Weekly Courses
Our 6-week pottery courses offer the opportunity to develop an in-depth understanding of the various stages of the ceramic process, from initial creation of your piece on the wheel or by hand, through to glazing and firing – and at a pace which suits you. In all our wheel-throwing courses and sessions you will enjoy the use of your own wheel throughout.
All 6-week courses include open-access studio hours
Please note: we require a minimum of 4 students for our courses to run; we reserve the right to cancel any courses not meeting this minimum student requirement. Where possible we will offer an alternative start date during the same course session.
*****If you have any medical conditions or if you have had any surgery within the six months prior to your course, PLEASE LET US KNOW BEFORE BOOKING YOUR SPACE: we are unable to issue refunds once a course has started or within 7 days of the course start date due to withdrawals on account of medical problems not notified to us prior to booking.*****
per session and open access
6 Weeks
daytime & evening options
£275
per person
BEGINNERS' WHEEL-THROWING
In our beginners’ courses, you will learn basic techniques, and will be introduced to the glazing process and glazing options. Learn how to centre clay on the
wheel, and throw simple cylinder and bowl shapes.
NB: Students will need to purchase a basic pottery toolkit (available from the studio, £7.50)
*Courses run every 7 weeks throughout the year: if the courses listed are full, please contact us to join the waiting list
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INTERMEDIATE WHEEL-THROWING
Our intermediate course will enable you to improve your throwing technique as well as develop additional skills such as adding handles, creating simple spouted forms such as jugs, and throwing lids.
Students joining us from outside, i.e. who have not completed our beginners’ wheel-throwing course, should be able to comfortably centre clay on the wheel consistently, pull basic cylinder and bowl forms, and be familiar with basic techniques for turning leatherhard pots.
*Courses generally run every 7 weeks throughout the year: if the courses listed are full, please contact us to join the waiting list.
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ADVANCED WHEEL-THROWING
In our ADVANCED WHEEL – POURING VESSELS
In our ADVANCED WHEEL – TABLE & KITCHENWARE
course, you will learn how to throw plates and platters, alter thrown shapes, create stoppered vessels, throw in series (‘production pottery’) & off-the-hump, and combine thrown shapes with hand-built elements.
In our ADVANCED WHEEL – ALTERED FORMS
course, you will learn how to throw double-walled pots, create alternative forms of lidded vessels,throw faceted pieces, and join thrown forms together to create larger pieces.
***Courses run every 7 weeks throughout the year: if the courses listed are full, please contact us to join the waiting list***
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Intro to Handbuilding
In these sessions you will learn a range of
handbuilding and decoration techniques, and will be introduced to the glazing process and glazing options. Projects will include slab pots, coiled
vessels, and pieces built using slump / hump moulds.
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CLAY MODELLING & SCULPTURE
Join our specialist tutor Carol Jacobs for this NEW course!
Use slab and modelling techniques to produce relief tiles, and freestanding forms such as heads, figures, animals and landscapes.
Carving and surface-texture techniques will be explored, and you will be introduced to working with oxides.
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