Ceramic Throwing and Surface Techniques with Harlex Pua
About This Experience
At this event, Harlex Pua will guide you on how to hand-throw a ceramic cup, bowl and vase on a pottery wheel. He will share surface techniques such as trimming, carving and imprinting to create shapes and patterns and show finished examples of how glaze affects the surface. Join us to learn about tools and gain inspiration to expand your ceramic artist journey!
Materials
Speedball Clay Boss pottery wheel (special order)
Laguna Greystone or Laguna Frost
Princeton Catalyst Contour: c-22, c-23, c-24, c-61, c-64, c-83
Opus Precut Birch Plywood Board 18x24
Optional Materials
About Your Host
Over the last four years, Harlex Pua has been practicing ceramics, mainly focusing on using a pottery wheel and throwing clay into vessels. High school art classes introduced him to the world of ceramics, and from there, he continued to develop and push his skills as a self-taught ceramic artist.
Harlex is a part-time student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University studying for his BFA (Bachelor of Fine Art) and a part-time employee at Opus Art Supplies, North Vancouver. Harlex is community-minded and dreams of a future where he helps ceramic artists acquire pottery materials and tools, along with education and studio space.
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