Pottery: handbuilding, pinch, coil and slab building courses

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Make a textured Porcelain Planter with Gwen Bainbridge at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns

Cumbria - Next course on 30th April 2020

£75

Make a textured Plant Pot in Porcelain with Gwen Bainbridge A day with this talented ceramics artist to create a unique piece for your favourite pot plant, of approx 5 inches across, but which would look equally effective as a statement in its own right. Using a combination of lino cut tools to gratifyingly skim across the soft porcelain, as well as various hand carved cutters and stamps (bring your own if you have) and incorporating Gwen's own signature use of textures and patterns you will learn how to create...

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Pottery classes in Teesside

Cleveland

£20

Weekly classes suitable for, but not exclusive to, beginners. The groups are small, friendly & informal, with a maximum of 6 people per class so that you can be provided with ample support & encouragement. To get you started you will be given a demonstration of the technique to be used in the session. You will then be able to create your own unique piece using the technique you have been shown or work on your own project. Techniques include pinch pots, slab work, coiling, surface decoration & wheel work....

Pottery throwing on the potter's wheel (plus hand building)

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Pottery throwing on the potter's wheel (plus hand building)

Northamptonshire - Next course on 7th April 2020

£85

Ever wished you could throw pots successfully at the potter's wheel? Well, now you can! And, you will be in a small group, so lots of 1 to 1 tuition. Our day courses are designed for bookings of 1, 2, 3 or 4 people to experience together. Come along with a friend and pay only £85 each, or bring a third and fourth family member or friend for further reductions. For example, 3 people only pay £80 each, 4 people only pay £70 each. (1 person is just £90.) Richard...

Pottery / ceramics / wheel throwing courses Dudley, Wolverhampton

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Pottery / ceramics / wheel throwing courses Dudley, Wolverhampton

West Midlands

£95

Please click 'View Website' above where there is detailed course information including booking details location and access arrangements. In brief our one day ceramics and pottery workshops can include a full day of throwing on the wheel and/or handbuilding and sculpting with clay. Complementary drinks and cakes also available if you wish to partake of our afternoon tea. Lorraine Bates is a fully qualified teacher and designer maker who trained in ceramics at Bath Academy of Art, and has many years experience in the pottery industry in Stoke. Learn to...

Animal clay sculpture workshops with Jill Collier

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Animal clay sculpture workshops with Jill Collier

Oxfordshire - Next course on 4th April 2020

£75

My animal sculpture workshops are suitable for all abilities, including beginners and those that have experience and would like to improve. Starting from a slab of clay I will show you step by step how to hand build your animal creation, using various sculpting skills. Once your sculpture is complete you will be able to add colour with slips and underglazes. Your completed sculpture will need to dry and then be fired in a kiln before you can collect it at a later date. Workshops are 4 - 6 people

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Pottery workshop at Claynglaze Pottery

West Sussex

£30

Two hours creative hand building, stabbing, coiling, pinching, using bowlmoulds and formers, sculpting animals, busts, figurative and contemporary forms, slip casting or throwing for the beginner or experienced potter with our production thrower on as pay as you go basis. Well equipped large studio in rural environment, accommodation can be offered. Contact us for more details.

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One day slab-building clay workshop

Suffolk

£80

Course themes vary. Make and decorate your own clay platter / vase / house plaque. You will use use the traditional hand-building 'slabbing' technique and experiment with decorative surfaces using sgrafitto stamping, imprinting and stencilling techniques. Half-day children and family workshops also available upon demand. Working in an informal studio environment, above an antique furniture restorer, local artist-teacher Louise Gridley will guide you through the making and decoration processes using clay. Make your ceramic outcome for yourself or as a personalised gift. Workshops are suitable for all abilities. All ceramic...

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Animal clay sculpture workshops one day

Buckinghamshire - Next course on 4th April 2020

£75

At the end of the day you would have made a Sculpture, but will need to be left to dry and fired. My workshops are designed for complete beginners and improvers. Generally I cover animal sculpture, like Hare, Dogs, Foxes, Cats etc I will talk you through it step by step. If you don’t want to make an animal you can make large bowl or vase, using either slab pieces and build it or coiling method.These are simple methods but need bit of patience Once again I will help you...

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Learn Pottery with Marina

Surrey

£50

I love to inspire others to create beautiful pottery, so I offer a range of one-to-one and small group (max two) tuition in my garden studio in Dorking, covering the basics of throwing, turning and decorating, also coiling, slab work and the use of glazes, oxides and lustres. Students can explore pottery at their own pace, follow their individual interests and create lasting objects. One-to-one lessons cost £50 per 2-hour session, including materials and two firings. If you come with a second person it's only £40 p/p. As objects need...

Pottery courses in the South Downs National Park

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Pottery courses in the South Downs National Park

Sussex

£135

One-to-one Pottery Courses The pottery is small but provides a great opportunity for individual tuition or two people sharing a course. This could include a mixture of throwing on the wheel and hand-building, with time to concentrate on one or the other. A variety of techniques can be explored to decorate your work. Stoneware clay is used and fired in an electric kiln with a choice of glazes. In a 2 hour class you will be throwing on the wheel and produce a few bowls. In a full day class...