Pottery course for beginners in Berlin, test the turntable
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In the one-day introductory course on the potter's wheel, all steps are taught to create simple vessels. This course is good for you if you want to try out working on the potter's wheel.
It's a special experience that's a lot of fun, but at first it's harder than it looks.
The focus of this introductory course is on the process. First of all, it's about the experience and not the result; masterpieces don't have to be created. The fewer expectations you have, the more you'll probably enjoy the course.
The result is around 3 smaller bowls, cups, vases, candle holders, or works of art. After the course, you can choose a piece that will be lovingly processed (twisted) by us and glazed in your choice color of 5. This is already included in the course fee. Glazed pieces are suitable for contact with food, as well as for the dishwasher.
If you want to keep more pieces, we will be happy to complete them for you for an additional 10€ per piece. You can decide this in a relaxed way at the end of the course. We continue to process the pieces very carefully because we want to help you make them beautiful and unique.
After taking part in the introductory course, you can continue practicing independently in the open workshop (5 days a week), borrow a pottery wheel for home (from 60€/month), or sign up for a course lasting several days.
In order to be able to make full use of the open workshop, you should take part in a 3 or 4 day course to learn all the steps and find your way around the workshop.
The introductory course does NOT include the independent turning and glazing of the turned pieces and therefore only shows part of the process.
The courses are mostly led by owner Maike, supported by Miriam, Gerard and Lisa. We share the enthusiasm for working on the potter's wheel and the diverse possibilities of the material and look forward to sharing our knowledge with you.
Please note that the course is taught in German. Although we all speak English and other languages very well, we are only able to translate partially due to lack of time, but a lot is also achieved by watching. You can request group bookings in English, Spanish and Dutch.
We are a growing studio community in Weissensee, and there are currently still places for people who would like to be part of our beautiful workshop on a regular basis.
A personal atmosphere and respectful, respectful interaction are important to us.
How does this activity work?
You can arrive first, take a look at the workshop and get familiar with the pottery wheels.
After the initial explanations, we practice centering the sound and complete the first vessel together.
You can then continue at your own pace and produce as many songs as you can and want. You decide how much help is required for this.
The course lasts 3 hours so that you have the best, relaxing experience possible and because we explain the individual steps in detail.
At the end of the course, you choose your favorite piece, which we will complete for you and pay for the additional number of pieces that we will lovingly finish and glaze for you (optional).
You can pick up your finished, burned and glazed works about 4 weeks after the course, and you will receive a notification when the time comes.
Who should definitely take part?
The course is suitable for absolute beginners.
But there are also often participants who have already taken one or more courses, refresh their knowledge - or want someone else to explain the technology to them again.
Even if you think you have no talent for manual or artistic activities at all, the course can be a great experience.
Details to remember
What to bring?
- You don't need to bring anything with you, except clothes that can get dirty.
- Long nails are rather unsuitable for pottery.
What is included?
- comprehensive explanations of processes and work steps
- As much sound as you can and want to process
- the use of an apron and towel
- 1 piece of your choice that we finish (twist off) glaze and fire for you
STUDIO KAOLIN
Studio Kaolin (= white clay) is a charming ceramic studio with a focus on turning the potter's wheel.
There are regular courses here and the opportunity to use the open workshop 5 days a week and become part of our small community
The course instructor was very nice and repeated his steps several times upon request.
In the beginners' course, we learned the basics of pottery and created our first own pieces. The instructor was ext...
The course was informative and really fun. Thanks:)
The workshop was a lot of fun! Maike is super nice and helpful. We would love to come back!
The course was a lot of fun! Beautiful things were created in a nice atmosphere and it was a real break from the hu...
It was a lot of fun and I will definitely do it again! In the end, 2 pieces are pottery, which are then fired and p...
That was a great start, it was great fun. Thank you!
The short with Lisa was simply great! All steps were explained and shown in an understandable way and with a large ...
Whether you go to class alone or in a group, it's fun and everyone is introduced in such a way that something comes...
Very nice quiet atmosphere, can only recommend the course to everyone!!
Super friendly welcome, great introduction and accompaniment to pottery at the turntable. Very nice experience.
Great rooms, small group, nice people:) was fun!
It was a super nice start and easy to do for a beginner like me.
Great intro course! Miri did an amazing job explaining the fundamentals and helping everyone out when they needed i...
A great opportunity to try out pottery at the turntable and get a feel for it! The 3-day course is definitely next ...
The course is also suitable for beginners, all steps are explained. It was a lot of fun and the instructor was very...
It was great fun:)
This course is definitely harder than expected. However, the course instructor took a lot of time to explain everyt...
Very nice environment and nice people.
It was just great. Maike gave very good guidance and used great pictures that helped me apply the technology. For t...
Super nice and exciting course! It was a lot of fun:)
The course was wonderful, Maike is a great teacher and explains every step very well and comprehensibly. I would ne...
Great explanations, enough material available, was fun!
The course was a lot of fun
Structured and well explained even for beginners. As expected, I was given a brief insight into working at the hub....
