A Pottery Class in Spain
Simple Spanish sentences for signing up to a pottery class, working the wheel and glazing your first piece.
Spain has a long ceramics tradition, from Talavera to Manises near Valencia, and small talleres de cerámica run evening courses for beginners with clay and kiln included in a monthly fee. You learn to centrar el barro on the torno, let pieces dry, and then they go in the horno twice, before and after the esmalte. These sentences follow a beginner's enquiry, first class on the wheel and the day the mug comes out of the kiln.
- 1
Quiero aprender a usar el torno.
I want to learn to use the wheel.
- 2
¿Hay un curso de cerámica para principiantes?
Is there a pottery course for beginners?
- 3
¿Cuánto cuesta el curso al mes?
How much is the course a month?
- 4
¿El barro está incluido?
Is the clay included?
- 5
Ponte ropa vieja, que te vas a manchar.
Wear old clothes, you'll get dirty.
- 6
Primero hay que centrar el barro.
First you have to centre the clay.
- 7
Mójate las manos.
Wet your hands.
- 8
¡Se me ha deformado!
It's gone out of shape on me!
- 9
Despacio, no aprietes tanto.
Slowly, don't press so hard.
- 10
Es más difícil de lo que parece.
It's harder than it looks.
- 11
Tiene que secarse una semana.
It has to dry for a week.
- 12
Luego la cocemos en el horno.
Then we fire it in the kiln.
- 13
¿De qué color quieres el esmalte?
What colour glaze do you want?
- 14
Estoy haciendo una taza para mi madre.
I'm making a mug for my mum.
- 15
Está un poco torcida, pero me gusta.
It's a bit wonky, but I like it.
- 16
¿Cuándo puedo recogerla?
When can I pick it up?
- 17
La mía se ha agrietado.
Mine has cracked.
- 18
Tengo barro por todas partes.
I've got clay everywhere.
- 19
Me relaja muchísimo.
It really relaxes me.
- 20
¿Puedo venir otro día para recuperar la clase?
Can I come another day to make up the class?