The Potter's Wheel & Beyond: A Workshop with Candice Boese

Explore the Potter’s Wheel and Learn the Art of Jiggering with the Queenston Pottery Team

Part of Winter in Wine Country

Step inside our historic Niagara-on-the-Lake studio and immerse yourself in the joy, challenge, and creativity of working with clay. This intimate 3-session workshop (limited to just 6 participants) invites you to learn real production pottery skills, guided by throwing instructor Candice Boese and the experienced Queenston Pottery team.

Whether you’re brand-new to clay or eager to explore more advanced techniques, this experience blends learning, artistry, and community in a warm, inspiring studio with a 48-year pottery tradition.

What You’ll Experience

Across three fun, skill-building sessions, you’ll try your hand at a wide variety of techniques used to create the pieces sold in our gallery. Some skills are quick wins; others take practice, but all are rewarding and uniquely satisfying.

You’ll get to:

• Throw on one of our four potter’s wheels
• Jigger your own cups using plaster-assisted forms
• Trim your thrown and jiggered pieces and choose how to finish them:
• • Carve a jiggered form into a candle holder
  • Pull and attach handles to create a mug
  • Shape a functional spout and turn your form into a pitcher
• Glaze your pieces using dipping, brushwork, pigments, and overglaze decoration

By the end, you’ll walk away with four personally designed and professionally fired pieces, and the confidence that comes from learning many of the foundational skills of studio pottery.

Workshop Schedule

Session 1: Thursday, March 26 (6:30–9:30 PM)

• Introduction to the wheel
• Throwing forms
• Jiggering mugs with plaster forms

Session 2: Friday, March 27 (6:30–9:30 PM)

• Trimming your wheel-thrown and jiggered pieces and choosing what to create:
• Carving a candle holder
• Pulling & attaching handles
• Creating spouts for a small pitcher

Session 3: Thursday, April 23 (6:30–9:30 PM)

• Full glazing experience
  Your four favourite pieces will have been bisque-fired to 1000°C and will be ready for you to wax, glaze, decorate, and personalize before their final firing to 1330°C.

Finished pieces will be ready for pickup in approximately 8–12 weeks.

What’s Included

• All clay, glazes, tools, and materials
• Use of our fully equipped production studio
• Expert instruction from Candice Boese & Queenston Pottery makers
• Two kiln firings (bisque and high-temperature glaze firing)
• Four finished pieces to keep
• Wine, light refreshments, community, and plenty of creative fun

Investment

$360 + HST
A comprehensive, skill-packed workshop delivered in a professional studio environment.

Ready to Create Something Beautiful?

Spaces are limited to ensure personal attention and hands-on learning. Join us for a warm, inspiring, and deeply creative experience you won’t forget.

Booking Details:

To ensure a vibrant and interactive experience, we require a minimum of 4 participants per session.

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