Courses
Want a structured introduction to clay?
Our four-week Foundations courses give complete beginners a focused introduction to ceramics. Choose wheel throwing or handbuilding, learn the essential techniques in sequence, and make your first finished pieces.
Prefer to learn as you go? You can join SuperHuman as a member from day one. Beginners are welcome, and ongoing instruction is included with membership.
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Foundations Courses
Prefer a structured starting point?
Our four-week Foundations courses move through a set beginner curriculum in sequence. You'll learn alongside the same group each week and build the essential skills step by step.
Best for someone who wants a defined introduction before deciding what comes next.
Membership
Want learning to follow your practice?
Membership includes ongoing instruction, so you can get help with the skills you're actually working on as your practice develops. Spend more time on centering if you need it. Learn handles when you're ready. Move into larger or more ambitious forms at your own pace.
Best for someone ready to make ceramics part of their routine. Beginners are welcome.
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Progress doesn't happen in a straight line.
Everyone progresses differently. Membership is designed so your instruction can follow your practice instead of forcing your practice to follow a curriculum.
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4-Week Beginner Course
Wheel Throwing Foundations
Learn the fundamentals of controlling clay on the wheel. Over four weeks, you'll build the core skills every wheel-throwing practice starts with: preparing clay, centering, opening, pulling walls, refining form, and finishing your work.
- 4 weeks
- Structured beginner instruction
- No experience needed
- Designed for complete beginners
- Up to 3 pieces fired
- Select your strongest work to finish
What you'll learn
Week 1 - Prepare + Center
Learn clay preparation and wedging, wheel setup, body position, centering, and opening.
Week 2 - Pull + Build
Learn to pull walls, control thickness, and begin building clean cylindrical forms.
Week 3 - Refine + Trim
Practice consistency, work toward taller straight-walled cylinders, and learn the fundamentals of trimming.
Week 4 - Finish + Look Ahead
Finish selected work, learn basic glazing principles, and see how these foundational skills can develop into bowls, mugs, altered forms, and more advanced work.
The goal is not to make as many pots as possible. You'll have room to practice, then select up to three pieces to finish and fire.
4-Week Beginner Course
Handbuilding Foundations
Learn how to build with clay without a wheel. Over four weeks, you'll explore pinch, coil and slab construction, learn how to join and refine forms, and use those techniques to create your first finished pieces.
- 4 weeks
- Structured beginner instruction
- No experience needed
- Designed for complete beginners
- Up to 3 pieces fired
- Select your strongest work to finish
What you'll learn
Week 1 - Pinch + Coil
Learn clay preparation, compression, even wall thickness, joining clay, and building simple forms using pinch and coil techniques.
Week 2 - Build with Slabs
Learn soft and firm slab construction, rolling clay, using templates, cutting clean shapes, scoring and slipping, and creating strong seams.
Week 3 - Form + Function
Combine techniques, refine proportions, and learn how to add functional or structural elements such as feet, handles, lids, or attachments.
Week 4 - Surface + Finish
Refine edges and surfaces, explore simple decorative approaches, learn basic glazing principles, and select your strongest work for firing.
You'll have room to practice throughout the course and may select up to three pieces to finish and fire.
Keep Going
Learn the fundamentals here. Build your practice through membership.
Your Foundations course gives you a starting point. Membership gives you the time, space and ongoing instruction to keep developing in the direction that interests you. Learn new skills as you're ready for them, practice between lessons, and take your work as far as you want it to go.
You don't need to complete a course before joining. Beginners are always welcome.
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