Kingston Potters' Guild

Handbuilding and Throwing

• 8 weeks of introductory pottery classes for adults
• No previous experience necessary
• Includes everything you need – clay, tools, glaze and firing
• No access to the studio outside of class time
• No make-up classes
• All materials and firing included

This introduction to pottery focuses first on handbuilding techniques that are used by expert potters and are relatively easy to master. Handbuilding techniques enable you to have fun and make some good quality pots in a short time. Your projects will vary depending on who is teaching the class.

You can expect to:

• Learn about the process of going from wet clay to a fired and glazed pot.
• Learn handbuilding techniques such as pinching, coiling, soft or hard slab construction.
• Get an introduction to throwing with two classes on the potter’s wheel.
• Glaze the pots you have made. The teacher will fire them and arrange for you to return after the end of your class to pick them up.
• Bring home a few small to medium sized glazed and fired pieces after the end of the classes.
• Have fun and become enthusiastic about working in clay.
• Develop an appreciation of pots that others make.
• Class cost includes clay, glaze, firing, and the use of KPG class tools.

As an introductory student, you do not have access to the studio outside of class time. There are no make-up classes.

After the Introductory Class:

• Some students will go on to our Throwing I class
• Some students have so much fun with handbuilding that they take the Introductory class a second time
• Students may also become studio members to continue handbuilding