W1
Wheel basics
Centring, opening, pulling. Easy first throws — lots of clay, no pressure.
Six Saturdays · 10am–1pmNext cohort starts March 7Max 8 students
Learn the wheel.
Wheel-throwing, hand-building, glazing, kiln work — six weeks, hands in clay from minute one. Take home everything you make.
Wheel-throwingHand-buildingGlazingKiln firing
Next cohort
Doors open in
Eight seats, and the last three cohorts filled before the start date. A refundable $85 deposit holds yours.
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01The curriculumAll materials included
Six Saturdays, in order.
Each session builds on the last — miss one and we'll catch you up in open studio.
W2
Forms
Cylinders, bowls, mugs. The shapes you actually want on your shelf.
W3
Trimming + handles
Wheel-trimming, attaching handles, refining what week two produced.
W4
Hand-building
Slab and coil construction — vases, planters, the sculptural detour.
W5
Glazing
Glaze theory, dipping, layering, decorating. Where pieces become yours.
W6
Kiln + take-home
Bisque and glaze fire, then the unbox. Most students leave with 6–10 finished pieces.
The studio
Where the six weeks happen
Eight seats per cohort
Tuition
One price, everything included. A deposit holds your seat; the rest is due at week one.
Gift enrolments available — we send a hand-thrown cup with the voucher.
02The numbersSince cohort one, 2021
- Cohorts taught
- 11
- Students, never more
- 8
- Finished pieces to take home
- 6–10
- Days-a-week studio access
- 7
Hi — I'm the potter.
Fourteen years with clay, the last four teaching it. I teach the way I wish I'd been taught — slowly, with lots of clay, and zero gatekeeping. The wheel humbles everyone at week one and rewards everyone by week three; my job is getting you through the humbling part laughing.
- 14 years of studio practice · functional ceramics + small sculpture
- Clayworks Annex residency, 2022
- All materials and firings included in tuition
Past students say
“I came in never having touched clay and left with eight pieces my family fights over at holidays. The small cohort is everything — you get real attention at the wheel.”
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Dee L.
Cohort 9 · came back for 10
04The practical part
Before you enrol
Total beginner — is that OK?+
It's the point. Most students have never touched clay. The curriculum assumes nothing and the cohort cap means nobody gets left behind.
What if I miss a Saturday?+
Come to open studio that week and we'll catch you up one-on-one. Miss two or more and we'll roll you into the next cohort at no charge.
What should I wear?+
Clothes that can meet clay and lose. Short nails help more than you'd think. Aprons and towels are ours; the mess is yours.
When do pieces come home?+
Week six for everything glazed by week five. Stragglers from the final session are fired the following week and held for pick-up.
Eight seats. They go.
The last three cohorts sold out before the start date. The deposit is $85 and refundable for 14 days.
Next cohort starts March 7 · Saturdays 10am–1pm
Open studio
When the wheels are free
Enrolled students have the studio between sessions at no extra cost — this is when someone is here to unlock it and keep an eye on the kiln.
HoursChecking
- Monday – Thursday
- 09:00 – 21:00Quietest before noon
- Friday
- 09:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 09:00 – 21:00Cohort sessions 10am–1pm
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 18:00Glazing day, usually busy
Closed on public holidays and for the two firing days each month — those dates go out on the studio email a week ahead.
Enrol
Tell us which cohort you're after and anything we should know. We confirm seats within a day.
- 14 Verge St, unit 2, Brooklyn
- studio@vergestreetclay.com
- Daily 9am–9pm for enrolled students
Hear about the next cohort first
Cohort announcements, open-studio nights, and the occasional kiln-opening photo dump. A few emails a season.