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Wheel throwing

Learn to throw bowls and cups you'll eat from. Over six or twelve weeks you go from centering your first lump of clay to glazing what you made.

All levels, beginners welcome

First-timers learn the wheel from the start; returning students pick up where they left off.

A demo, then your wheel

Each class opens with a demo, then you practice at your own wheel with one-on-one help. Ask for a demo of anything you want to learn.

Open studio every week

Two and a half hours a week to practice on your own, and up to two makeup classes a semester.

What you'll learn

  • If you're new: centering, throwing, trimming, pulling handles and glazing.
  • If you've thrown before: cleaner shapes, bigger pieces, lids and sets, and a style of your own.

What's included

  • 25 lbs of clay
  • Glazes, oxides and slips
  • 2.5 hours of open studio a week
  • Up to 2 makeup classes
  • Payment plan, in two installments

Extra

  • Firing, 6 cents a cubic inch
  • More clay, by the bag
  • Tool kits, $25 for wheel, $30 for hand building or both
  • Unlimited off-peak open studio

Good to know

Commitment

  • Registering commits you to the full semester.
  • Once it starts there are no refunds or credits.
  • Gift cards apply at checkout only.

Refunds and transfers

  • 7 or more days before the first class: a refund, less a $75 fee.
  • Within 7 days: half back.
  • Within 48 hours: none.
  • Transfers need 7 days' notice too.

Missed classes

  • No refunds for a missed class; take a makeup instead, up to two a semester.
  • Open studio time is weekly and doesn't carry over.
  • To cancel, email info@yarostudios.com.

Which class

Try it

Learn it

A wheel class: students at their wheels with balls of clay, the teacher at a wheel in front of them

Wheel throwing

New to the wheel or coming back to it: centering, throwing, trimming, handles and glazing.

  • 12 weeks
  • All levels
  • $750

Go further

Two hands centering clay on a spinning wheel

Beyond Basics

You've taken a wheel class and can center. You'll work on cleaner shapes and more consistent pieces.

  • 12 weeks
  • Intermediate
  • $750
A student opens a cylinder on the wheel while two others watch

Level Up!

You center on your own. You'll throw larger pieces, sets, lids and spouts, and find a style of your own.

  • 12 weeks
  • Intermediate
  • $750

Do both

Schedule

Starting soon: 9 classes a week

Winter 2027

Jan 4 to Mar 28

Monday

3 classes

  • A wheel class: students at their wheels with balls of clay, the teacher at a wheel in front of them
    10amto 12:30pm

    Wheel throwing

    with Jaleh Fazel

    All levels12 weeks
    Enroll
  • A student opens a cylinder on the wheel while two others watch
    6pmto 8:30pm

    Level Up!

    with Nancy Evans

    Intermediate12 weeks
    Enroll
  • A wheel class: students at their wheels with balls of clay, the teacher at a wheel in front of them
    6pmto 8:30pm

    Wheel throwing

    with Kiara Taylor

    All levels12 weeks
    Enroll

In the studio

  • Two hands centering clay on a spinning wheel
    Centering
  • A student opens a cylinder on the wheel while two others watch
    Wheel throwing class
  • Students centering clay on their wheels, side by side
    Wheel throwing class
  • A wheel class: students at their wheels with balls of clay, the teacher at a wheel in front of them
    Wheel throwing class
  • Students laughing at their wheels in a row, their hands in clay
    At the wheel
  • Wheels and blue stools along a long table, beside a brick wall of shelves
    The wheel room

Teachers

  • Jaleh in an apron at a potter’s wheel in a garden, smiling, with a thrown cylinder in front of her

    Jaleh Fazel

    Wheel instructor

    45 years at the wheel. Studied pottery in Japan, Finland, India, Estonia, Italy and Iran.

  • Kiara sitting on a sunlit balcony in a striped dress, one hand on a large white vase

    Kiara Taylor

    Teacher & tech

    Nine years in clay, mixing wheel and hand building in functional pieces.

  • Alyssa in striped overalls over a printed T-shirt, in a studio in front of shelves of pots

    Alyssa Beza

    Wheel and hand building

    Makes sculptural lamps, abstract sculpture and wheel-thrown dinnerware.

  • A black and white photo of Christina holding a cup beside a table with a horse sculpture and two ornate stands

    Christina Howard

    Wheel and hand building

    Makes functional forms and figurative sculpture that draw on antiquity and spiritual symbols.

  • Charlie in a yellow jumpsuit with her arms up, grinning, a ball of yellow cloth on her head, at a studio table of clay and colored cloth

    Charlotte Canonne

    Wheel, hand building & kids

    Makes sculptural vases in soft, flowing forms, and has taught for a decade.

  • Siri in a striped dress tied with pink ribbons, looking to the side in a white gallery with small sculptures on the wall

    Siri Burt

    Wheel and hand building

    Hand builds large sculptural and mixed-media work, and throws bowls and cups to use every day.

  • Helen in a floral sundress, smiling, an arm round a tall cream sculpture of crumpled, folded clay on a white plinth

    Helen Townsend

    Wheel instructor

    Throws and alters large organic sculptures on the wheel that test the structural limits of clay.