Push your throwing beyond the basics with an eight-week Monday morning course at Black Hound Clay Studio South. Learn to make matched sets, lidded jars, pedestal bowls, goblets and slab-and-wheel plates under instructor Lauren Rider.
Push your throwing beyond the basics with an eight-week Monday morning course at Black Hound Clay Studio South. Learn to make matched sets, lidded jars, pedestal bowls, goblets and slab-and-wheel plates under instructor Lauren Rider.
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Operated by Black Hound Clay Studio South · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
moderate.
3 hours (weekly, 8 weeks).
No special fitness level required — basic stamina for standing or sitting at a wheel and light upper-body strength for centering and lifting is helpful.
Minimum age is 16.
Yes — the class is held in a wheelchair-accessible classroom at the studio.
Tuition includes instruction, tools, glazes, firing, and 25 pounds of clay. One free open-studio session is also included.
Yes — this is an intermediate class. Students should have completed at least one beginning wheel class and be comfortable with basic throwing steps.
Classes are limited to 12 students to ensure hands-on instruction and individualized feedback.
Email [email protected] for questions about logistics, registration, or installment payments.
South Philadelphia evolved from industrial blocks into a cluster of working studios and galleries, giving practical craft spaces like this steady creative neighbors.
The studio practices material stewardship—reclaiming clay scraps and managing glaze waste—and encourages students to minimize waste and reuse bisque underglaze test tiles.
Black Hound Clay Studio South is a community-focused ceramics studio offering wheelthrowing, handbuilding, glazing, and open studio opportunities. The studio presents a structured curriculum alongside one-day workshops and members-only resources, with offerings that include Wheelthrowing 101, Wheelthrowing 102, Intermediate Wheelthrowing, Intermediate Handbuilding, and specialty workshops like ceramic sculpture and tile carving. Classes are taught by named instructors listed in course descriptions — including Sara Gallo, Veronica Mehl, Madeline Rothman, Isaac, and visiting instructor Jill Allen — and range from beginner Wheelthrowing 101 courses to intermediate-level sessions and focused surface design classes. Several Wheelthrowing 101 listings reference an eight-week format, while other options include single-session workshops such as Make Your Own Tile and One Day Wheel Workshop. The studio supports members with dedicated classes and orientations, including Kiln Orientation, Members Glaze Refresh, and Members Reclaim Refresh, as well as open studio time for students focused on wheelthrowing or handbuilding and glazing. Multiple offerings show active waitlists for in-demand classes, indicating consistent enrollment. Black Hound Clay Studio South appears in class listings tied to South Philadelphia experiences and emphasizes hands-on instruction, small-class environments, and opportunities for creative practice and skill progression.
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