Intermediate-Advanced Wheel Throwing

Date: 3 Tuesdays, November 30 - Decdember 14, 2021
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Studio 2A
Instructor: Drew Darley from Round Trip Clayworks
Tuition: $150 Non-Members / $135 Members includes glazes and firing
Materials fee for 25 lbs of clay payable to the instructor or with registration: $25
Prerequisite: 2 wheel throwing classes at FVAC or permission from ceramics manager

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Class Description

LIMITED TO 4 STUDENTS! Students will learn advanced wheel throwing techniques and be challenged to throw more complex forms.

Tuition includes the use of the ceramic studio during an active session.


Materials
Download materials list here
• Potter’s starter kit (they can be found at a Michael’s or any art and craft store)
• Medium size bucket
• Large sponge for clean-up
• Two large towels

Students should come prepared with nails cut and dress appropriately (meaning you’re going to get dirty).


About the Instructors

Drew Darley is a full-time potter who focuses almost exclusively on wheel-thrown vessels putting a strong emphasis on a clean refined form. Drew enjoys glaze chemistry and the science behind mixing and formulating his own glazes. His current focus is on crystalline glazes. While in college Drew studied ceramics and mathematics. He found connections between the two disciplines in regards to glaze calculation and form which allows him to constantly to push the materials to the limit. Visit Drew's website.