Our motto is: Did you make this? We offer one on one instruction as well as group classes in a variety of pottery & ceramics techniques including: wheel throwing, hand building, glazing and painting.…
Pottery Classes and Supplies in Australia
29 pottery classes and supplies across Australia, ranked by local votes. Pick a city to narrow it down.
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Perth
Graham Hay
Learn, Relax and create! Highly flexible Pottery and Sculpture classes for both beginners and experienced. Held in an inner city, light filled Studio, located within beautiful Robertson Park, Perth.…
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Art Platters Plus
Hi I'm Jen. I'm an Adelaide based Artist, and my main two mediums are Earthen Ware Ceramics and Glass. I love what I do, and am happy to show others my craft. Hence I have put together several…
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Our aim is to further the interest, knowledge and skills in the art of making pottery. To this end we provide classes for beginners and advanced students, as well as workshops by local, interstate…
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Brisbane
Plum Potty
Pottery & Ceramics We are a casual group of creative people gathering together weekly to create with clay. We offer day and evening classes for a very reasonable price. Your tutor is a highly…
The techniques available are endlesscome and experiment
Sydney
Sweet Potato Ceramics
SWEET POTATO CERAMICS - POTTERY COURSES & WORKSHOPS MINI WORKSHOPS - 3 x 2.5 hour sessions, $140 - For beginners only - Ideal for those who want to get a taste of pottery with no need to commit to a…
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Art classes, courses and workshops for all ages in Brisbane. Painting, clay, drawing. Contact us for our current timetable. Taking ENROLMENTS now! Painting and drawing weekly classes as well as clay…
Acrylicoil and watercolour painting on offer.
Melbourne
Beata Dorain
I am a polish-born ceramic artist and sculptor living in Melbourne since 1999. In 1998 I completed 5 years of study in Ceramic and Design at The Academy of Fine Art in Wroclaw, Poland. My…
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Sunshine Coast
Oxide Clay Art
At Oxide Clay Art, we run ceramics and pottery classes in Qld. These classes are taught by Joe Ottaway, who is not only a very experienced teacher but is award winning as an artist potter. As you can…
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Brisbane
Edge of Function
Join Richard Brandt in one of our small friendly and relaxed classes, get your hands dirty, and get in touch with your inner clay-worker! Absolute beginners to experienced artists are catered for in…
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Adelaide
Studio Potters SA
Studio potters members display their work in our Gallery with pieces also available for sale. Pottery classes are held during term time. See our website for details and tutors phone numbers.
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Ceramic Studio, teaching skills to create your own Ceramic pieces.
Perth
Gee Designs
Ceramic Giftshop with Classes and Workshops. Firing, Paint, Tools great selection of Greenware.
East Coast
Faeries with Attitude
Faeries with Attitude makes quirky creatures from Polymer Clay and gorgeous garden sculptures using Powertex. I also conduct workshops in many venues throughout Gippsland and from the studio in…
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We are a community arts centre. Our mission is to improve the quality of community life through increased participation in the arts and cultural diversity. We have a particular interest in supporting…
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Melbourne
Studio Artemis
Studio Artemis - Quietly nestled in both the residential and industrial sector of Huntingdale our studio produces unique and original Sculpture & Ceramics. Art Therapy and Tuition is conducted by…
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Melbourne
Jane Sawyer
Ceramics classes specialising in Japanese techniques on the potter's wheel. Manufacture of ceramics for exhibition and/or commission.
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Brisbane
Windmill Potteries
Unlike traditional Australian pottery, Windmill Potteries makes no attempt to recreate realistic reproductions of Australian flora and fauna or copies of Aboriginal or European art. Instead Paul…
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Melbourne
Gary Healey Pottery
Classes are individual and based on my 25 years as a ceramic artist. The way I teach promotes confidence and ensures you will develop skills that last.
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Sydney
Silky Shapes Studio
Pottery classes at Silky Shapes studio are designed for all levels from beginner to advanced potter. It is a perfect solution for date nights, team building, hen parties, birthday parties,…
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User guide to Pottery Classes and Supplies
Pottery is made by forming clay bodies into objects of different shapes and sizes, and heating them to high temperatures in a kiln that would lead to permanent changes that includes increased strength, hardening and setting their shape.
Pottery classes teach students the process of shaping pottery. There are different methods of shaping pottery. They include the following:
- Hand Building - This is the earliest method of shaping pottery from coils or fat slabs of clay. This allows the potter a high degree of control over the size and shape of the clay albeit slower that wheel-throwing.
- Potter?s Wheel - This process is called ?throwing? which means to twist or turn a ball of clay that is placed in the center of a turntable called the wheel-head. As the wheel rotates, the clay is pressed, squeezed and pulled gently upwards to form shapes.
- Granulate Pressing - This involves shaping pottery by pressing clay in a semi-dry and granulated condition in a mould.
- Injection Moulding - This technique is not widely used, but it is advantageous in the production of cups with handles.
The decoration of pottery is also taught such as:
- Incising patterns on the surface
- Underglaze decoration
- In-glaze decoration
- On-glaze decoration
- Enamel
Another lesson that is taught in pottery classes is glazing. A glaze is a glassy coating on pottery which is used primarily for decoration and protection. IT renders porous pottery vessels impermeable to water and other liquids.
The final process in pottery is firing. Firing produces irreversible changes in the clay. The final product after firing is pottery.
Materials used for pottery are available at pottery suppliers. There are a number of these stores throughout Australia. Usually the school that holds pottery classes gets their supplies from these companies themselves.? Pottery supplies may range from clay to wheel-heads and other materials needed for decoration.
The Potters Society of Australia was formed in 1956 to encourage the appreciation and development of potters and pottery in the country. In 2006, the name was changed to The Australian Ceramics Association to reflect the scope of practice and interests of all members. It represents all its members nationally as a nonprofit organization.
Pottery tips and techniques
- Ribs are one of the most useful tools in pottery because they provide stability, control and uniformity with less effort and more consistency when shaping the clay. Finger control and strength will be developed with the assistance of a good rib.
- Centering can be one of the most frustrating tasks for both instructor and student. Try to feel the spinning clay as it rotates on center with the help of the instructor through demonstration.
- To re-center after opening, hold the left index finger straight at the inside of the opened clay with your left thumb directly across from the index and a sponge or your finger across the top of the shallow wall of clay. Apply enough pressure to force the clay into a straight, shallow wall and keep everything wet, but not slippy.
- Try to get all your vertical height out of the clay before you try to make the stack shift and then back in to make a curved shape. When you have gotten your height first, the shape only has to spin and hold the curves for a moment to work out fancy angles. You can also use ribs and slow speed as you shape to get it right.
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