Wheel Workshop: Trim Like A Pro

$75.00

$75 - 2 hours

Join potter and studio owner Crystal Dunn for this fun workshop all about refining those rough draft pots into fancy final draft pots. A lot of wrongs can be righted with the right techniques and tools. We’ll cover:

  • Various Centering methods and tools and techniques for trimming even the most challenging forms

  • Evening out those wonky rims and bases

  • How to gauge thickness/thinness and when to take or not to take more off

  • Creating a foot and lip meet practical needs with the style you want

  • Tools: Useful cheap ones, fancy expensive ones, and what does and doesn’t work. (Our studio has so many to try!)

  • Quick, easy, and cheap burnishing and chattering techniques

  • How to add final details to elevate your forms

*Potters can bring 2 of their own pieces to trim. Sample pieces will also be provided for practice.

*Pre-requisites: Throwing Experience / Completed Beginner Class

This workshop is being offered twice in January - once on the 15th and once on the 28th. Please sign up for 1 of the times listed.

Trim Like A Pro:

$75 - 2 hours

Join potter and studio owner Crystal Dunn for this fun workshop all about refining those rough draft pots into fancy final draft pots. A lot of wrongs can be righted with the right techniques and tools. We’ll cover:

  • Various Centering methods and tools and techniques for trimming even the most challenging forms

  • Evening out those wonky rims and bases

  • How to gauge thickness/thinness and when to take or not to take more off

  • Creating a foot and lip meet practical needs with the style you want

  • Tools: Useful cheap ones, fancy expensive ones, and what does and doesn’t work. (Our studio has so many to try!)

  • Quick, easy, and cheap burnishing and chattering techniques

  • How to add final details to elevate your forms

*Potters can bring 2 of their own pieces to trim. Sample pieces will also be provided for practice.

*Pre-requisites: Throwing Experience / Completed Beginner Class

This workshop is being offered twice in January - once on the 15th and once on the 28th. Please sign up for 1 of the times listed.