Muddy Hands Wheel Throwing September

Muddy Hands Wheel Throwing

w/ Johanna Buwalda

Sunday September 21

2:30-5pm

$50

It takes commitment to learn wheel throwing. This class is tailored to beginners who want to ‘get a taste’ of pottery and see if they want to invest the time to learn this amazing skill.

You don’t need any prior artistic abilities and don’t need to bring anything to class. The instructor will guide you through the first steps of making wheel thrown pottery: from setting up a potters-wheel, centering, opening, pulling up the wall of your pot, and safely cleaning up your work area.

Each student will be provided with 3 pounds of clay for 3 wheel thrown pieces. At the end of class, you can choose the pot that you wish to keep. The instructor will finish the piece for you, glaze it, and fire it for you. Two to three weeks after class, you can pick up your pot.

You can take this class as often as you like and/or sign up for a four-week beginning wheel course.

Instructor Bio

Johanna Buwalda was born and raised in the Netherlands. She started taking art lessons at an early age and began learning about pottery around the age of 15 at a local ceramicist’s studio. Her interest in ceramics was influenced by her parents who collected mostly Dutch and German pottery and therefore many weekends were spent visiting studios, galleries and pottery exhibits in museums. During her time in college where she studied art therapy, Johanna worked in Museum Boymans van Beuningen which owns one of the largest ceramic collections in the Netherlands.

After some roaming around the world and living in various countries, she settled in Chicago in 1994 where she raised her children. Johanna has a Master Degree in Education in Early Childhood Development, and a Master Degree in Psychology. She is licensed to practice clinical counseling in both Illinois and Wisconsin. Johanna has over 30 years of experience as a therapist, administrator, and trainer working with survivors of war including refugees, torture survivors, development workers, and veterans in the Netherlands, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and the US. In Chicago, Johanna took pottery classes at Lill Street Art Center for better life/work/family balance, and further solidified her craft and design.

Since moving to the beautiful Northwoods of Wisconsin in 2018, Johanna now lives on the Wisconsin River with David and their two dogs. Johanna kayaks the Wisconsin river, maintains a vegetable garden, and takes endless hikes in the surrounding forests. She has established a home-based pottery studio where she further developed her pottery making skills. Johanna teaches all-level pottery classes at The Warehouse, and sells her work at as many regional art and craft fairs as she can. Her home studio is open by appointment or by chance.

Cancellation policy:
Class fees must be paid at the time of registration.
Full refunds or credits will be issued in the event a class or workshop is cancelled.
You must cancel a minimum of a week prior to the class or workshop in order to receive a 75% refund or 100% credit towards a future class.
No refunds or credits will be made for cancelling within a week of the first day of the class or workshop.

A $5 processing fee will be charged for refunded classes.

YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED, NOR IS YOUR SPOT HELD, UNTIL PAYMENT IS RECEIVED!