Hands on the wheel – A Wheel Throw Experience

A hands-on introduction to the potter’s wheel — where you’ll centre, shape, and form clay into vessels of your own making. No prior experience needed, just a willingness to get your hands in the clay and see what emerges.

Over the course of two hours, you’ll work with up to two balls of clay on the electric wheel, guided through the foundational movements of wheel throwing: wedging, centering, opening, and pulling the clay into form. These are the same quiet, rhythmic gestures that potters have practised for centuries — and there’s something deeply grounding about feeling them for the first time.

Some people arrive knowing exactly what they want to make. Others discover it along the way. Either approach works. The wheel has a way of meeting you where you are.

Minimum age: 10 years old. Younger age requires a guardian to participate with & suitable for beginners

What You’ll Make

You’ll throw up to two ceramic pieces during the session — tableware, planters, or vases, depending on what takes shape on the wheel. After the workshop, we process, glaze, and kiln-fire your work in our studio. A transparent glaze is applied as standard — food-safe, microwave-safe, and dishwasher-safe.

Finished pieces are ready for collection approximately 8 – 12 weeks after your session.

Session Details

Duration — ~2 hours

Workshop Fee — $78 per person

Clay — Up to 2 balls of clay per participant. Optional ball at $10/piece subjected to remaining duration.

Pieces — 2 transparent glaze-fired ceramic pieces to keep. Optional top up for colored glaze available.

Minimum Age — 10 years old & up. Younger age requires a guardian to participate with & suitable for beginners

What’s Included

All materials & tools

Instructor’s guidance

Post-class pottery processing

Labour for packing and unpacking the pots from the kiln twice (Bisque fire & glaze fire)

Sorting and packing

Optional Add-Ons

Additional piece — $10 for a 3rd piece to work on the wheel (includes firing and glazing)

Studio glaze & design service — Additional $20 for 2 pieces (includes processing and your choice of 2 glaze colours, designed and applied by the studio).

If no add-on is selected, your pieces will be finished with our standard transparent glaze.

Group Bookings

Our studio offers small class sizes for personalised guidance — but we’re equally set up for group gatherings. Whether it’s a team-building session, a birthday, or a private event, we’re happy to shape a workshop around your group. Get in touch and we’ll plan it with you.

Good to Know

Come in comfortable clothing you don’t mind getting clay on. Keep your nails trimmed — it makes a real difference when shaping on the wheel. Aprons are provided.

Please arrive at least 5 minutes before your session begins. Latecomers may miss the opening demonstration, which we cannot repeat in order to keep the class going. On arrival, kindly remove your shoes on the first floor and change into our studio slippers before coming upstairs. No food or drinks are allowed in the studio, and we ask that you avoid bringing valuables.

If you need to reschedule, a $20 rescheduling fee per person applies. Pottery that remains uncollected beyond 4 weeks from day of notice in the whatsapp collection notice after completion will be discarded without any further notice, kindly refrain from enquiring if it is still around after due date.

Clay is an unpredictable material — cracks, warping, and imperfections can occur after the workshop during drying or firing, even after a piece has left the wheel in good shape. This is a natural part of working with clay, and something every potter learns to accept. We do not offer remakes or replacements for pieces that cracks after the class. What you take home is handmade — shaped by your hands, in a single session — and that’s what makes it yours.

Finished pieces left uncollected for more than 28 days after notification will be discarded. Collection only — delivery and shipping to be arranged by participants

Please review our Studio Policies before booking. By signing up for this workshop, you agree to uphold all studio policies here.

Continuing Your Practice

If the wheel stays with you after this session, we offer structured class packages — from Basics through to Intermediate — where you can develop your throwing technique over multiple sessions with ongoing guidance. Participants who sign up for a class package on the day of their workshop receive complimentary firing credit for 2 pieces regardless of size.