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.

Last 10-15 minutes of each class is cleaning your wheel.
 

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?

Beattrijsstraat 8–12 in The Hague.

Parking your car is free!
 

When?
A new round of courses starts approximately every 8 weeks. Full or already started? Send an email to stay informed about new courses. ​
In the school holiday, the week of the 19th of October there are no classes!

Please note: making up missed classes is generally not possible, as most courses are fully booked. However, if a spot becomes available within the same course period, it may be possible to make up or switch a class. Cancellations and requests to switch classes must be made via email.

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Costs

The cost of a beginner or follow up course is €350. During the beginner course, you will make 8 items: cups and bowls. In the follow up course, you will make 6 items: 2 cups with handles, 2 lidded pots, and 2 small vases.

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After completing the follow up course, you can sign up for the "open studio" with or without assistance. Without assistance, the cost is €295. With assistance costs €350. Both includes 2 kg of firing. Additional firing (only available during open studio) costs €15 per kg.

Would you first like to see if pottery is something for you? We also offer 1 time workshops.

​14 WEEK COURSE - Special program for the Friday morning course:
This course is for all levels.
A double course, 14 lessons. In this extended course you will learn about the following additional topics:

- Throwing off the hump (all levels);

- Plate throwing (advanced);
- Of the 14 weeks, 3 lessons are focused on glaze (all levels):

- Basic theory of glaze composition.

- The basics of adjusting a glaze.

- How to turn a powdered glaze into a brush-on and dipping glaze;

- How to make test tiles/test cups for glaze;

- Glaze and food safety;

- Layering different glazes;
Please note! The glaze lessons include theory and practical tests, but we won't be making large quantities of glaze for glazing finished work.

Firing of 4 kg of work included (and €15 per additional kg of fired work);

€700 (the same price per lesson as the regular course).

Please let us know if you have any questions about this course!
The glaze lessons will only take place with a minimum of 6 registrations. With fewer than 6 registrations, the course will be converted into 2 regular 7-week courses in which glaze is not a subject (except for the regular glaze lesson).

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Monday Evening - Open Studio
We noticed that over time most people that sign up for the Monday evening are advanced students choosing open studio without help. For the September course we are initially going to only open the Monday evening up for open studio without help. If the class doesn't end up to be full, we will also open it up for beginners or follow up students.