PHOTOS: Wheel Thrown Pottery
January 2, 2017
Clayhouse Studios in Kimball Junction hosted their final installment of a six-week wheel throwing pottery course Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017, beginning at 10 a.m. The course, which only saw two participants this cycle, taught students how to throw clay on a wheel and featured a lesson in sculpting on the class's last day. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger carefully cuts off the top portion of her vase as she continues to work with the clay on the potter's wheel at Playhouse Kessinger was teaching the final class of a six-week wheel throwing pottery course. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger, right, shows Ilana Baltuch, left, how to position her fingers when pinching the edge of the clay cup while it spins on the wheel to get a smooth and thin edge Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. Baltic is one of Kessinger's students in a six-week wheel throwing pottery course. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger carefully trims the bottom edge of her pot as she prepares to finish it at the beginning of her throwing potter course at Playhouse Studios Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. After throwing on the wheel, Kessinger led her group in a tutorial about sculpting. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Ilana Baltuch admires her pot after she finishes turning it on the potter's wheel at Clayhouse Studio's throwing potter course Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. The class, which was the final installment of a six-week course, only saw two participants. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Potters work on the wheel on a snowy Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017, at Clayhouse Studios in Kimball Junction.(Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Patti Pepelnjak, a Playhouse Studios member, works on practicing centering and pulling on the potter's wheel Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. Pepelnjak normally does slab work, but was determined to try and master this other technique. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Chris Munro keeps a firm hand and steady concentration on her clay as she works to center and shape it into a saucer plate Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. Munro was one of two participants in Karissa Kessinger's six-week wheel throwing pottery course. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger leans over to talk with Chris Munro as she works to create a lip on her saucer during a wheel throwing pottery course Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. The class moved from making saucers on the wheel to learning how to sculpt. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Chris Munro, right, keeps a firm hand and steady concentration on her clay as she works to center and shape it into a saucer plate Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. Munro was one of two participants in Karissa Kessinger's six-week wheel throwing pottery course. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger spins her saucer on the potter's wheel, using tools to refine and smooth the edges Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. Kessinger teaches a six-week wheel throwing pottery course at the studio, where students learn how to throw on the wheel and create a variety of pots, plates and more.(Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger shows her students, Chris Munro, left, and Ilana Baltuch, right, what their finished saucer plate should look like after creating it on the potter's wheel Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. The class met weekly for the past six weeks from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.(Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger uses a metal tool to smooth out the texture of her sculpture as she creates a demonstration piece for her class Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. The class requested to learn about sculpting on their last day of their six-week course. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger uses a metal tool to add texture to her sculpture as she creates a demonstration piece for her class Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. The class requested to learn about sculpting on their last day of their six-week course. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger attaches pieces of clay to a coil-made base during a sculpture demonstration for her class Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. Kessinger created her 14-year-old Jack Russell Terrier "Shorty" for the demonstration. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger attaches pieces of clay to a coil-made base during a sculpture demonstration for her class Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. Kessinger created her 14-year-old Jack Russell Terrier "Shorty" for the demonstration. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger attaches pieces of clay to a coil-made base during a sculpture demonstration for her class Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. Kessinger created her 14-year-old Jack Russell Terrier "Shorty" for the demonstration. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger attaches pieces of clay to a coil-made base during a sculpture demonstration for her class Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. Kessinger created her 14-year-old Jack Russell Terrier "Shorty" for the demonstration. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Chris Munro attentively watches as Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger attaches pieces of clay to a coil-made base during a sculpture demonstration for her class Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. Kessinger created her 14-year-old Jack Russell Terrier "Shorty" for the demonstration. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Clayhouse Studios Manager Karissa Kessinger attaches pieces of clay to a coil-made base during a sculpture demonstration for her class Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2017. Kessinger created her 14-year-old Jack Russell Terrier "Shorty" for the demonstration. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
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