Centered: A Beginner'S Pottery Wheel Course

A Beginner's Guide to Throwing Pottery and Ceramics on the Wheel at Home

What you'll learn

Learn how to create your own in home pottery studio

Learn basic fundamentals of throwing clay on the wheel

Learn how to create specific forms

Learn how to trim forms and pull handles

Requirements

No experience needed, this course is perfect for beginners or people wanting to dig deeper.

Description

Are you tired of FAILING over and over again at the pottery wheel? What if I told you that in just 10 days, I could take you from struggling and frustrated, to creating pottery you are proud of. In this online course I will show you my secrets to throwing BEAUTIFUL pottery from the comfort of your home, so that you don't have to spend thousands of dollars at a studio, or waste thousands of hours just trying to learn the basics. My name is Kendyl, and I was just like you. When I first started learning pottery, I failed more times than I succeeded. True story, pottery was the only class I received a "C" in while attending college. But despite my rocky beginnings, I fell IN LOVE with the wheel and have been throwing for 8 years now, teaching for 6, and I even loved it so much that I went and opened up my own pottery studio. Today, I teach nightly pottery classes and have instructed HUNDREDS of students on how to go from frustrated and disappointed at the wheel, to creating beautiful works of art that they are proud of. In this online course you will learn how to create pottery without falling into a YouTube rabbit hole, guessing what tools to use or why your pieces keep failing, and you won't even need a local pottery studio to practice at! I will walk you through how to set up and maintain a studio at home, what tools and supplies you need, and how to finally throw beautiful forms successfully on the wheel. You'll learn all of this in just 10 days!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome to the Course

Section 2: Setting up and Maintaining a Studio Space

Lecture 2 Setting up and maintaining a studio space

Lecture 3 List of Tools

Lecture 4 How to make a plaster slab

Lecture 5 A note on silica and cleaning your studio

Section 3: Pottery Fundamentals

Lecture 6 Clay states in the pottery making process

Lecture 7 Choosing your clay: gritty vs. smooth clay

Lecture 8 Step 1: wedging

Lecture 9 Step 2: centering

Lecture 10 Common centering problems

Lecture 11 Step 3: opening

Lecture 12 "Help! My pieces keep cracking!" How to avoid "S-Cracks"

Lecture 13 Step 4: raising the walls

Lecture 14 Common pulling problems

Lecture 15 Step 5: Trimming

Lecture 16 Trimming with a Chuck

Lecture 17 10 tips for improved throwing

Section 4: Throwing Specific Forms

Lecture 18 Mugs//Pulling and Attaching Handles

Lecture 19 Common Problems with Throwing a Mug

Lecture 20 Bowls

Lecture 21 Plates

Section 5: Thanks for Joining!

Lecture 22 Thanks for Joining!

Beginner's that are wanting to learn how to throw pottery.