6-week evening pottery course

Price: £200 - includes all materials, tools, equipment and stoneware firings, as well as tution.

Join ceramic artist Rachelle Corker for 6 weeks of hand-building in clay, suitable for complete beginners and improvers alike.

Tuesday evenings 6.30pm – 9pm, running from 10th September through to 15th October 2024

You’ll learn traditional hand-building pottery and sculpting techniques using stoneware clay and put them into practice on your own self-directed projects.

You’ll also have plenty of opportunity to explore surface decoration using tools, slips, oxides and glazes. Your expert tutor Rachelle will be on hand to help you realise your creative vision, offering advice and guidance along the way, plus an extra pair of hands when needed for the tricky bits!

Suitable for complete beginners to those who’ve attended hand-building classes before and are looking to practice and improve their technique on their own self-directed projects.

What’s included:
– 15hrs creative time, artist-led with tuition and guidance to help you realise your creative vision
– 5x making sessions and 1x glazing session in week 6
– £200 incl. clay, slips, underglazes, oxides and glazes, as well as tools, stoneware firings, and of course, tuition!
– Free secure parking at venue
– Everything you make is yours to keep, work collection is several weeks after the final session

Working with clay is a wonderful mindful activity and great for boosting your mental health and well-being. We’re a friendly and fun bunch, so you are guaranteed to have some lovely chats and make a few friends along the way!

Things to note:
– Adults 18yrs+ only
– Wear clothes you don’t mind getting a bit mucky! Feel free to bring your own apron.
– Please inform us at the time of booking if you have any accessibility requirements (such as being differently abled, reduced mobility, neurodiverse etc) or health issues that we need to be aware of (such as balance issues, low blood pressure, allergies etc).
– Courses are non-refundable and non-transferrable – we can’t offer catch-up sessions for missed classes. Please check you can attend the dates before booking. We are a small business and need classes to run at full occupancy so we can keep the lights on and our bellies full!

Price: £200 per person