WEEKEND COURSES

€185(2Day), €270 (3Day)

Our weekend course is a comprehensive and action-packed introduction to ceramics. Suitable for Beginners You will be working in a well equipped artists studio where you will receive excellent individual tuition. You will learn how to make work on the potters wheel. We will also explore a full range of hand-making techniques including coil-building, slab-making, and simple mould-making processes

Alternatively it can be a stress-free chill-out encounter with clay - you decide!  you will be working in a well equipped artists studio where you will receive excellent individual tuition. I will give demonstrations and advice on how to develop your ideas into finished ceramic pieces. You can expect to make 3 or 4 pieces. Fired work is an extra cost by kilo.

Areas covered:

• Slip decoration (various techniques)
• Hand-building, coil, coil and pinch slab
• Basic mould-making
• Wheel work
• Advance techniques for wheel
• Glazing and firing advice
• 5 - 8 students per course

Programme:
Saturday: Saturday: Course starts at 9.30 am and finishes at 5 pm.

Sunday/ Monday: Course starts at 9.30am and finishes at 5pm/4 pm
 

Break for Tea/Coffee at 11.00 am and Lunch at 1 - 2 pm.
Students can arrive on Friday evening and relax in the The Loft or on Saturday morning in time for the First session! For your evening meals you can self cater or enjoy the lively local restaurant scene.

Note: Please bring an apron, a hand-towel and comfortable (old!) clothing.

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