Ceramics and Hand-Building with Clay

About this course

Participants make vessels and sculptures from clay while exploring several hand-building approaches. The course introduces coiling, slab-building and pinching, then extends the work through experiments with different surface decorating techniques.

What you'll learn

• Apply coiling, slab-building and pinching techniques to clay forms.
• Construct vessels and sculptures using hand-building methods.
• Experiment with surface decorating techniques.

Is this course right for you?

Listed as suitable for all levels, the course welcomes learners with different amounts of experience. It provides an introduction to core hand-building methods while allowing participants to develop work through surface decoration.

Before you go

• Basic materials are included.
• Finished works will be fired for participants to keep.
• The provider aims to provide two stoneware firings per term.