Beginner's Pottery Wheel Course with Wheelfulness

Mindful Journey from Shaping to Glazing



7 x 1.5 hours Location Matraville Class size 1 to 4 guests   $490 (Afterpay available)

This beginner-friendly course offers a mindful introduction to the pottery wheel and invites you to experience Wheelfulness. Through the Wheelfulness approach, the wheel is not only used for shaping clay, but also for cultivating somatic mindfulness. This course is capped at four participants, ensuring plenty of individual support and a calm atmosphere.
Shaping: You will learn foundational wheel-throwing techniques and will experiment with shaping the clay into different forms. Through the Wheelfulness approach, attention is given not only to technique, but also to cultivating mindfulness, presence, and a felt sense of inner stillness while working at the wheel.
Glazing: You’ll learn both predictable approaches to applying underglazes, as well as more adventurous methods such as layering glazes to create variegated surfaces. You can choose from a wide range of colourful underglazes and food-safe studio glazes to add the finishing touches to your pots.
Glazing and kiln-firing are included in your booking fee.
What you'll get
  • Mindful introduction to the pottery wheel
  • Small-group learning (maximum four participants)
  • Glazing and kiln-firing included
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Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly course. No previous experience required.
What to bring
It is recommended that you wear clothes you don’t mind getting clay on, or bring an apron if you prefer.
Session repeats

This class series runs over 7 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.

Suitable for

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 15 years old).

Adult accompaniment is not required.

Location

Wheelfulness Studio - 5/153 Beauchamp Road, Matraville NSW

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Recent reviews of Beginner's Pottery Wheel Course with Wheelfulness

  • 5/5 from Karen Sherwood, attended Apr 2024: A really fantastic introduction to wheel throwing! Bettina was so patient and explained everything so clearly - she’s a wonderful teacher. The studio is a lovely space. The introduction has left me keen to try another course with Bettina!
  • 5/5 from Miranda Carter, attended Jan 2024: Exactly what I’d been hoping for! Bettina is a patient, insightful and generous teacher, and her studio is such a lovely space to be in. I’m hooked!
  • 5/5 from Sophie Lewis, attended Jan 2024: I had a very enjoyable time learning the basics of pottery. Very clear instruction and venue was lovely. Bettina is a patient and clear teacher I had a great experience
  • 5/5 from Christine Lee, attended Dec 2023: We would recommend Bettina to anyone seeking to learn about pottery-making. Bettina is a great teacher - patient and knows how to help novices learn techniques. Her studio & equipment are very clean, you can tell Bettina takes pride is creating an environment that is conducive for learning. Even though it was one of the hottest day (43 degrees) and there was no air-conditioning, the studio was cool, we were not uncomfortable at all.
Your teacher

Bettina Stevanovic
Bettina Stevanovic
(Wheelfulness)

5.0 (216)
female Women-owned

I'm a somatic clay therapist offering mindfulness-based pottery classes and one-on-one therapy sessions in a calm and welcoming studio.
Before finding my way to clay, I spent several years in academia, completing a PhD in psychology and teaching at university. I began working with clay as a hobby, and over time, what started as a personal mindfulness practice evolved into a professional calling, leading me to train as a Clay Field® therapist.
I started Wheelfulness in 2019, and since then it has become known for its personalised approach that cultivates somatic mindfulness at the pottery wheel. Now, from my new studio in Matraville, I continue to offer small-group pottery classes alongside one-on-one clay therapy sessions.

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