6 Week Course: Ceramic Taster - in partnership with Turning Earth

Students who come to a Turning Earth class will be introduced to each stage of the multi-step process of making their first pottery pieces. Class participants spend roughly half of the time getting to grips with the principle hand-building techniques, and the other half mastering the wheel.

Firstly, your teacher will introduce you to studio life and its processes. You will then learn how to properly prepare clay, and some of the fundamental techniques used to make forms, such as pinching, coiling and building with slabs. You will also learn about the wheel. Importantly, how to centre your work, and how to begin to effectively form the various shapes that are possible using this technique.

When the pieces will be dry, they will be bisque-fired. At this stage, you can choose from and apply one (or even two) of the many glazes available.