Description
Our summer pottery courses run from the end of July to mid August. (We also run specific sculpture short courses and workshops). - Suitable for beginners to experienced potters, we have a course to suit everyone - Children over 10 and teenagers welcome when accompanied by a parent or guardian. These short courses introduce hand-building and throwing on the potter's wheel, decoration and glazing. Beginners are guided step-by-step through different projects. We show you how to make using specific construction techniques, and you choose what it is you are making (like a mug, pot, vase, etc). We will show you how to decorate it and make it unique. Intermediates and experienced potters can choose how they want to work.
What's included in the price?
The price of the course includes your materials, clay and glaze, and two firings. We provide everything you need.
Duration
3 hours
Cancellation policy
Easy - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 2 weeks before the course starts
Maker
Suitable for
- Adults
- Seniors
- Teenagers
- Children
- Wheelchair users
- Suitable for beginners
- Intermediate level
- Advanced/pro level
- Public transport
FAQs
We will show you a technique, like pinch pots.
We will show you and talk through how to construct using this technique.
You get to choose what you make, like a mug, or jug, or something decorative / ornamental like an owl. You get creative freedom within certain parameters (like size for instance).
We will give you instructions, and then let you get on with making.
We wont stand over you watching everything you do - we think the best way to learn is through doing, through trial and error, and getting an understanding of how the clay behaves.
We will help you make informed decisions, but we will let you get on with your making when you are doing it right, and we will tell you if there is a better way / correct way to do something.
If you don't understand something, or if something doesn't work for you, please tell us so that we can adjust our teaching to help you.
Bring a drink in a bottle or a lidded cup.
You can make tea and coffee in the studio entrance hall (but bring your own milk!)
Bring an apron if you have one, and an old tea towel or small cloth for you hands.
Bring a notebook or sketchbook to keep track of your projects (there's a lot of information along the way!)
In local roads there is free parking within a 5 minute walk of the studio.
There are pay and display bays closer to the studio.
There are disabled bays close to the studio as well.