Oxide Clay Art is a pottery and ceramics studio specialising in Wheel Throwing Pottery classes for small groups.
Classes are run by award winning artist potter and teacher, Joe Ottaway. Joe provides exceptional quality teaching with over 30 years’ experience as a TAFE Ceramics Teacher and Ceramic Artist in Brisbane.
Joe is a master potter and his experience and enthusiastic approach to teaching ensures that students have an enjoyable, rewarding, high quality pottery experience exploring their creativity and learning new skills.
The experience at Oxide Clay Art is also unique because students are able to finish their pots with professional quality high fired stoneware reduction glazes which have been developed and refined by Joe over the past 30 years.
See our pottery class timetable for course dates and bookings
Please note: Gift vouchers are not available for courses or workshops.
To contact me please use the contact form on the website or email me on joe.ottaway@hotmail.com
Our Ninderry Studio
What’s Included In Our Pottery Classes On The Sunshine Coast:
We cater for beginners to advanced and offer 5 week wheel throwing courses held on Wednesday mornings, 9.30 am -12.30 pm. Normally two 5 week courses are conducted during each School Term.
One off Introductory Wheel Throwing workshops are also held periodically on Sunday Afternoons. These workshops are ideal for beginners who would like to try the wheel but don’t want to commit to a 5 week course.
The 5 week courses are suitable for beginners or people with previous experience on the wheel. Classes are for adults only.
Individual wheel throwing tuition is also available. ($80 per hour)
Our Studio is air-conditioned for year round comfort.
The Studio does not have wheelchair access.
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Email us at: joe.ottaway@hotmail.com or ring us on or use our contact form here: Contact Us
5 Week Wheel Throwing Course Outline
This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of wheel throwing. You will learn how to make a variety of forms on the wheel as well as methods of decorating and glazing work. There is a strong focus on teaching skills and techniques through a structured, supportive learning environment. Classes are suitable for beginners to advanced students. Experienced students are tutored according their individual skill level and are encouraged to develop personal direction with their work by undertaking more focused and challenging projects. Classes run for 3 hours and numbers are limited to 9 students.
Small class numbers ensure plenty of individual tuition which enables fast development of skills on the wheel. Most beginning students are able to make work on the wheel during the first class session and are able to produce several glazed and finished pieces by the end of the course. See examples of student work on the Gallery Page of the website.
During the 5 week course beginning students will learn how to:
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Prepare, knead and recycle your clay
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Centre & throw off the wheel-head
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Create forms such as bowls & cups and cylinders
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Trim & finish your pots, alter shapes and add handles
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Decorate the surface of your pots using slip,underglaze colours, carving, sgraffito, inlay or impressed textures
- Glaze your pots using Oxide Clay Art’s own professional stoneware reduction fired glazes made at the studio
For class times,dates and to book click pottery class timetable and bookings
Full course payment is required to secure a booking.
Course fee: $275 – 5 weeks, (15 hours tuition)
Fee also includes supply of 5 kilos clay, underglazes, glazes and use of tools and equipment.
Firing cost is extra, ($7.00 per kilo x 2 firings). Average firing fee for a beginning student is approximately $25 per course. For example the total cost of firing a 250 gram coffee cup including glaze is approximately $3.50. Firing service is not provided for work made outside of classes.
Each student has a wheel for their exclusive use during throwing classes.
Introductory Wheel Throwing Workshop – 3 hours – $95.00
For class times,dates and to book click pottery class timetable and bookings
This workshop is ideal for beginners who would like to try the wheel but don’t want to commit to a 5 week course. The fee of $95.00 includes tuition, clay, use of tools and professional trimming, glazing and firing of 2 pots for each person. Each participant will have their own wheel to use. Finished pieces will be ready for collection about 4 weeks after the workshop.
Finished pieces from the Introductory Wheel Throwing Workshop
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Welcome To Our Pottery Studio On The Sunshine Coast
The Oxide Clay Art studio is located in a beautiful bushland setting at Ninderry, 5 minutes from Yandina on the Sunshine Coast. Our studio is air-conditioned for comfort all year round.
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