If you have already mastered basic hand building skills from our previous pottery courses, and consider yourself now of an intermediate level, and would now like to take on more challenging projects, then this course is for you. During this hand building course, you will learn new techniques with your decoration, and experiment with different types of clay and glazes to form your ceramic pieces.
Course Overview
Course Code
XEZZCRA1S0
Course Fee
£220.00
Start Time
18:30
End Time
21:00
End Date
Mon, 18 Nov 2024
Entry Requirements
You should be of an intermediate level
Course Code
XEZZCRA1S0
Course Fee
£220.00
Start Time
18:30
End Time
21:00
End Date
Mon, 10 Mar 2025
Entry Requirements
You should be of an intermediate level
Course Code
XEZZCRA1S0
Course Fee
£220.00
Start Time
18:30
End Time
21:00
End Date
Mon, 30 Jun 2025
Entry Requirements
You should be of an intermediate level
Course information
You will continue to develop your hand building techniques with slab rolling, pinching, press-moulding, coiling, and/or modelling, and experiment with decorative techniques such as glazing, slip painting, texture, colour and shape.
20 hours, one evening a week for 8 weeks
The course is designed to introduce the student gradually to methods of making pottery and to the student who has had some previous experience in handling clay. There will be an opportunity to use the potter’s wheel.
For the beginner it is important to attend the first two consecutive sessions in order to familiarise oneself with the material. There will be various techniques introduced then which are important for advancement. Each pot made will be first fired when it has dried out. The student will then glaze the pot before it is fired again. Each piece will be ready to take home within three to four weeks of it being made.
Homework is voluntary but students who have the time may find it useful to keep a sketchbook in which to jot down ideas. Students may find it useful to keep a file in which to keep photographs of their work and hand-outs.
This is not an accredited course – it does not lead to a formal qualification.
Each student’s progression is rewarded through teacher assessment
The size and number of items created will be limited, in order for them to be completed to a high standard and fired. Please note you may need to collect items after the course has finished.
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