- Intermediate to Advanced Classes
- THE TEAPOT with TRICIA THOM
THE TEAPOT with TRICIA THOM
THE TEAPOT with TRICIA THOM
THE TEAPOT with Tricia Thom
Three Day Masterclass - Intermediate Level
16th, 17th and 18th October from 11:00-17:00 each day
The teapot is the ultimate test of a potter’s skill, requiring a perfect marriage of engineering and soul. We are thrilled to host Tricia Thom for this three-day deep dive into the "architecture of the pour."
Over one long weekend in the mews, Tricia will share her refined, Japanese-influenced techniques for creating teapots that are as beautiful to hold as they are to use. This is a fast-paced but meditative course designed for those ready to master the complex relationship between body, spout, and lid.
The Three-Day Flow
Day 1: Throwing Core Components
After a demonstration by Tricia on throwing for volume and tension, you will spend the morning throwing teapot bodies and matching galleries. You will cut through your initial pieces to check the thickness of your walls and the depth of your bases. Trouble shooting and form improvements will then be put into practice. You will be shown and then practice the use of a throwing stick to create volume and roundness.Day 2: Throwing the ‘Accessories’
Today you will learn to throw multiple lids and spouts to allow for choice and refinement during assembly. You will learn how each choice can influence the character of your final works and start to choose the style in which you would like to lean towards.Day 3: The Art of Assembly. Surface, Detail & The Final Pour
As your pieces reach leather-hard, we focus on the joinery. You will learn Tricia’s precision turning techniques to lighten the forms and refine the foot rings. The afternoon is dedicated to the delicate dance of attachment: fitting spouts for a drip-free pour and pulling handles that provide a balanced, ergonomic "spring”. We will also cover the technical essentials of "the sieve" (drilling the pour holes) and final detailing. Crown Works will provide some vessels as bisque-ware fro Tricia to demonstrate how she approaches decoration at this stage with a short session of practicing gestural mark making using various brushes with Oxide Washes.
We'll end the intensive with a group review of our forms, discussing how ritual and community inform every piece we make.
Requirements:
This is an Intermediate intensive. You should be confident in throwing consistent shapes and managing clay at different stages of dryness.
THE TEAPOT with Tricia Thom
Three Day Masterclass - Intermediate Level
16th, 17th and 18th October from 11:00-17:00 each day
The teapot is the ultimate test of a potter’s skill, requiring a perfect marriage of engineering and soul. We are thrilled to host Tricia Thom for this three-day deep dive into the "architecture of the pour."
Over one long weekend in the mews, Tricia will share her refined, Japanese-influenced techniques for creating teapots that are as beautiful to hold as they are to use. This is a fast-paced but meditative course designed for those ready to master the complex relationship between body, spout, and lid.
The Three-Day Flow
Day 1: Throwing Core Components
After a demonstration by Tricia on throwing for volume and tension, you will spend the morning throwing teapot bodies and matching galleries. You will cut through your initial pieces to check the thickness of your walls and the depth of your bases. Trouble shooting and form improvements will then be put into practice. You will be shown and then practice the use of a throwing stick to create volume and roundness.Day 2: Throwing the ‘Accessories’
Today you will learn to throw multiple lids and spouts to allow for choice and refinement during assembly. You will learn how each choice can influence the character of your final works and start to choose the style in which you would like to lean towards.Day 3: The Art of Assembly. Surface, Detail & The Final Pour
As your pieces reach leather-hard, we focus on the joinery. You will learn Tricia’s precision turning techniques to lighten the forms and refine the foot rings. The afternoon is dedicated to the delicate dance of attachment: fitting spouts for a drip-free pour and pulling handles that provide a balanced, ergonomic "spring”. We will also cover the technical essentials of "the sieve" (drilling the pour holes) and final detailing. Crown Works will provide some vessels as bisque-ware fro Tricia to demonstrate how she approaches decoration at this stage with a short session of practicing gestural mark making using various brushes with Oxide Washes.
We'll end the intensive with a group review of our forms, discussing how ritual and community inform every piece we make.
Requirements:
This is an Intermediate intensive. You should be confident in throwing consistent shapes and managing clay at different stages of dryness.
All classes will take place in the pottery at: 11 Crown Works, Temple Street, London, E26QQ
Price includes all materials.
Your pieces will be ready for pickup usually within three weeks of your class, but sometimes longer.
We ask that you pick up or arrange for your work to be delivered to you (for an additional fee) within one month of the original pick up email being sent out. If your pieces have not been picked up or sent within this time-frame then we regret that we will have had to dispose the work, as we are so limited on shelf space.
Upon booking a class you will receive a confirmation email. This email will say you will hear from us shortly, this actually means you will hear from us shortly before the course begins, normally a week or so in advance of your course start date. We note this as some classes are now ordered months in advance!
We really hope that you enjoy your workshop with us if you choose to book!.
RESCHEDULING, CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY
* If given 8 or more days notice we can either reschedule, refund or generate a gift code for rebooking your class.
* If given 7 days or less notice due to illness of any kind, or for any other reason, we cannot reschedule or refund. There are no exceptions to this, so please do not ask or pressurise our staff.
* In the scenario of 7 days or less notice of you not being able to attend, your seat always remains yours to give to a friend or family member to attend.
* We can only take one individual for the duration of a course, not an array of people on different sessions, ie only one person can attend all or some of the sessions.
* We regret we will not be able to replace or rearrange missed sessions. Please do not ask us to make exceptions and please understand we cannot accommodate everyones diary changes and sudden change of circumstances.
* Gift Cards are non-refundable