THROWING with JOHN STROOMER
‘Taking it to the next level’

Workshops 2024
Intermediate to Advanced

Take your throwing skills to the next level with John Stroomer in this course designed for Intermediate to Advanced potters. Over two days of intense group and individual hands on tuition John will share his expertise and teach you how to throw precisely and resolve those self-limiting bad habits and techniques.

Get the basics right and the rest will follow. If you have difficulty moving forward with your throwing skills this is the workshop that will teach you what it takes to create a pot with exquisite balance and form. (Participants should be able to centre and draw up a cylinder).

Courses will be run at John’s studio in Moorooduc on the Mornington Peninsula. Excellent facilities featuring all new Shimpo Whisper Wheels and adjustable seats.

COURSE COVERS

  • Clay preparation/wedging

  • Structure of a pot

  • What it takes to make precision pots

  • Course instruction is tailored to your skill level and individual needs to help you move forward as a potter

  • Advanced throwing techniques and tips using ribs and various throwing/turning tools

  • Pots in sections/Joining Techniques/Use of Bats/Gas Torches

Places are limited with a Max of 8, Min of 5 for Workshops to go ahead.

DATES
2 Day Weekend Workshops:

  • Sat 1st - Sun 2nd June ( Sold Out )
    Elizabeth Bell Ceramics
    Fyansford Paper Mills, Bellarine Peninsula
    www.elizabethbellceramics.com

    Workshops at John Stroomer’s Moorooduc Studio:

  • Sat 8th - Sun 9th June ( 3 Spots left )

  • Sat 15th - Sun 16th June ( 3 Spots left )

*Other dates added on demand

TIME
9am-5pm Sat & Sun

LUNCH
BYO lunch, Tea/Coffee provided

COST
$495

MATERIALS
BYO Clay. Due to the nature of the course participants need to supply their own clay as we want to work with clays that you normally use. While this course is a skill based course and not production based bisque firing is available for selected work if needed.

Audrey Blackman Porcelain, Walkers PB 103 and Walkers No 10 available for purchase.

 

John Stroomer

Described as a virtuoso of the potters wheel John Stroomer has held over thirty 2 and 5 day international workshops in the UK Europe and India as well as several international zoom workshops from his studio on the Mornington Peninsula.

He has had wide experience with stoneware and porcelain clays, gas reduction, electric, wood and salt kilns.

John has been a potter for over 50 years, employing 23 potters plus apprentices during the 1980s and 90s and is highly regarded for his skills as a potter and as teacher.

 

  • 'The course was absolutely brilliant, the facilities are great, the tutoring second to none and gave us a sound basis and the confidence to progress. Thank you so much for organising this masterclass. John Stroomer is a great teacher.'

  • 'I have enjoyed the course so much and thanks to Johns meticulous teaching my throwing has improved tremendously.' – BELINDA –

  • 'Thanks for a great day and please thank John for his great tuition. You will be pleased to hear my wife was a bit stunned at the quality of the pots I made.' – STEVE –

  • 'Thanks to John for his excellent teaching, I definitely improved my skills this last week.' – NICKI –

  • 'Adrian is largely self taught, he attended pottery classes and short courses with John Stroomer who he found to be an inspirational and generous teacher.'

  • 'Just wanted to say thanks to you and John for a fantastic course. Lets hope John will be up for coming back next year and moving us to the next step.' – CERI –