Course description

This program is an intensive wheel-throwing perfection course with a plus: the throwing is combined with free-hand techniques to modify wheel-thrown shapes and achieve unique results. 

The wheel is a fascinating tool that allows us to create concave shapes such as plates, vases, and cups. These are all-around objects. But what if we wanted to make a square plate? Or a multi-faced bottle? Wheel throwing allows you to rapidly generate shapes that can also be adjusted and modified later. It is possible to throw a vase on the wheel, and then transform it into an animal vase in the shape of a fish or a duck.. During this two-week course, we will learn together how to throw simple forms and how to possibly manipulate them according to our imagination.

Outcome

Although the course is focussed on learning rather than making pieces, you will be able to keep some of the pieces you make:

• The course includes the firing and glazing of up to 6 kg of dry clay (that’s plenty of pieces even for an intermediate potter!)
• There is an extra charge of 20€/kg of clay for firing and glazing of more than 6kg of clay
• All your pieces will be glazed with a standard transparent glaze by our studio technician by the end of the course 
• We do not ship unglazed bisque pieces, as the chances of them breaking during shipping are too high
• Shipping costs are charged separately (we’ll provide you with a shipping fee document closer to the date).

Teacher

Marta Vino was born and grew up in Apulia, in Southern Italy. After a long period of academic study between Rome and Lisbon, she discovered clay and dedicated her whole self to ceramics. When back to Italy in 2017, Marta had been working as an apprentice in a pottery studio for two years and attended dozens of workshops about ceramic techniques, from porcelain nerikomi to etruscan bucchero. Three years ago, she started experimenting with wood-firing. Her academic background stands through her interest in history, popular pottery, and local ceramic materials. She’s currently based in Turin, where she runs her own studio: here she produces her ceramic work and teaches wheel throwing and chemistry of ceramic materials.

Who is the course right for?

This course is right for you if:

• you already have consistent wheel throwing experience
• you can confidently and consistently centre at least 800 g of clay and can confidently and consistently throw well-made 800 g pieces. By “consistently”, we mean that you didn’t just do it once, but you can easily do it repeatedly
• you already have consistent experience on the wheel, and you want to fully immerse yourself in practice to improve your skills in unprecedented ways
• you already have consistent experience on the wheel, and you want to spend 2 weeks just throwing without thinking of anything else
• you want to learn how to throw without limiting your imagination
• you are fascinated by discovering traditional pottery knowledge, existing worldwide from Japan to Italy