Introduction to making ceramics using a pottery wheel and hand-building techniques
This course consists of 10 sessions. Each session is a lesson of 3 hours (including cleaning up at the end of the lesson). The structure of this course will be very similar to the 8-week course, please see the structure below.
Session 1: Kicks off with an introduction to ceramic materials and the processes of making and firing ceramics, as well as Health & Safety in the studio. You will learn how to prepare your clay and start working on your first project.
Sessions 2-5: Students continue to work on their projects while the teacher introduces new techniques to build on your skills, including hand-building, wheel throwing and glazing.
Session 6: Last chance to start new pieces. After this session, you can still practise your making skills to improve, however it is not possible to finish and glaze fire those pots.
Session 6: Cut-off point for the firing queue. This session is dedicated to getting your pots ready to be bisque fired.
Sessions 7-8: Are dedicated to glazing your pots. These are usually ready to be collected 2-3 weeks after the end of your course.
Please be sure that you can attend all of the scheduled lesson dates before you sign up. It’s particularly important that you attend the first two and the final sessions, otherwise you may struggle to keep up with the rest of the group or end up with unfinished projects at the end of the course. It is not possible to get extra sessions if you do not attend your scheduled lesson.
