147-Beginner Wheel Throwing
In Person | Available
This is a great class to get an initial experience of working with clay in the wheel and make some gifts for loved ones.
Beginning students will start with basic throwing techniques and progress with each students’ needs. We will work with stoneware and electric fire to cone 6 making all work microwave and dishwasher safe.
Instructor will demonstrate the basic techniques & work closely with each student to ensure success.
The Center has a wheelchair accessible pottery wheel in our ceramics studio. Please call the office at 908-234-2345 if you are registering for this class and would like to reserve the wheel.
- Students require a basic pottery tool kit and clay. Students may purchase a set of tools from The Center or bring their own. Clay must be bought from The Center.
Jennifer Evans Arbo
Jennifer Evans Arbo is a Fine Arts Ceramicist and Photographer residing in New Jersey. Originally from California, she traveled the world, living in England, Spain and Uruguay before landing on the East Coast. She has a BA and Post graduate degree from London College of Fashion and minored in Ceramics.
Jennifer specializes in wheel throwing a sgraffito surface technique in her ceramics and uses the human form to tell emotional stories in clay. Jennifer shares her love of art by helping to inspire the next generation of artists. She has been teaching fashion to young adults and currently teaches beginner ceramics to adults and teens at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Bedminster, NJ.
Keiko Inouye
Keiko studied pottery at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT and went on to be the First Apprentice to Kaitaro Kojima in Soja, Japan. Kaitaro Kojima is well known as the First Apprentice to the son of Japanese National Living Treasure, Kei Fujiwara.
After her 4 year apprenticeship she became “inchininmae” and was given her own symbol as a mark of pottery mastery. The signature is derived from her last name and the Japanese kanji for water well. She has had two exhibitions in both Japan and the US.
Keiko Inouye currently works and resides in New Jersey where her pottery has been adopted by some of the finest restaurants such as Common Lot, Summit House, Fiorino Ristorante & Bar, Juniper Hill, Ram & Rooster, Jockey Hollow Bar and Kitchen, Sona and Viaggio.