An intermediate course extending knowledge and honing skills in hand building, wheel work and decoration/glazing to produce more refined finished products. Students will have the opportunity to choose a hand building technique they have previously learnt to make a more complex work, as well as spend more time on the wheel. Examples of work include teapots/coffee pour overs, cups/keep cups, nesting bowls, lidded vessels, boxes and other more geometric forms and sculptural vessels.

This course is taught by either

Rachel Petchkovsky

Rachel Petchkovsky has been teaching at WEA since 2022. 

Rachel completed a Diploma of Ceramics in New South Wales in 2000. She is a practicing artist, pottery teacher and early childhood educator. 

In her practice she works with clay, textiles, natural dyeing, leather, glass and natural fibres and materials. She has a special interest in raku firing techniques and post firing reduction.

Bridget Saville

Bridget Saville has been teaching at WEA since July 2022. 

Bridget is a ceramicist and designer creating functional and sculptural objects through wheel throwing and hand building techniques. A graduate of Interior Design from RMIT University, Bridget’s work explores the relationship between architectural forms and the human body.

Working with clay since 2015, Bridget has been an Associate at the JamFactory in Adelaide since 2023, where she has the opportunity to explore her practice and develop her skills.