02Pottery tutoring

Learn to make it yourself.

One-to-one or small-group guidance on ceramics and pottery, for complete beginners and returning makers. Tell Catherine what you’d like to learn and when you’re free.

Email about lessonsRegister interest

What you can learn

Hand-building

Pinch, coil and slab techniques. A great place to start, no wheel needed.

Wheel throwing

Centring, opening and pulling up your first cylinders and bowls.

Glazing & finishing

Trimming, decorating and choosing glazes so your pieces come out the way you pictured.

One-to-oneSmall groupsBeginners welcome

In the studio

Fresh off the wheel
Carving sgraffito leaves
Two pieces on the wheel
Pierced planter, leather-hard
A patch of clay pumpkins
Freshly thrown bowls
Bowls drying on the shelf
Red clay pitcher, just thrown
Round-bellied red clay pot
Bisque bowls waiting for glaze
Nesting bowls before glazing
Bowl and bottle, ready to glaze
Wavy rim, ready for glaze
Waiting on the kiln shelf
More pieces for the kiln
Hear when lesson spots open upYou’ll be added to the mailing list for pottery tutoring.

Questions about lessons? Write to classes@claycactuscollective.org