a renowned, tile manufacturer in the 19th century (Maw & Co), producing tiles that were exported throughout the world.
The course covers: