Pottery: handbuilding, pinch, coil and slab building courses

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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 26th October 2019

£90

Ever wished you could throw pots successfully at the potter's wheel? Well, now you can! Richard Gibson MA is a qualified ceramicist with over 20 years' experience of throwing clay pots and producing all manner of fine art made in clay. There is nothing as soothing or as therapeutic as sitting at the potter's wheel and throwing pots. This one day course will give you a head start on some of the essential techniques required to produce your first wheel thrown pot and provide you with a hand building opportunity....

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Beginners ceramics course: hand building, glazing and firing

North Yorkshire

£260

This course is ideal for beginners with an interest in ceramics and who wish to participate in an enjoyable practical ceramics course. You will have the opportunity to develop skills in hand building principals, coiling, slab building, pinching and surface relief for ceramics including under glazing and glazing. You will be given the opportunity towards the end of the course to develop a final piece in your `Guided making time`, which will be linked to you research and sketchbook practice. The course runs for 8 weeks at Creative Studio York...

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Halloween family art course

Hertfordshire - Next course on 29th October 2019

£12

This 2-day course is a steal at just £12.00, as it is funded by Hertfordshire Adult and Family Learning Service! Our warm and friendly art teacher, Ruth Lee, will enable you to learn mixed media and 3D art techniques to produce some non-scary spooky projects! These will include a Halloween silhouette candle jar; a pinch pot Day of the Dead Skull; acrylic-painted stones and lots more!

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Pottery classes in Teesside

Cleveland

£20

Weekly classes suitable for, but not exclusive to, beginners. Our groups are small, friendly & informal, with a maximum of 6 people per class so that we can provide you 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....

Clay making and Glazing Days at 'The Pottery' near Henley on Thames

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Clay making and Glazing Days at 'The Pottery' near Henley on Thames

Oxfordshire - Next course on 26th October 2019

£155

A day of fun and relaxation held at 'The Pottery' in the beautiful countryside near Henley on Thames. Learn the art of hand-building pots and vessels with pinch, coil and slab methods. Workshops will give the participant a chance to experiment and play with the clay and the keen student could have as many 7 or more small pieces by the end of the day. Most go on to glaze their pieces on a further glazing day. If you would like to glaze your pieces after the first kiln firing,...

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...

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Weekly classes at The Clay Studio

East Sussex

£375

All levels from beginner to experienced are very welcome at the studio. We teach various aspects of ceramics from hand building, sculpture, throwing on the wheel, and a range of decorating and glazing techniques. This is to ensure that everybody is able to experience all methods and will be rewarded by taking some beautifully hand-built and designed pieces away with them at the end of the course. There are always two teachers present per class to give plenty of personal attention. The classes run in blocks, which work around school...

Ongoing Regular Pottery Workshops, Main Street, Haworth, West Yorkshire

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Ongoing Regular Pottery Workshops, Main Street, Haworth, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

£50

Have you often had a yearning to have a go on a pottery wheel or understand what goes into making an item out of clay? Or perhaps you have been inspired by the Great Pottery Throw Down seen on BBC2? Ponder no longer the solution is right here! The very popular and successful pottery courses are run from a historic & characterful property which also house the artists studio and gallery situated on the cobbled Main Street in Haworth. Home to the famous Bronte sisters, Wuthering Heights and bleak inspiring...

Pottery Tuition ~ Learn how to Throw on the Potter's Wheel, Slab-build and Coil in 1 Full Day's Attentive Teaching

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Pottery Tuition ~ Learn how to Throw on the Potter's Wheel, Slab-build and Coil in 1 Full Day's Attentive Teaching

Bristol

£180

Hello, I will teach you the basics of throwing on the Potter's Wheel at the start of the day, followed by hand-building and coiling. You will then combine all three techniques to produce 1 sizeable finished item showcasing the techniques you have learnt. The Day will be structured as follows (I can flex timings to suit depending on your travel arrangements): 09:00 Arrival & Prep 09:30 Throwing on the Potter's Wheel (1.5hrs) 11:00 Break (tea, coffee, refreshments provided) 11:30 Hand-building Demo & Practise 12:15 Coiling Demo & Practise 13:00 Lunch...

Pottery/ceramics: introduction to clay and glazing session

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Pottery/ceramics: introduction to clay and glazing session

Merseyside

£120

A mutually convenient time for both of us. This introductory class is for those who have never done pottery before or maybe not since they were at school. We use slabs to make a tea light or vase, we add texture to the clay and learn how to join slabs of clay together using the score and slip method. I then demonstrate how to throw a pot on the potters wheel, which I explain is the mechanical way of making the same bowl shape as your pinch pot. You can...