Pottery Course
7 weeks of throwing weekly!

What are you learning?
Beginners course: In 7 lessons of 2.5 hours you will learn the basics of throwing. The lessons are given in groups of 4 to 8 people. In the course you will learn wedging, centering, throwing bowls and cups and trimming them. In the last lesson you will glaze your self-made cups and bowls.

Follow-up course: In 7 lessons of 2.5 hours you will learn new techniques for the wheel. The lessons are given in groups of 4 to 8 people. In the follow-up course we will learn how to make a mug with a handle, a pot with a lid and a vase with a narrow neck from a cylinder.
 

After 2 courses you can move on to the open studio. Here you can decide for yourself what you want to make with or without the help of a teacher.

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Where?

The studio is located in UNIT 13 of the Labs55 building at Lulofstraat 55 in The Hague.

 

When?
A new round of courses starts approximately every 8 weeks. Full or already started? Send an email to stay informed about new courses. ​
 

The cost of a course is 350 euros. Once you can work without assistance, the costs are 295 euros including 2 kg of firing, additional firing costs 13.50 per kg. Would you first like to see if pottery is something for you? We also offer 1 time workshops.

NEW!
Special program on the Friday morning course:
This course is for participants that have done at least one course.
A dubbel course, 14 lessons, in this longer course you will learn about these extra subjects:
- Throwing off the hump;
- Throwing plates;
- How to mix a powder glaze into a brushable glaze and dipping glaze;
- How to make test tiles/ test pots for glaze;
- Glaze and foodsafety;
- Overlapping different glazes;
- Fire 4 kg of work. (and 13.50 euros per kg extra fired work);
- Starts on January 10th, last lesson on April 18th. (No class on February 28th)
- 700 euro (the same amount per class as the regular course).
This course will be teached by Mijke, let us know if you have any questions about this course. We hope that it will be a nice addition to our regular courses!