Wheel Throwing Intensive

Join Amy Smoot in this intermediate wheel throwing workshop! This class is focused on improving the skills learned in an introductory or 1 day course. Students will dive into repetitive techniques like wedging, centering, and pulling cylinders to build up muscle memory. Students will focus on the process more than what they keep; this means a lot of practicing and even dissecting your pieces to study how to do better on the next one. Students can expect to keep and glaze 5 to 6 of their best pieces. This course will also go over trimming your pots, surface decoration techniques, and includes a glaze day. Class will be held November 3, 4, 5, 6, with a glaze day on the 13th. Class meets 11:30-1:30 each day listed. This workshop is limited to participants 18+. There is a minimum of 2 participants and a maximum of 6. If the minimum is not met, participants will be refunded.  Students are highly encouraged to attend every class, but if you need to miss a day please let the instructor know. About Amy Smoot: Amy Smoot is from Carrollton, GA and currently resides in Tuscaloosa, AL. She received her BFA in ceramics from the University of West Georgia in 2015. While there, she was studio technician and research assistant in the ceramics area. In 2019 she received her MFA from The University of Alabama where she first began teaching ceramics as a graduate assistant. Her practice consists of all types of ceramics techniques including mold-making, slip-casting, hand building, and wheel thrown pottery.   This workshop is sponsored in part by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.