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Making Pottery on the WheelLocation: Troy Overview: Learn how to make beautiful bowls like the ones you admire in boutiques with this hands-on class. Students will work hands-on in clay under the guidance of the instructor. Walk away with your own creations, glazed, kiln fired and ready to display! Topics: wheel throwing techniques • throwing small cylinder forms and bowls • trimming • surface decoration such as carving and slip trailing • glazing • kiln firing Instructors: Doug Klein is a full-time potter and pottery instructor. He is also a Founding Member of the Albany Saratoga Pottery Trail, a small guild of working regional potters who host a bi-annual tour of area potteries as a way of entertaining and educating the public about the rich history and legacy of potters and potteries in the region. John Visser (Saturday classes) has been working at the potters wheel for many, many years. At age 12 John saw Toshiko Takeasu throwing pots on public television and it changed his life. After seeing this, he knew he had to work with clay.
Studio fee: $75 (paid at time of registration)
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