How to Throw a Bowl

Step-by-step guide to throwing a bowl on the pottery wheel. One of the first forms every potter learns.

At Boulder Pottery Studio in Boulder, we teach this and much more in our pottery classes and workshops. This guide gives you an overview of what you'll learn hands-on in our studio.

What You'll Learn

This topic is covered in our pottery classes, where you'll get hands-on instruction from experienced ceramic artists. Reading about pottery technique is helpful, but nothing replaces the feeling of clay in your hands with a skilled instructor guiding you.

Our Boulder pottery studio is equipped with everything you need — pottery wheels, handbuilding tables, gas kilns, electric kilns, a full glaze library, and all the tools of the craft. Small class sizes (12 students max) mean you get real attention and feedback.

Learn How to Throw a Bowl at Boulder Pottery Studio

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Related Skills

Pottery is an interconnected craft — each technique builds on others. As you progress, you'll discover how how to throw a bowl connects to other aspects of ceramic arts, from clay preparation to glazing to firing.