5 week Pottery Wheel Throwing Course
Learn pottery step-by-step in our five-week pottery course in London, held at The Slightly Curious Studio in Alperton.
This five-week pottery course is the perfect way to learn the pottery wheel from the ground up and build real, repeatable skills. It’s designed for complete beginners, no prior experience is needed. We do recommend trying a beginner taster session first if you’d like a quick introduction before committing to the full course.
Across five weeks, we’ll cover the essential foundations of working with clay, from preparation and throwing to trimming and glazing. By the end of the course, you’ll feel confident working more independently on the wheel and understand the full pottery process from start to finish.
Five-Week Pottery Course
Beginner Pottery Wheel ThrowingBy the end of this five-week course, you’ll understand the full pottery process and feel confident using the wheel more independently. You’ll learn how to:
- Prepare and wedge clay properly
- Centre clay on the wheel and control speed, pressure, and water
- Throw key beginner forms (cylinders and bowls) with better consistency
- Refine your pieces through trimming (cleaning up forms and adding foot rings)
- Explore glazing basics and understand how pieces are finished and fired
- Week 1: Clay preparation + wheel fundamentals (centering, control, basic throwing)
- Week 2: Creating core forms (cylinders and bowls)
- Week 3: Trimming techniques (refining shape, foot rings, finishing)
- Week 4: Further throwing practice (improving consistency + control)
- Week 5: Glazing techniques (how glazing works + finishing your pieces)
All materials are provided, including clay, tools, equipment, glazing, and firing.
Your glazed pieces will be ready to collect approximately 1–2 weeks after the final session.
Course start date- Start Date: Wednesday March 25th , April 1st, 8th, 15th , 22nd | Time: 6pm
- Start Date: Sunday March 29th, April 5th, 12th, 19th , 26th | Time: 5.30pm
- Start Date: Wednesday May 6th , 13th, 20th, 27th, June 3rd | Time: 6pm
- Start Date: Sunday May 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st , June 7th | Time: 5.30pm
FAQ
Everything You Need to KnowNo experience is necessary. This course is beginner-friendly and taught step-by-step.
All clay, tools and equipment and firing are included, plus guided teaching each week and storage for your work between sessions
Each weekly session runs for 2 hours
Because the course builds week to week, we recommend attending all sessions. If you can’t make a date, please email us as soon as possible and we can arrange a make-up sessions.
You’ll create a small collection of wheel-thrown pieces such as mugs, bowls and small vessels. What you make can vary depending on your progress and the group’s pace.
Finished pottery is typically ready around 1-2 weeks after the final session (depending on drying and kiln schedules). We’ll email you when it’s ready to arrange collection or delivery — please check your junk folder if you don’t see our email.
We can store finished pottery for up to 2 months after we email you. After that, uncollected pieces may be recycled due to limited studio space. If you need more time, please email us and we’ll try to hold them for you.
Once glazed and fired, pieces are generally food safe. However, if a piece has cracks, it may not be suitable for food use.
All clay, tools, and equipment are provided. Wear comfortable clothes you don’t mind getting a bit messy and keep nails reasonably short for wheel work.
Yes, there are several parking options available:
- On-site parking via Sippy location 301307
- Alperton Sainsbury’s parking available through JustPark
- Free street parking on Carlyon Road
Please allow extra time to park before the workshop begins.
Course bookings follow our studio cancellation policy: cancellations must be made in writing. Within 14 days of the start date: 100% fee, 15–28 days: 50% fee, more than 28 days: 20% admin fee. Transfers are usually possible up to 28 days before the start date (subject to availability) and can be done once .