Description
Evening Pottery Course: Intermediate Wheel Throwing (6 Weeks)
This six-session evening course is designed for intermediate potters with prior experience on the wheel. Ideal for returners who have completed a improvers course or practiced throwing before, this course offers a welcoming, creative environment in our London studio. Over six consecutive weeks, you’ll develop core throwing techniques while creating functional, unique pottery pieces.
Course Details
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Dates:
Every Thursday evening, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Sessions Offered:- 26 February – 2 April 2026
- 16 April – 21 May 2026
- 4 June – 9 July 2026
- 17 September – 22 October 2026
- 5 November – 10 December 2026
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Duration:
Six weekly sessions (3 hours each, including cleanup time) -
Skill Level: You are confident centering at least 700g of clay and can reliably throw a bowl or cylinder. You are ready to expand your skills, improve accuracy, and explore more challenging forms. This course focuses on increasing clay weight, refining wall thickness, and developing complex shapes such as plates, taller cylinders, and closed forms.
By the end of this course, you will have strengthened your technique and be prepared for more advanced making or specialised workshops.
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Price:
£280 per person -
What’s Included:
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All clay and use of tools
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Firing of 10 selected pieces
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Your own dedicated wheel for each session
Please note that at the end of this six-week course, you will have bisque-fired pieces. This course does not include a glazing session. If you are interested in glazing your own pieces after the course, please book your ‘Glaze Your Work’ session in here
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What You’ll Learn
This course focuses on expanding your technical and creative wheel-throwing skills:
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Shaping more advanced forms, such as vases, lidded pots, and bowls with altered or flared rims
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Throwing larger quantitires of clay with control and consistency
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Pulling and attaching handles for mugs and jugs
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At the end of the course your pieces will be bisque fired. if you would like to glazed work please join one of our glazing sessions where you can glaze up to 10 small pieces or 5 larger pieces.
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Session Structure
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Each class runs for 2.5 hours of instruction and practice, with the final 30 minutes reserved for cleaning your wheel, workspace, and tools..
Teacher
Gaby Mlynarczyk is a UK-born artist and designer who has spent over 30 years living in the United States, the last thirteen years living in Southern California, where she participated in countless beach clean-ups. Her current body of work is driven by this experience and is an examination of the great pacific garbage patch, and the sea life unwittingly making it home. She has taught wheel throwing and hand-building classes since the 1990s in New York, Los Angeles, and now London. She is a recent graduate of the MA Ceramics and Glass program at the Royal College of Art, London. She has been awarded the Charlotte Fraser Prize for excellence and shortlisted for the 2024 Hyundai Awards for sustainability in aesthetics and craft.
For questions or cancellation requests, please contact us at:
📧 gallery@countyhallpottery.com
Studio Policy & Cancellations
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Cleanup is part of class time. Please ensure you finish and exit the studio promptly.
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If you are unable to attend a session, we unfortunately cannot offer make-up classes.
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Cancellations must be submitted in writing via email. Refunds or exchanges are only possible for requests made at least 7 days before the course start date.
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No refunds or rescheduling for cancellations made within 48 hours of the first class.
