Come and give it a try
A full day or a half day
you can choose from
Handbuilding.
Choose from a variety of methods, slab, coil or pinch pot techniques. Come on your own, or with a friend or family member. Accompanied children are welcome aged 8+. Maximum group size is 3 participants. You will get full 1:1 tuition and time to practice on your own. All work will be bisc fired in the kiln for you to collect at a later date. Some work can be decorated with coloured slip, underglazes or glazes on the day so you will be able to finish your workpieces.
There is also the option to come back and further refine your work when it is leather hard before Bisc firing .
Or you can decide to come back another day after Bisc firing in order to decorate your work with stains and glazes. Allow at least a week for your work to dry and be fired.
Wheel Throwing.
Try learning to throw on the wheel.
Come on your own, or with a friend or family member. Accompanied children are welcome aged 8+. Throwing is currently limited to 2 people. You will get 1:1 tuition and plenty of time to practice on your own.
After your work has dried to “leather hard” you can come back and turn your work on the wheel to further refine it before it is Bisc fired in the kiln for you to collect. Or you can decide to come back another day to decorate your work with stains and glazes before glaze firing. Allow at least a week for your work to dry and be fired.
The day sessions will run from 10:00 - 16:00 so bring a packed lunch with you. Tea, coffee and biscuits for morning and afternoon break are included.
Cost:
Handbuilding Day - £60 per person.
Wheel Throwing Day - £60 per person.
This includes all tuition, equipment, clay, and Bisc Firing Coffe Tea cold drinks, biscuits are provided.
If you decide to return for Glazing there will be a small charge of £2.50 to £5.00 depending on size in order to cover materials and firing energy costs.
Introductory taster sessions for larger groups
You will learn to throw a pot on the wheel or have a go at hand-building and glazing a plate, bowl or tile (or similar).
Cost £40 per person with a maximum of three people during winter months and up to 6 people during the summer as I spread out onto the decking under a large canopy. All fired artworks will be ready to from the studio in around 2-3 weeks. Then you can decide if you want to come back and glaze your creations.
1:1 Throwing Lessons
Cost £20.00 per hour for a 2-hour block. If you are a beginner, you will learn to properly prepare your clay for throwing and how to centre your clay on the wheel. During the lesson you will learn to throw a bowl and a basic cylinder shape on the wheel. The cylinder is a very important key shape that is used to make a mug, vase, jug and even a teapot! With further lessons, you can then go on developing your throwing skills to begin to make some of these vessel shapes and also learn how to turn the bases of your thrown pots to create foot rings. Once dried, your best 4 pieces will be fired in the kiln for you and available to glaze, either in your next lesson, or you can book a separate glazing session. If you have thrown before, the lesson can concentrate on any areas that you are struggling with such as centering, getting height, making composite pieces etc. The lessons can be structured around your needs.
Throwing Lessons for 2 people at a time
cost £20.00 per hour per person Costs for all above include all clay and firing in the kiln of 4 best pieces of work. Additional pieces can be fired at an agreed additional price. Glazing of pieces can either be done during a separate 30 minute or 1 hour glazing session.
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