Rainbow Ceramics: wheel throwing with coloured clay – November Saturdays

In this 3-week wheel course, you’ll learn how to create colourful bowls using the technique of nerikomi on the pottery wheel

🌈 Embrace the Magic of Coloured Clay 🌈

Join us on this artistic journey and let your creativity flow freely. Whether you’re a seasoned potter or a curious beginner, we encourage you to give this workshop a go. Share your ideas, experiments, and triumphs with coloured stoneware and porcelain. Our resident wheel master, Tiziana, will teach introduction to this particular technique. 

We’ll meet at the studio once per week for three sessions – see the schedule below.

Before booking, please read all the details below about cancelled bookings and missing a class!

Here’s what we’ll do in this wheel course:

• 7th November: Learn how to add colour to your clays and combine and wedge different colours of clay. We will focus on throwing medium-sized bowls or cups
• 14th November: Trimming the two pieces that you selected to keep from last week
• 21st November: We will skip this weekend whilst your items are fired to the bisque stage
• 28th November: Learn how to glaze your pieces with good technique – for the colours to stand out, we will apply a transparent glaze as well as coloured glazes to add more contrast and bring out the bright shades of the pigmented clay.
• We then fire your pieces for you in the second kiln after glazing them to finish them
• You will be able to pick up your finished, colourful pieces 2 weeks later

You’ll also learn a whole bunch of wheel-throwing techniques and skills:

• How to add pigments to your clay, as well as how to choose between various types of clay
• Different methods on how to use the pigmented clay to create colourful patterns
• How to form the base of your piece so you don’t run into wobbly problems when making your pieces!
• How to trim your piece to enhance the contrast between the various shades of clay and know when it’s dry enough to trim

Course details:

• Dates: 7th till the 28th November
• Time: Saturdays 11:00 – 13:00 ( 7th November, the class will end at 13:30)
• Instructor: Tiziana Schembri
• Language: English
• Included in cost: Expert teaching with personal one-on-one help, 2 hours per session x 3 sessions, all materials and firing costs, sales tax
• Address: Clayground Studio, Danneckerstrasse 7, 10245 Berlin-Friedrichshain

Have specific questions? Email us at hey@claygroundceramics.com to ask

Cancellations

Cancellations must be made at least 14 days before the course starts for a full refund. No refunds will be given when cancellations are made after this date.

Students must attend all SCHEDULED class times. If a student misses a session, NO MAKE-UP CLASSES will be offered.