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Wheel Throwing Taster Classes - Clay Soiree!
Always wanted to try your hand at pottery? Join us for a wheel throwing class where you'll get a taste of the art of working with clay on the potter's wheel. Discover how to centre and throw clay. This is a great introduction to ceramics!
Are you worried about your skills? Don't stress—this workshop is designed for beginners. At the end of the session, select your favourite piece to be trimmed, glazed, and fired for you to collect in four weeks.
Learn the basics of wheel throwing in a friendly and supportive environment
Create and take home your own pottery piece
Connect with others in a fun and interactive setting
Feel ready to begin your first course with Mayfield Street and launch your ceramic journey!
Beginners/Beginers Plus Wheel Throwing Courses
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Wheel Throwing Courses with
Juliet Sayers.
We offer a six-week course with glaze instruction ($440) and a beginner/beginner plus class. And a four-week course that teaches throwing and trimming only. (Work glazed by us.) If you can’t pay up front we are happy for you to pay by the week.
Both of these are perfect for beginners and those with some experience.
NDIS participants welcome! (Please reserve your space using the coupon NDISBookme or see below.)
Includes: Clay, tools, glazes.
Duration: Two hours each week.
Bring: An apron and a towel.
Wear: Clothes that can get dirty. Closed shoes are essential.
Collection of work: 3 - 4 weeks.
The course needs at least six people to proceed, so bring a friend!
Missed classes can be made up by attending the alternate class or with a single unsupervised Studio Access session.
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6-week classes are offered once every 8 weeks on a Thursday and a Sunday.
Refine your technique or just build your confidence! Focus on a variety of functional pieces. Make test tiles and experiment with glaze. Glaze your work in the final week! These classes will cater to absolute beginners and anyone who has some experience, too! If there are spaces it is possible to make up classes by attending the alternate session for that term.
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Our four-week course is a revolving door. We run it every Wednesday evening , and you can join in any time paying $80 for each week that you enrol.
Dive into throwing on the wheel. Focus on mastering the essential skills. Spend one week throwing the next trimming and then repeat. Leave with four pieces glazed by us, or hang on to the work you make and glaze it yourself during some studio access time.
Students are welcome to start at any time and keep one piece for every week they attend, though we encourage them to wait until they have been throwing for a few weeks before choosing the pieces that they would like to have fired and glazed. Your teacher will cater to your level and encourage you to develop your skills steadily with appropriate instruction.
Students should bring an apron and a towel to each class and wear covered shoes.
So that you know, this class has a maximum of 10 places and does not include glaze instructions. If you are after glazing instruction you should join our 6 week course.
Intensive Workshops
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Join Juliet for a super fun teapot-making workshop! With years of experience, she provides a great environment for personalised guidance and amazing results!! That's what we're talkin’ ‘bout!
Sessions are held monthly on both the Saturday and Sunday of the appointed weekend from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM for $350.
Learn how to make a teapot!
NDIS participants are welcome. (Please reserve your space using the coupon NDISBookme or see NDIS below.)
Note: This workshop is for people with some centring experience. Glazing is optional; you can have your piece glazed or return for free studio access to glaze it yourself. We look forward to welcoming you!
Clay Counterpoint - Grow your practice with Nicholas Hannah
Not Suitable for Beginners, but basic centring skills are OK!
Improve your throwing techniques, learn to create tall forms, and discover your voice through ceramic history and contemporary practices. 8 maximum.
1 Hour: Theory - critique and discussion. Learn something unexpected to broaden your practice!
2 Hours: Practical application on the wheel.
- $75 for a single 3-hour workshop
- *Tax-deductible (check with your tax advisor).*
NDIS participants are welcome. (Please reserve your space using the coupon NDISBookme or see NDIS below.)
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Nick has been making wheel-thrown tableware since 2012, moving from a photography career after discovering the joy of clay. He studied under Jane Sawyer at Slow Clay in Melbourne, and spent time at the National Art School in Sydney before working closely with his creative mentors, including Prue Venables, Chester Nealie, and Sandy Lockwood.
His work is inspired by a love of useful objects, the search for an essential beauty, and the breath of the sea. Teaching pottery offers an opportunity to share the deep connections that clay creates - with the world and within our daily rituals.
Nick believes that through thoughtful, handcrafted objects we can create a deeper engagement with the world around us. His greatest wish is to encourage moments of quiet contemplation and joy in the rhythms of daily life.
Teacher and Manager for 5 years at the Byron School of Clay
Degree in Photography
1 year at the National Art School
1 year living at working with potters
At various times studied under Jane Sawyer, Shane Kent, Prue Venables, Sandy Lockwood, Chester Nealie, and other mentors and teachers
Self directed study trip to Japan - exploring the six ancient kilns & Hamada's workshop in Mashiko
Ceramic Materials Workshop intensive glaze course
Working with local materials in wood, gas, and electric kilns
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Studio Access
16 Shimpo Whisper wheels. All tools and equipment. Glazes, colours, underglazes, Firing Service…. and storage soon too!
$40 per half-day (Booking essential)... $15 per hour Drop-ins are Welcome (but not during the weekday evenings due to staffing)... $10 Recycled clay.
Studio users need to have completed at least one Soiree before attending.
Studio Monthly Pass
$195.00 per month
Unlimited Access. Renews Monthly, until cancelled.
Unlimited use of the studio during studio time hours except when the studio is closed.
Firing Service
Come and make with us at your own pace…
Bisque (weighed before firing)
$10 per kilo
Cone 6 mid-fire and Cone 9
Glaze Dipping or underglaze use PLUS firing
$20 per kilo.
(midfire glazes only)
NDIS encouraged! (Please reserve your space using the coupon NDISBookme or see NDIS below.)
Tuesday - Sunday: 9.30 am - 3.30 pm, Tuesday - Thursday: 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm (when pottery school is running),
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NDIS Access
We offer Studio Access and Course and Masterclass enrolments for NDIS Participants.
Mayfield Street is a non-registered NDIS provider offering studio access, courses and masterclasses for NDIS Participants on plan-managed or self-managed plans.*
Studio Access and masterclasses are billed at the equivalent of $50 per hour.
All courses are at the courses rate listed.
All materials, firing, capital centre costs and GST included. The plan provider is invoiced after attendance. (Please confirm that you are eligible to book using the line numbers provided. If you would like us to use a different line number please contact us to discuss.
Book into any class using the coupon code NDISBookme
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Line codes:
09_011_0125_6_3 Community Participation Activities: This support item is designed to enable providers to claim reimbursement for the costs of tuition fees, art classes, sports coaching and similar activities that build a participant’s skills and independence. This could include camps, classes, and vacation activities that have capacity building components. The support includes assistance to establish volunteer arrangements in the community, mentoring, peer support, and individual skill development.
04_210_0125_6_1 Community Social and Recreational Activities: This support item is designed to enable providers to claim reimbursement for the costs of enabling a participant to independently engage in community, social and recreational activities when costs of participation exceed an affordable level and without, the participant would be at risk of social isolation. Participants may use this funding for activities such as camps, vacation and outside school hours’ care, course or membership fees.
This support item can be delivered to individual participants subject to the rules set out in the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits.
This support item is not subject to price limits. It should only be used to recover the costs of the participant’s attendance at the community social and participation activities.
Support workers are welcome to participate but must pay.
*Participants must be independent.
Cancellation Policy:
No show incurs a charge.
https://mycarespace.com.au/resources/ndis-service-cancellations-or-no-shows