Workshop: Throwing Tall - Bottles
with Christopher Combemale 
Workshop: Throwing Tall - Bottles
with Christopher Combemale
with Christopher Combemale
**non-members, purchase pass here**
Throwing a bottle means pulling height, controlling a curve, and narrowing a wide opening down to a neck. Each of those steps has its own technical demands. This workshop focuses on the mechanics of throwing tall and the specific techniques that make bottle forms work.
In this workshop you will:
- Learn how to pull walls taller while maintaining even thickness and preventing the form from flaring or collapsing
- Practice bellying out the body of a form and controlling the curve
- Learn collaring technique, including how to gradually narrow a wide opening into a bottle neck
- Understand how to work inside a narrow opening
- Learn how to read and support a tall form as it develops to keep it stable and centered
What you will walk away with:
- A stronger understanding of what throwing tall requires
- Experience with collaring and narrowing a form
- A more confident approach to ambitious forms at the wheel
Who is this workshop best for?
Open to students with at least beginner wheel-throwing experience.
Materials provided
Everything provided to members and students - clay, tools, equipment, etc.
What must attendees bring?
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Other important info
- Firing is not included.
- Members: Firing charged at regular member rate of $0.04 per cu-in.
- For non-members:
- If you wish to glaze your piece at the studio, you will purchase a $35 glaze pass and glaze firing will be $0.08 per cu-in. Reach out to [email protected] and we will set you up for firing!
- If you wish for Hey Clay to glaze your piece, then it will be $25 per piece. You will submit this once the workshop is completed.
About the instructor
Christopher is a British-born potter now based in Brooklyn. He comes to Hey Clay after five years teaching at Artshack and loves to share his passion for functional ceramics and community building through clay. His favourite forms are bottles and teapots and he is one half of @AmeliaCarves.
Reservations
This class reservation cannot be cancelled once booked!
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