{"product_id":"5-week-introduction-to-wheel-throwing","title":"5 Week Introduction to Wheel Throwing","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 0px;\"\u003eIn a relaxed group class setting, during five weekly sessions, you will explore how to make pots on the wheel with Henry Anderson Brown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eYou will leave this course knowing the basics of wheel thrown pottery, and with a couple of your own creations to treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"p1\"\u003eWednesday Evenings, 6:30-8:30pm\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo join please choose your preferred starting date from the options listed above, and once you have paid we will be in touch with more details. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 565px;\" height=\"496\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 33px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 10.1354%; height: 33px;\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eWeek 1\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 86.8397%; height: 33px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCentring and throwing the cylinder \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGetting to grips with centring clay on the wheel to be able to make an even pot, then throwing straight-up-and-down cylinders. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 49px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 10.1354%; height: 49px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eWeek 2\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 86.8397%; height: 49px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrimming\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTaking last weeks pots which will have dried to leather hard, and cutting away the base to a nice neat finish, using the wheel like a lathe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 49px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 10.1354%; height: 49px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWeek 3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 86.8397%; height: 49px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBowls\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrowing more open forms, leaving extra clay in the base to help support the weight of a flaring form.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 10.1354%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeek 4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 86.8397%;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCollaring in, wheel trimming \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrowing pots to give them shoulders and necks, think bottles and vases. We will finish these pots on the wheel to be ready to glaze without trimming next week.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 10.1354%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeek 5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 86.8397%;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGlazing \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe final stage of making pots, dipping and pouring glazes to give colourful decorative surfaces.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLed by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/henryandersonbrown.bigcartel.com\/products\"\u003eHenry Anderson Brown\u003c\/a\u003e, a cook and artist whose paintings and drawings inform his pottery, and who holds a studio with us here at Helgate. 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