WEEKEND POTTERY COURSE

Dates 2024 Sep 7-8, Oct 5-6, Nov 23-24. Dates 2025 Mar 15-16, May 3-4, Sept 6-7, Nov 15-16

On-site Price: €295 (bring a friend for €280) inc Vat

Course Description:

For those who have had little or no experience of pottery, it can be a little daunting to work in the studio and learn to create handbuilt and thrown forms. This two day course introduces you to all the basic techniques: you will learn to coil, slab and throw pots, and to sculpt in clay. You will try various decorative techniques, including sgraffito, slip-painting, under-glazing and glazing. The course will also include a smoke-firing, weather permitting. Suitable for beginners and those with limited ceramics experience.

The weekend has a one hour lunch break each day to drop into town and sample the delights of Kinsale's great cuisine.

To book, click on Book Weekend Now button.

Course includes:

Introduction & guided tour, Clays, firings and glaze, Coiling project

Introduction to throwing (subject to socially distanced tuition), Turning, Slab project, Coloured clays

Pinch pebbles, Surface decoration for greenware, Slip painting and more