Pottery - Beginners

Pottery is a form of ceramics we come across every single day in items as teacups, soup bowls, jars, and vases. All these round shapes are made by throwing clay on a turning table before the clay is fired in the kiln at a minimum temperature of 1000 ˚C, after which it can be decorated and glazed. Pottery requires a lot of practice, but it’s an art that allows you to develop your own personal style.

Group course

The Pottery course for beginners teaches you the basics of the art of pottery. You learn to throw clay on an electric turn table and work on your own design such as a cup or pot. You will practice until you’ve mastered the technique and are able to shape the clay into the object you have in mind. Following the drying process, your creation will be baked at a minimum of 1,000 degrees, after which you can make a selection from a wide range of glazes to decorate your work. Your work will be finished and ready to use after the second baking.

After this course for beginners, you can continue with the intermediate course after which you have access to our Open Studio program where you can work on your own projects and continue to experiment.

Teachers

Florian Henschel

Florian Henschel

Florian studied Product Design at Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany. During his exchange studies at the Pratt Institute in New York, he developed an interest in ceramics. He gained teaching experience by conducting workshops with the turntable. Now he studies Strategic Product Design at TU Delft and is Open Studio Assistant at X's pottery.

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