weekend pottery session

weekend pottery session

This one off pottery workshop will take you through the basics of the pottery throwing on the wheel. No previous experience of working with clay is required!

You will be guided through clay preparation to throwing on the pottery wheel in a traditional way. Experienced potter are welcome, we can tailor the workshop to focus on any techniques or shapes you would like to improve on.

It will be taught in Pottery Square, Bhaktapur in a small group of five, and you will be guaranteed a wheel to use every class, with no need to share. Fee includes firing and glazing of your best 3 pieces of work and transportation, additional work will be fired and glazed at $X per pot.

Included among techniques, but not limited to:

• Clay preparation
• Throwing on the potter's wheel: centering, opening, pulling up, shaping.

Pottery Square

Hidden down shop-lined alleyways leading south from the curving road to TaumadhiTole, Potters’ Sq is exactly what you would expect – a public square full of potter's wheels and rows of clay pots drying in the sun. This is the center of Bhaktapur’s ceramic industry, and it’s a fascinating place to wander around. Several shops sell the finished article, and you can see the firing process at the back of the square, which is lined with mud-covered straw kilns.

This is the plan

09:00   Welcome guests

09:10   Start Workshop

12:00   Lunch break

14:00   End of workshop

Workshop Details

Type                                        Private Workshop

Mode of transport                  **

Duration                                  5 hours

Nr. of guests’                           1 - 10 persons

Meeting point                         One World Holidays, ChaksibariMarg, Thamel

Guest pick-up                          no

Confirmation                           instant confirmation

Cancellation

• checkFree cancellation up to 14 days before experience date
• closeNo refunds within 14 days of experience dat