Pottery Wheel Workshop

2 HOUR Throwing WORKSHOP-£90

On the 2h session participants will have a try throwing on the potter’s wheel following the instruction of the tutor.

What to expect:

A nice relaxing 2h of pottery making at my home studio, facing a lovely

garden and a pond!

Work you make on the day will be finished by me at later stage, but

please do follow few simple steps:

• Make sure that you sign and date all your work.

• 15 minutes before the end of the session we stop working and

start tidying and cleaning all equipment used.

• By the end of the lesson, you will choose a 4 of your best pots

• I will trim , fire, glaze and do the second firing for you

• POTS THROWN ON THE WHEEL

Pots that have been made on the wheel need to be trimmed by me next

day when the clay is at leather hard stage.

• DRYING

All work must be dried slowly to avoid cracking of the clay, this process

is dependent on size and thickness of work, it may take up to two weeks.

• FIRST FIRING-bisque

Once the work is completely dry, I will load it in the kiln and run a firing

cycle at 1000 degrees, the cycle takes up to 48 hours, once the kiln has

cooled down, I will remove the work which will be ready for glaze

application.

• APPLYING THE GLAZE:

Once the work is bisque fired, I will apply the glaze you have chosen by

following the instructions on the form

• SECOND FIRING -GLAZE CYCLE

Once the pieces are coated in glaze, I will load the kiln and run a glaze

cycle at 1222 degrees Celsius.

During the cycle the glaze will melt on the work, the clay will vitrify and

turning the pieces into ceramics. All the pieces will be dishwasher,

microwave and food safe.

The cycle can take up to 48 hours and the kiln cannot be opened unless

it has cooled down.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES:

I kindly ask all participants to:

• Please arrive on time

• Please have your nails trimmed short and long hair tidied back

• Please wear something that you do not mind getting dirty

• Please bring a hand towel and an apron

• Please clean all tools, equipment and surfaces used

• Please follow all the instructions during the lesson, the tutor is not

responsible for the outcome of your work

Please NOTE: It can take up from 3 to 6 weeks for the work to be ready for pick up, please contact me within this timeframe, making sure that you have added my contact details to your email.

Regards

Alba Bevilacqua

Terra Mia Pottery Studio

Tel : 07746374836

Email: TMpotteryStudio@pm.me