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Ever yearned to go 'hands on' with a potter's wheel… or maybe you need to fine tune your technique? Whatever your experience, beginner or improver, this is the course for you. Small friendly groups ensure plenty of individual attention and participants are consistently amazed at what they achieve in two days. You will have your own personal potter's wheel for the duration of the course and explore a myriad of techniques. The course runs 10am – 4pm on both days.
Day 1 After introductions and initial demonstration you will be taken as a group, step by step, through the pot throwing process. Once you have got the hang of things, you will be encouraged to develop at your own pace with individual tutoring as and when required. After lunch, more demonstrations, when you will work larger lumps of clay, make bigger pots and explore different shapes and forms. At the end of the session and once you have cleaned your wheel, your pots are labelled and left to firm-up overnight.
Day 2 Your work from Saturday is now 'leather-hard' and ready to be trimmed. We start the day with more demonstrations, showing you how to trim your pots, add foot-rings, join handles and attach motifs. You then get the opportunity to explore these techniques on your own work. In the afternoon, you select between one and four of your favourite pots, depending on size, and decorate them using under-glazes and coloured slips. (Extra pots can be fired at £6 per 250 g, payable on the day.)
Your fabulous creations will be left with us to dry thoroughly before they go into the kiln. Once they have been fired and glazed, we'll carefully wrap and dispatch your finished pots to your home address. You will be delighted at the professional results when they arrive on your doorstep approximately one month later.
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Guide Prices
Ticket Type | Ticket Tariff |
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Adult | £280.00 per ticket |
Note: Prices are a guide only and may change on a daily basis.