4-Week Pottery Classes

Whether you’re just getting started or ready to build on your existing skills, our 4-Week Pottery Classes offer a fun and supportive way to grow your ceramics practice. Led by experienced instructors from Medalta’s renowned Medalta International Artists in Residence (MIAIR) program, each class includes live demonstrations, hands on instruction, and plenty of studio time to develop your skills.

Choose from Beginner Pottery: Throwing & Hand Building, where you’ll learn the fundamentals of working with clay, or Intermediate Pottery: Throwing Larger, designed for potters with previous wheel experience who are ready to create larger, more ambitious forms.

Supplies: One bag of clay included (each additional clay bag is $20 incl. GST); All other supplies provided.
Minimum enrollment: 6 students per class
Maximum enrollment: 12 students per class
Registration Deadline: Two weeks before class start date
Cancellation/Refund Policy: 8 days before class start date

Before Class Start Date: A full refund (less a $25 administration fee) is available if you cancel by the registration deadline.

After Class Start Date: For cancellations after the registration deadline or no-shows, we will be unable to issue any refund. If you need to cancel due to medical reasons (documentation required), a partial refund will be given.

4-Week Beginner Glaze Mixing

Ever wondered what gives ceramics their colour, texture, and finish? Our brand new Beginner Glaze Mixing class offers a hands on introduction to the science and artistry behind ceramic glazes.

Led by an experienced instructor, you’ll explore what goes into a glaze, how different ingredients affect the final result, and what creates a variety of colours and surfaces. Throughout the course, you’ll mix and test your own glazes in a fun, approachable environment.

By the end of the class, you’ll take home three 100 g glazes you’ve mixed yourself, along with fired test tiles showcasing the unique results of each recipe.

Minimum enrollment: 6 students per class
Maximum enrollment: 12 students per class
Registration Deadline: Two weeks before class start date
Cancellation/Refund Policy: 8 days before class start date

Before Class Start Date: A full refund (less a $25 administration fee) is available if you cancel by the registration deadline.

After Class Start Date: For cancellations after the registration deadline or no-shows, we will be unable to issue any refund. If you need to cancel due to medical reasons (documentation required), a partial refund will be given.

Saturday “Sampler” Classes

A great way to try out wheel throwing without an 8-week commitment! Slide into a “sampler” session and discover if the clay life is for you! Bring your partner, your parents, or that friend who keeps saying they want to try pottery. This is an easygoing three hours of spinning, laughing, and discovering what your hands can really do.

You will sit down at the potter’s wheel with an instructor guiding you, try a few forms, and choose your favourite creation to bisque. If you want to take it further, you can save that piece to glaze in a future eight week course. Finished work will be ready for pick up in about three to four weeks.

Supplementary Studio Hours

You can now add on additional studio time on Sundays to practice your techniques and finish your work! Each session gives you access to the studio with a trained instructor on-site to help you refine your skills.

If you’re looking for extra time to work on a class project or time to improve your technique, these extra hours are for you.

Each session is scheduled on Sundays from 1:00 – 4:00pm, and you can use the time as you see fit. An instructor will be on-site to help with any questions you might have but will not be leading any formal demonstrations.

This class is an extension to the 8-week adult classes and participants must be actively registered in a current 8-week class in order to register for the Supplementary Studio Hours.

Price: $55 per person + GST = $57.75/session. Additional bags of clay may be purchased directly from the instructor of the session for $20 per bag (GST included).
Registration deadline: 12:00pm on the Thursday before each Sunday class
Minimum enrollment: 6 per class; class will be cancelled if less than 6 particpans register by 12pm the Thursday before
Maximum enrollment: 12 per class

Cancellation/Refund Policy: 8 days before class start date

Before Class Start Date: A full refund (less a $25 administration fee) is available if you cancel by the registration deadline.

After Class Start Date: For cancellations after the registration deadline or no-shows, we will be unable to issue any refund. If you need to cancel due to medical reasons (documentation required), a partial refund will be given.