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Ceramics

Thrown Pottery & Wheel Work

Earth, Water, and Hands in Motion

Duration 6 weeks
Lessons 16
Instructor MakerMuse Studio
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About this course

Wheel-throwing is one of the most physically present crafts: you cannot throw well without being fully in your body, fully attentive, fully here. This course takes you from your first centering attempt to finished, functional vessels — mugs, bowls, and vases. The clay does not care about your intentions. It only responds to your presence. That is the teaching.

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1

Centering: The Most Difficult Lesson

30 min

Centering is not about strength — it is about connection. Your hands must feel the clay spinning beneath them and respond to what they feel, not what they think. Centering cannot be rushed. It can only be practiced.

Keep your elbows braced against your body. Breathe out as you apply pressure. The clay will resist at first. So will everything worth learning.
2

Opening the Floor: Creating Space

25 min

Once centered, you open the clay — creating the floor and walls of the vessel. Go too fast and the walls collapse. Go too slow and the clay dries. The wheel teaches you to work at the right pace.

Open the floor with your thumb, pressing down and out in one smooth arc. Feel when the floor is the right thickness — not measured, felt. Your hands are learning.
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