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Ceramics Taster: Fettle
Fancy, fettling some finery? Join us at Colours May Vary and learn how to make and embellish ceramic bangles, brooches and pendants. Adapt clay forms to shape items of jewellery and perhaps a jewellery dish - cut, carve and stencil dazzling designs. We've lots of flat block colours to choose from!
Find out more »Ceramics Taster: Join
JOIN is an introduction to the basics of building pots with slabs of clay. You’ll learn how to roll out consistent slabs and cut out pieces to assemble pots. Joining clay is essential to successful slab building so we’ll show you a range of approaches to help keep your pots in one piece.
Find out more »Ceramics Taster: Join
JOIN is an introduction to the basics of building pots with slabs of clay. You’ll learn how to roll out consistent slabs and cut out pieces to assemble pots. Joining clay is essential to successful slab building so we’ll show you a range of approaches to help keep your pots in one piece.
Find out more »Ceramics Taster: Extrude
EXTRUDE is an introduction to shaping clay by forcing it through a die. We’ll show you how to form lengths of clay with different cross-sections. You’ll choose a range of shapes to extrude and then make a cup, dish or both. We’ll help you tackle each part of the pot’s anatomy and you’ll learn how to customise handles and feet - all extruded of course!
Find out more »Ceramics Taster: Extrude
EXTRUDE is an introduction to shaping clay by forcing it through a die. We’ll show you how to form lengths of clay with different cross-sections. You’ll choose a range of shapes to extrude and then make a cup, dish or both. We’ll help you tackle each part of the pot’s anatomy and you’ll learn how to customise handles and feet - all extruded of course!
Find out more »Ceramics Taster: Drop and Roll
To DROP may feel counter-intuitive, and even sound destructive, when it comes to clay – it can be, but not in this session. We’ll introduce you to drop moulds and show you how to use gravity to shape clay. We’ll show you how to ROLL out consistent slabs of clay and you’ll experiment with roulettes to create a range of textured patterns. You’ll then tease, stretch and tap, to form simple bowls and plates. You’ll also explore how to customise rims.
Find out more »Ceramics Taster: Drop and Roll
To DROP may feel counter-intuitive, and even sound destructive, when it comes to clay – it can be, but not in this session. We’ll introduce you to drop moulds and show you how to use gravity to shape clay. We’ll show you how to ROLL out consistent slabs of clay and you’ll experiment with roulettes to create a range of textured patterns. You’ll then tease, stretch and tap, to form simple bowls and plates. You’ll also explore how to customise rims.
Find out more »Ceramics Taster: Cup
Come and join us at Chirpy in Chapel Allerton for a spirited session making small cups. Learn how to form clay using plaster moulds and then customise your piece with impressed or carved decoration. Perfect for pens, toothbrushes, tea, coffee, candles or small plants…
Find out more »Beginner’s Bundle: Build
BUILD begins by celebrating low-tech, no-fuss - it’s been done for millennia - approaches to making pots by hand. Through demonstrations and practice you’ll become familiar with ancient approaches to forming and constructing pots. You’ll then progress to more recent, albeit still traditional, approaches to manipulating clay. You’ll start and finish pots during each session and then learn how to glaze your own work.
Find out more »Ceramics Taster: Cup
Come and join us at Mauds House in Skipton for a spirited session making small cups. Learn how to form clay using plaster moulds and then customise your piece with impressed or carved decoration. Perfect for pens, toothbrushes, tea, coffee, candles or small plants… Please note we've extended this session & you'll now be making two pots.
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