This is a six-class series (not individual classes). Please note that this is a date placeholder only. To register for the series please use the registration form on the October 3rd event page.

In the Beginner Wheel class, students will work on the potter’s wheel learning to make bowls, mugs and plates. These three projects teach all the basic techniques a beginner potter needs to know to make most potter forms, with practice. In the first four of the six classes, the focus will be on throwing the forms, learning to trim them into more pleasing shapes, and finishing them well. The last two classes will primarily focus on glazing knowledge and techniques so that the students will have finished pieces to take home after the final kiln firing. There will also be time in the last two classes to finish up any projects outstanding and to have opportunities to ask more direct questions of Natalie for some one-on-one instruction on technique and finishing tips.

Once your registration has been confirmed, payment will be required to hold your spot. Please note that registration fees are not refundable unless the workshop is cancelled.

Students should wear clothing that is washable, and ideally bring an apron and an old towel. We also recommend keeping your nails cut short and refrain from wearing rings.

About the instructor:

Natalie was bitten by the pottery bug as a teenage in highschool art classes. Then life took a couple of turns and she wasn’t able to reconnect to the working with clay until she was in her 30s, after her daughter was born. Since then, for nearly 20 years, Natalie has followed the call of her creative nature to get herself quite literally elbow deep into the clay. She finds satisfaction in creating wheel thrown pieces, including everything from mugs to salad bowls, from citrus juicers to piggy banks. But she has a special appreciation for hand building, and some of her favourite creations are done with slabs and coils. Natalie began teaching early in her pottery career, beginning with children’s classes in Fort St. John. She has consistently taught classes from ages 4 to 84, both wheel and hand building and every level of difficulty. Natalie also explores photography, fibre arts, and from time-to-time writes some prose or poetry but, inevitably, the clay calls her back again.