- One Day Workshops
- VASE ONE DAY HANDBUILDING WORKSHOP | ALL LEVELS
VASE ONE DAY HANDBUILDING WORKSHOP | ALL LEVELS
VASE ONE DAY HANDBUILDING WORKSHOP | ALL LEVELS
Sunday 12th of May - 11:00 - 17:00 - Taught by Grace McCarthy
The Vase One Day Workshop will guide you through the basics of handbuilding a beautiful vase. Vases are a wonderful form to work towards and there is an amazing satisfaction using them as flower vessels or even paint brush holders, or just empty as a display piece appreciating their forms. They are also often given as gifts by our students to those who they know would appreciate the effort that has gone into making it, or if they would love something made by someone they know - or of course keep them for yourself!
If this is your first time working with clay, this is a brilliant way to be introduced to clay as a material, equally if you have worked with clay before this is a great way to hone your skills and develop new ways of working and thinking about your designs, which is something our teachers will definitely help you with.
In this one day workshop your teacher will introduce you to the traditional technique of pinch and coil building. You will begin your session by handling soft clay and rolling out coils which will be used to create your unique vases. In the afternoon you will then have a chance to further refine your work by adding attachments such as handles, applying texture and slip decoration.
The course allows you to keep 2-4 pots per student depending on the scale of your work. If you wish to keep more pots, by all means, you can, we charge £10 for each additional piece kept to cover the material and firing costs. Half of that cost then goes to charitable organisations, often in Cornwall where much of our clay comes from as a way to give back to the same environment our materials are extracted from. We do however encourage students to be as critical of their work as possible and only keep what they know they will use, or is going to sit proudly somewhere to look at, as we want to aim to be as environmentally friendly as possible and clay can only be recycled pre their firings, but not after!
There is a maximum of 10 people who attend each class.
Sunday 12th of May - 11:00 - 17:00 - Taught by Grace McCarthy
The Vase One Day Workshop will guide you through the basics of handbuilding a beautiful vase. Vases are a wonderful form to work towards and there is an amazing satisfaction using them as flower vessels or even paint brush holders, or just empty as a display piece appreciating their forms. They are also often given as gifts by our students to those who they know would appreciate the effort that has gone into making it, or if they would love something made by someone they know - or of course keep them for yourself!
If this is your first time working with clay, this is a brilliant way to be introduced to clay as a material, equally if you have worked with clay before this is a great way to hone your skills and develop new ways of working and thinking about your designs, which is something our teachers will definitely help you with.
In this one day workshop your teacher will introduce you to the traditional technique of pinch and coil building. You will begin your session by handling soft clay and rolling out coils which will be used to create your unique vases. In the afternoon you will then have a chance to further refine your work by adding attachments such as handles, applying texture and slip decoration.
The course allows you to keep 2-4 pots per student depending on the scale of your work. If you wish to keep more pots, by all means, you can, we charge £10 for each additional piece kept to cover the material and firing costs. Half of that cost then goes to charitable organisations, often in Cornwall where much of our clay comes from as a way to give back to the same environment our materials are extracted from. We do however encourage students to be as critical of their work as possible and only keep what they know they will use, or is going to sit proudly somewhere to look at, as we want to aim to be as environmentally friendly as possible and clay can only be recycled pre their firings, but not after!
There is a maximum of 10 people who attend each class.
All classes will take place in the pottery at: 11-12 Crown Works, Temple Street, London, E26QQ
Price includes all materials used in the session.
You are able to keep a total of 5 pots (size dependant) from the session, this will have be finished off by our technicians once it has dried out (a few days after your class), then fired and glazed for you in a tin white glaze. Pots will be ready usually within three weeks, but sometimes longer depending on firing schedules. You will be notified by email when your pots are ready.
We ask that you pick up or arrange for your pots 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 give to our local community, as we are so limited on shelf space.
A welcome email with further instructions about what to expect before your class is sent around a week before your class commences. This email will be sent to the email provided at booking.
We really hope that you enjoy your workshop with us!
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, including being pinged by covid app, 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