About the class

Take your wheel-throwing skills to the next level in this hands-on course designed for potters ready to scale up their practice. Guided by Lucy, you’ll learn the techniques, tricks, and mindset shifts needed to confidently centre, pull, and shape larger amounts of clay into striking vessels and bowls.

This course has a strong focus on throwing techniques to make your time on the wheel more enjoyable, helping you understand the clay so it moves with greater ease.

Across the sessions, you’ll explore:

• Strategies for centring and managing larger clay weights
• Building strength and stamina at the wheel while working with scale
• Shaping and refining forms with intention and balance
• Finishing techniques for functional and decorative large pieces

This course is perfect for intermediate to advanced students who have experience on the wheel and are ready to expand their repertoire. By the end, you’ll have created a collection of statement vessels and bowls — perfect for both practical use and display.

One bag of clay is included in the cost of this course. If you need additional clay, you're welcome to purchase more—your tutor can recommend where to buy it locally.

Students are required to wear closed in shoes for safety purposes. Short nails are also encouraged to better handle the clay.

Firing & Glazing

Please note that it’s not always possible to fire and glaze all pieces before the end of your course. Several factors can affect when and whether your work is fired, including drying time, thickness, size, the volume of work submitted, and when pieces are completed—especially toward the end of term when kiln space is limited. We do our best to fire as much work as we can each week, but we encourage students to plan ahead if they wish to glaze in their final class.

Once your work has been fired, it will be placed on the collection shelves and you'll receive an email with collection times. Please make sure to identify and collect your own work.

If you’d like more time to finish your pieces, we offer stand-alone glazing classes each term—these are a great option for returning to complete your work.

Building Accessibility

Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre is a heritage-listed building with access limitations. While there are no lift facilities within the main building, the ceramics studio is wheelchair accessible.

We acknowledge these limitations and are committed to improving accessibility where possible. We continue to explore ways to make our programs more inclusive and encourage you to reach out if you have any questions.

Other Additional Needs

Should you, or the person you are enrolling for, have any other additional requirements, please include these details when booking. Should you wish to chat to one of our friendly team, feel free to contact Reception on 9432 9555 or email ArtsCentre@fremantle.wa.gov.au to discuss any individual needs.