Advanced Wheelthrowing Techniques

Develop a comprehensive understanding of pottery wheel operations, encompassing both foundational and advanced techniques. This in-depth exploration of the art of pottery, focuses on methods of shaping clay on the wheel to create multiple forms that can be presented individually or combined into aesthetically refined pieces, with an emphasis on both functionality and artistry. Under Peter Dwyer’s expert guidance your throwing abilities will expand exponentially; he will teach you how to apply surface decoration using slips, to bring your unique creative concepts to life.

The course is open to students with prior experience in ceramics, particularly those with an intermediate to advanced level of proficiency.

Selected pieces will be fired in the NAS kilns after the workshop. Please note, it may take up to four weeks after your course ends for works to be available for collection. We will notify you when they are ready for pick up. Glazing courses are offered in the Term One Short Courses Public Programs.

* The course fee incorporates the cost for materials such as clay.

* NAS Short Courses are open to students of ages 16 years and over. The NAS Art Club is open to students from ages 15 years and over.

* What to bring? Please refer to the list of required materials in the Art Materials field below.

Peter Dwyer is an artist and teacher with a 40-year career focussing on ceramics, pottery, and multiple-piece ceramic sculptures. He is currently the Head Teacher of St. George Visual Arts and Gymea Ceramics for TAFE NSW. He is a former President of Parramatta Clay and Arts Incorporated, worked at the University of NSW, Whitehouse Institute of Design, KvB Institute of Technology and the Queensland Art Gallery. Peter holds a Master of Fine Arts from UNSW College of Fine Arts and is completing his Doctorate in Fine Arts in Ceramics at NAS. He has held numerous solo and group exhibitions, public sculpture commissions, artist-in-residences and his work appears in numerous publications in Australia and internationally.

Students must supply their own art materials, please refer to the list below.

• Towel and protective clothes (old shirt or apron) 
• Notebook and pencils/pens 
• Any ceramic throwing and trimming tools that you may already have 
• All clay and other materials are provided 
• We recommend students bring a P2 KN95 disposable mask 
• A selection of soft brushes for slips
• Plastic bucket
• Microfibre cloth
• Enclosed footwear is essential in all studios on campus. 

Non-essential materials

• Throwing batt
• Batt Mate (or a chamois cut into a circle)
  

Clay is provided