Ceramic workshop starting next Saturday!
Published September 26, 2009
My next ceramic workshop will start on Saturday 3rd October and run from 11-1.30pm. There are still some places available! The groups are limited to five participants only, so book your place early to save disappointment.
It is a five sessions workshop covering essential ceramic techniques such as coiling, slab building, press moulding and smoke firing. Each session is 2.5 hours long .
This course costs £110 + materials (approx. £10) .
To sign up or to find out more, please email me here To view my current workshop diary, please go here
Ceramic Workshops
Published September 14, 2009
Another series of unique Ceramic Courses near historic Hastings Old Town is starting on Saturday October 3rd and Tuesday October 6th.
To sign up for a course or to find out more, please email me here To view my current workshop diary, please go here
The courses are run from my studio in a fantastic period house overlooking historic Hastings Old town. In the summer the French doors are open towards the garden and the sea, and in the winter months a log fire in the ornate marble fireplace warms the room. Drawing on my 25 years of experience as a ceramic artist and teacher, these small and informal workshops will have you creating unique and amusing work in an easy way, whether you are a complete beginner or have previously worked with clay. There are two courses to choose from:
Course one – five workshop sessions covering essential ceramic techniques such as coiling, slab building, press moulding and smoke firing. Each session is 2.5 hours long and new courses start every month either weekdays or weekends. This course costs just £110 + materials (approx. £10) The first starting date this season is Saturday 3 October at 11-1.30pm To sign up or to find out more, please email me here 
Course two – Smoke firing! This is a series of three workshop sessions focusing on unique smoke firing techniques which I have developed over many years using sawdust and galvanised dustbins! A lot of fun and amazingly easy to learn. The sessions are between 1.5 and 2.5 hours long (6.5 hours in total), Course cost just £60 + materials (approx. £5) and the first stating date is Tuesday October 6th at 6.30-9pm.
Ceramic Workshops
Published July 11, 2009
Guillaume and Emilie are two French students who have been staying with me for the last couple of weeks. They are here to practise their English and to do some ceramic workshops…
They’re from the south of France and I really enjoy their company. I really could get into running residential ceramic courses…
Stories about clams…part 4
Published May 6, 2009
Mixed media sculpture of a mood critter made from herculite with a cold bronze finish, sea shell and fake fur.
To see more posts about smoke firing, life casting, ceramic torsos and workshops please scroll down the page…
Another workshop finished…
Published April 17, 2009Setting fire to the smoke bins… 
And collecting the finished pieces…
Another ceramic workshop comes to an end.
New workshops start every month at my studio in Hastings. To join one please contact me by email here or go to www.ANNAKEILLER.co.uk to read more about my workshops.
Smoke firing
Published March 13, 2009Smoke firing is a method of changing the colour of bisque fired or glazed ceramics. When I smoke fire my work I usually put my pieces in a galvanised dust bin packed with sawdust and set fire to it.
This is a ceramic torso that has been coloured with manganese and copper oxide and then glazed with a transparent glaze and fired to 1050C.
This is a torso that has been treated in exactly the same way except it has also been smoke fired. The red colour is copper oxide that turned red because of lack of oxygen in the dustbin.
I will write a lot more about smoke fring so please check out my blog for new updates on a regular basis! This link will take you to another smoke firing entry. http://annakeiller.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/fire-and-earth/
To find out more, please email me here or go to www.ANNAKEILLER.co.uk to see my work.
Smoke firing work shops
Published March 8, 2009I cannot resist updating this elegant picture of Nicki checking the smoke bins…
Ceramic workshops – smoke firing!
Published March 2, 2009Late night smoke firing in the back garden! 
At my studio in Hastings I run ceramic workshops where I cover basic techniques such as coiling, slab building, press moulding and smoke firing. To join me, please email me here or go to www.ANNAKEILLER.co.uk to read more about my workshops.
Ceramic Workshops
Published January 24, 2009
At my studio in Hastings I run unique short ceramic workshops where I cover basic techniques such as coiling, slab building, press moulding and smoke firing.
Come and discover how much fun you can have with a piece of clay!
The courses are run from a fantastic period house overlooking historic Hastings Old town. In the summer the French doors are open towards the garden and the sea, and in the winter months a log fire in the ornate marble fireplace warms the room. There are two courses to choose from: To find out more about starting dates please email me here .
Course one – five workshop sessions covering essential ceramic techniques such as coiling, slab building, press moulding and smoke firing. Each session is 2.5 hours long and new courses start every month either weekdays or weekends.
Course costs just £110 + materials (approx. £10)
Course two – three workshop sessions focusing on unique smoke firing techniques which I have developed over many years using sawdust and galvanised dustbins! A lot of fun and amazingly easy to learn. The sessions are between 1.5 and 2.5 hours long (6.5 hours in total), and the course cost just £60 + materials (approx. £5)
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