teens after school clay

Our after school classes are a great introduction for any budding potters to receive focussed, developmental instruction on the wheel and hand building using our renowned methods with caring, experienced teachers. Young people can work at their own pace but also get plenty of inspiration and instruction.

Kids need a variety of tactile experiences to learn about the complexity and richness of information the world has to offer. In this ever more technologically focused world it is easy for them to miss out on tactile experiences. Saltwater’s after school sessions can help bring them back down to Earth by offering pottery lessons that provide a messy, muddy alternative for young people to express themselves.

Open ended and exploratory in nature, we provide a place for them to come and have fun making with clay. Our students can choose between collaborative and individual experiences and all will be offered the chance to develop skills on the potterʼs wheel.

The team at Saltwater are extremely mindful that childrenʼs time is often filled with pressure at school - therefor this offering is not about producing products to take home to parents (although they certainly will!) but rather, the focus is on the experience of experimenting and playing with an earthly, responsive material that can be manipulated in many varying, exciting and often quite personal ways.

Keep their creative minds active at Saltwater's after school art alternative. A safe space for your teens to sit make a create. Learn the fundamentals of clay and the process of pottery. Over eight weeks we're covering all the basics of wheel throwing, hand building, and glazing. Monday eves at 5.30pm till 7pm over an 8-week-term for youth's aged 12-17 years