Embark on a unique and personalised pottery journey with our 6-week pottery course in our cosy clay filled studio in Bedminster at Windmill Hill City Farm. Each week you will concentrate on creating a particular ceramic homeware item to enhance your skills and understanding in hand-built pottery.
Week 1: Jugs, detailed exploration into spouts on ceramic ware. functionality and aesthetics
Week 2: Lidded jars, various approaches to hand building different vessels with lids
Week 3: Pulling handles and attaching them to hand built pieces
Week 4: Large scale hand built pottery, working on projects that can be broken down into multiple parts and are worked on in multiples stages
Week 5: Two part large scale projects continued
One week pause to allow time for all pottery to be bisque fired
Week 6: Glazing.
Your bespoke body of work will then be fired and ready to be collected 3-4 weeks later.
What to Expect: -Expert guidance from skilled pottery instructors -Hands-on exploration of advanced hand building techniques -A supportive and collaborative studio environment -A unique and bespoke artfully crafted dinner set
In between session, you are invited to practice your skills at our Friday night open access sessions. Tickets are £20 and include all clay- the outcomes can be perfected in course time.