This pottery programme runs over six weeks, two hours per week, and includes a range of building techniques that have been designed to meet the needs of both beginners and more experienced learners. Building techniques you will learn include: pinching, coiling, slab building and throwing on the wheel. Items you make can then be decorated using a variety of approaches such as sprigging, wax resist, or brushwork, as well as applying colour with under glaze, slips and glazes. The course is specifically designed using stoneware, which is a high firing clay body and objects made can range from tableware to garden pots or sculptural forms.
The Pottery room is on the ground floor and the building has a disabled access. Facilities include three electric wheels, an electric kiln and a wide range of glazes and under glaze colours. Basic tools will be provided and you will have the chance to buy a set for your own use.
By the end of the course you will have:
– Learned about studio practice, including care of tools and health and safety in the pottery studio.
– Have developed an understanding of the nature of clay and the various building techniques that can be used when making with clay.
– Learned techniques of hand building, including pinching, coiling, and various ways of decorating the surface of your made item. You will have experimented with throwing on the wheel to see if this is something you would like to develop further.
Course level and skills required:
This course is open to anybody with an interest in clay building, from complete beginners to the more advanced learners who want to improve their skills further. You will be given simple demonstrations supported with handouts. No interview is needed to access this course.
When I’ve completed the course, what else can I do to improve my skills?
Rosetta Art Centre offers more advanced courses in Ceramics, all awarded by City & Guilds at level 2 or 3, for you to progress on to.
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contact us.