Autumn Wheel Refinement Intensive

CHF 950.00
Épuisé

Centered Hands

Dates to be announced soon

This intensive workshop is dedicated to the refinement and consolidation of wheel-throwing technique through attentive, slower-paced practice.
Working in a very small group, participants receive sustained individual guidance, allowing technical understanding and gestural precision to deepen significantly over the course of the weekend.

Rather than introducing wheel throwing for the first time, the workshop supports practitioners who already have basic experience and wish to stabilise their skills, clarify proportion and develop greater consistency in form.

Aligned with the inward-turning qualities traditionally associated with the autumn season, the intensive emphasises discernment, reduction and technical maturation.
Through repeated engagement with the wheel, participants refine centring, wall control and trimming decisions, learning to recognise what to retain, simplify or transform within their practice.

The small group format creates an unusually focused learning environment, encouraging sustained attention, rhythmic repetition and meaningful technical progression.

Technical focus

– refinement of centring technique
– consistency of cylinders and fundamental forms
– proportional awareness and structural clarity
– controlled wall development
– intelligent trimming and finishing
– repetition as a tool for technical consolidation

This workshop is not suitable for complete beginners.
Participants should already be able to centre clay and throw simple forms.

Format

2-day intensive
Very small group (2 participants)

This rare format allows for precise feedback, close observation and significant technical development.

Waiting list

Centered Hands

Dates to be announced soon

This intensive workshop is dedicated to the refinement and consolidation of wheel-throwing technique through attentive, slower-paced practice.
Working in a very small group, participants receive sustained individual guidance, allowing technical understanding and gestural precision to deepen significantly over the course of the weekend.

Rather than introducing wheel throwing for the first time, the workshop supports practitioners who already have basic experience and wish to stabilise their skills, clarify proportion and develop greater consistency in form.

Aligned with the inward-turning qualities traditionally associated with the autumn season, the intensive emphasises discernment, reduction and technical maturation.
Through repeated engagement with the wheel, participants refine centring, wall control and trimming decisions, learning to recognise what to retain, simplify or transform within their practice.

The small group format creates an unusually focused learning environment, encouraging sustained attention, rhythmic repetition and meaningful technical progression.

Technical focus

– refinement of centring technique
– consistency of cylinders and fundamental forms
– proportional awareness and structural clarity
– controlled wall development
– intelligent trimming and finishing
– repetition as a tool for technical consolidation

This workshop is not suitable for complete beginners.
Participants should already be able to centre clay and throw simple forms.

Format

2-day intensive
Very small group (2 participants)

This rare format allows for precise feedback, close observation and significant technical development.

  1. Cancellations made at least 1 month before the event will be fully refunded. Cancellations made less than 1 month before the event are non-refundable, regardless of the reason. Students using a studio class pack (10/20 sessions or Friend of CAT packages) are subject to the same cancellation policy. Late cancellations will not be eligible for refund or rescheduling.

  2. Glazing course is not included.

  3. The price for material amounts to 10 CHF per clay kilo (the rate is subject to modification should the electricity or material costs change). Should you want that I finish your ceramics, the cost amonts to 30 chf per clay kilo.

  4. Courses are held in English, German, Italian and French depending on the participants wish.

  5. Students are asked to leave their workplaces clean. Cleaning time is included in the lesson time. It takes between 10 and 15 minutes, depending on the student's speed.

  6. We kindly ask that all pieces be finished and picked up within 3 months of their start date.

  7. For safety reasons, glazing must be done during designated hours. Students are required to wear black nitrile gloves and an FFP3 mask while glazing. Eating or drinking during glazing is strictly prohibited.

  8. Clay is a precious, non-renewable material. We encourage you to be mindful and intentional when choosing which pieces to keep and fire.

  9. Swiss law applies, Geneva courts are competent.