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In this workshop, you will learn how to create functional hand-built ceramics, using the slab building technique. This afternoon session will focus on jugs and jars, building essential skills and giving you pieces you can both admire, and use. The use of black stoneware clay will result in striking finished pieces.
NOTE: There is a morning session also for Mugs & Dishes making, both are standalone, but we recommend booking both together to make a full day.
Duration: 3 hours
Suitable for: Complete beginners, those looking for a refresher, or novice potters looking to add to their skillset. No experience of working with clay is required.
Clay: Sibelco Black clay
Finished piece: 2 fired ceramic
Collection: Ready to collect in 4-5 weeks
You can also add an extra session to learn how to glaze your pieces 3 weeks after your making class for £25
Price:
£45 half day
£90 full day
£25 glazing session
*New dates for July and August coming soon!
This workshop runs on Saturdays.
Learn the fundamentals of creating functional ware using the slab building technique with black clay. By the end of the course, you'll have made a lovely collection of pieces to take home sucha as mugs, dishes and jugs.
Perfect whether you've never touched clay before or just want to build on what you already know.
Course structure:
Week 1 (10:00–13:00): Intro to slab building
Week 2 (10:00–13:00): Making your final pieces
Week 3: Break for drying and firing
Week 4 (14:00–15:30): Glazing
*Please note: 2 fired & glazed pieces included — additional pieces available for a small extra cost
*New dates for July and August coming soon.
Start your weekend the right way making your own mug on a Friday morning or afternoon! Using your choice of hand-building technique such as pinch, coiling, or slab building, you'll create a mug that's entirely your own.
Format:
2-week course (with a week's break in between for drying and firing)
Friday mornings: 10:00–12:00
Friday afternoons: 13:00–15:00
Course structure:
Week 1: Make
Week 2: Drying & firing (no class)
Week 3: Glaze
Price: £45
Discover the joy of hand-built ceramics! Over seven weeks you'll explore a range of techniques — pinching, coiling, slab building and glazing — and end up with a lovely collection of pieces to take home, use and show off to friends and family.
Perfect whether you've never touched clay before or just want to build on what you already know.
Dates: Mondays: 01 June - 13 July
Time: 10:00–12:00
Course structure:
Week 1: Intro & pinching
Week 2: Coiling
Week 3: Slab building
Week 4: Your project
Week 5: Your project
Week 6: Break for drying & firing
Week 7: Glazing