Intermediate Potter’s Wheel: Implementation for Form Development

CER4269.01
Course System Home Terms Spring 2027 Intermediate Potter’s Wheel: Implementation for Form Development

Course Description

Summary

This 2-credit course is for students looking to advance their wheel-throwing skills. Assignments focus on combining wheel throwing and hand-building techniques to create multi-sectioned forms. Students will begin to define their own approach to the potter’s wheel as a tool for generating shapes and integrating form with fired surfaces.

Estimated Cost: Students should expect to spend $15–$25 on tools.

Learning Outcomes

  • Advance your skill using the potter’s wheel to generate vessel forms:
    • Learn to make sectioned pots.
    • Advance your ability to throw large pots.
    • Incorporate hand-building with your thrown pieces.
    • Further articulate what the ceramic process has taught you about yourself as a maker and problem solver.

Prerequisites

Beginning Potter’s Wheel (or instructor permission based on prior wheel-throwing experience).

Please contact the faculty member : apeltz@bennington.edu

Instructor

  • Aysha Peltz

Day and Time

TU 10:30am-12:20pm

Delivery Method

Fully in-person

Length of Course

Full Term

Academic Term

Spring 2027

Area of Study

Credits

2

Course Level

4000

Maximum Enrollment

14

Course Frequency

Every 2-3 years