ADULTS &
STUDENTS
Tuesdays: Wednesdays:
10:00 -12:30 10:00 -12:30
19:00 – 21:30
19:00 – 21:30
Spring Term
starts on 7 & 8 January 2025
N.B. There is no
summer term
THERE ARE STILL SOME
SPACES AVAILABLE FOR JANUARY
TO ENSURE YOUR PLACE,
YOU MUST PAY IN ADVANCE
Earlier episodes of “The Great Pottery Throwdown” can be downloaded from All4 (catch up TV).
Series 7 is now looking
for new contestants and will be back on TV after filming.
There will be 12 contestants in the
studio battling it out to become Britain's best potter.
Hosting the
Westcountry Potters Association Social
Firing Day
For beginners and
students already with some experience, the first term starts
with learning and refreshing technical skills with:
-
Thumb pots
-
Coiling
-
Slabs
-
Wheel work
-
Glazing
...... always using one's own
ideas, or those chosen from a project sheet.
After which, all students
follow their own programme, according to knowledge and ability, both
technical and artistic, using own ideas and imagination. This can be
gleaned in the studio (talking to others), seen elsewhere by
observing nature, going to exhibitions, the media, machinery,
buildings, sculptures ... and 101 other subjects/ideas. This may be
a one-off project, or become a theme for a term, or even a year. No
two people are likely to be doing the same thing.
2½ hour lessons (comes
out at £30
each) and include ALL of the following:
Professional Tuition by a
fully qualified ceramics teacher
Clay (3 different
types)
Coloured Slips &
Oxides
Glazes (Earthenware &
Stoneware)
Use of all Tools
Use of all the Wheels
(2 Electric & 1 Kick Wheel)
Firings (normally 2
per pot in Electric Kiln or by Smoke Firing)
Cup of Coffee or Tea
Just bring yourself and
an old shirt or apron.
Autumn term cost for
adults is £330
(for an 11 lesson block)
TO ENSURE YOUR PLACE,
YOU MUST PAY IN ADVANCE,
A missed
lesson can be made up at another time within the
term (only by prior arrangement).
For
those who are new to pottery, the mere nature of clay work means that
one can not
take work home immediately. The object, once made, has to dry, be fired, glazed and
fired again!
