Single-Session Workshop
Get a taste or improve your skill.
Whether you’re brand new to clay or looking to sharpen specific techniques, this one-off workshop is tailored to you. In two hours, you’ll get focused time at the wheel, either solo or with a friend.
If it’s your first time, you’ll get a full introduction: preparing clay, centering, and throwing your very first bowl. If you already have some experience, we can focus on the skills you most want to develop, whether that’s centering with more ease, pulling taller walls, throwing off the hump, or throwing bigger.
After the session, I’ll trim and fire your piece for you, or, if you have access to a community studio and bring a bat, you can take your work with you.
Who This Is For
This workshop is for anyone curious about the wheel but not ready to commit to a full six-week course, or for potters who want a focused one-off to troubleshoot and grow.
First-timers: get a taste of clay and see what the hype is about while making a bowl you can keep.
Improving potters: fine-tune your technique, whether that’s mastering spiral wedging, controlling shapes, learning to throw larger, trimming, or tackling more complex forms.
What to Expect?
Although we work with clay and tools, I strongly believe that the most important medium we work with is our own body. A lot of my tips and guidance will focus on body awareness. Believe it or not, even the toes of your left foot play a role in determining the result of a pot! Hips, core, shoulders, triceps; understanding and focusing on how your body works together with the laws of physics of a spinning wheel, will make your life so much easier!
These workshops focus mainly on technique, shape, and contemporary design in ceramics. For more in-depth decorating and glazing courses, and for more traditional shapes, colours, or sculptural work, I can point you in the direction of some skilled artists and community studios in Vancouver, BC.
What to Bring?
Clay and tools are available for use in the studio and are free of charge. You are free to bring your own favourite tools.
If you want to take your thrown piece with you, please bring your own bat.
Bring a towel and wear comfortable clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty, or an apron. And a little reminder: short fingernails, long hair that’s tied up, and removing your jewelry make throwing so much easier!
Share the Fun!
Have a friend who’d also like to do the workshop? I can facilitate two people. Just note there’s only one wheel in the studio, so time at the wheel will be shared — and watching each other can be just as valuable as throwing yourself.
Location
The workshop takes place in my East Vancouver studio. There is ample parking in the alley near the back entrance. I will provide you with more details after your workshop is confirmed.
Cancellation Policy
It is always possible to adjust your workshop date, as long as you give 48-hour notice. If you cancel after the 48-hour window, your full workshop fee will be charged. Workshops can only be rescheduled once.
Book a Single-Session Workshop
1 x 2-hour session
Location: East Vancouver, BC
Dates: Custom scheduling — send an email and we’ll align our calendars.
CAD 150,- ex. tax
