BOWLS |  PLAQUES | SCULPTING TECHNIQUES | SMOKE FIRING TECHNIQUES | CASTING

INTRODUCTION TO MAKING BOWLS WITHOUT A WHEEL

All introduction courses take place on Sundays at 10am-3pm at my studios in Dudley Road, Hastings, East Sussex.

During the first session we create several ceramic bowls using press moulds and coiling techniques. If you have never made a bowl before, you will be pleasantly surprised at what you can create in just a few hours, and if you have worked with clay before you will pick up some new and exciting techniques.
At around 1pm we’ll take a lunch break. Lunch is usually a sea food pasta, quiche with a salad or home made falaffels with pita bread,  followed by cake and coffee or tea. After lunch, we finish up what we created during the morning session.
We meet up again two weeks later to glaze the bowls; except for one which we smoke fire in the garden outside my studio after lunch. The reason the workshops are spaced two weeks apart is that the clay has to dry out completely before it can be bisque fired and glazed.

After lunch you will have a chance to try out smoke firing.  The technique of smoke firing ceramics in a galvanised dustbin is something I have worked on for over 10 years and I believe this method is unique to me. It is amazingly easy to learn, though, and fun. The group will be small with max 6 people, so please sign up early to avoid disappointment.

This workshop spans two Sundays and cost £35 per day. This includes all materials, tuition and a lovely lunch, tea, coffee and cake. There is a deposit of £35.
Please see here to sign up.

MAKE A PLAQUE FOR THE GARDEN OR INDOORS;

We meet at 10am-3pm at my studios in Dudley Road in Hastings. During the first session we create several plaques for the garden or indoors which I will bisque fire ready for the second Sunday two weeks later when we will glaze the plaques; except for one which we smoke fire in the garden outside my studio after lunch.

Smoke firing ceramics in a galvanised dustbin is a technique I have worked on for over 10 years and I believe it is unique to me. It is amazingly easy to learn, though, and fun. The group will be small with max 6 people, so please sign up early to avoid disappointment.

This workshop spans two Sundays and cost £35 per day. This includes all materials, tuition and a lovely lunch, tea, coffee and cake. There is a deposit of £35.
Please see here to sign up.

INTRODUCTION TO SCULPTING, GLAZING AND SMOKE FIRING
We meet at 10am-3pm at my studios in Dudley Road in Hastings. During this first session we create several sculptures using slab building and coiling techniques. The sculptures in the picture to the left are slab built, and the owl and Fat Birds to the right are coiled and smoke fired.

I will bisque fire your sculptures ready for the second meeting two weeks later when we will glaze the sculptures; except for one which we smoke fire in the garden outside my studio after lunch.
Smoke firing ceramics in a galvanised dustbin using sawdust is a technique I have worked on for over 10 years and I believe it is unique to me. It is amazingly easy to learn, though, and fun. The group will be small with max 6 people, so please sign up early to avoid disappointment. This workshop spans two Sundays and cost £35 per day. This includes all materials, tuition and a lovely lunch, tea, coffee and cake. There is a deposit of £35.
Please see here to sign up.

INTRODUCTION TO SMOKE FIRING:
This course is similar to the Introduction to sculpting, glazing and smoke firing workshop, except we smoke fire all our work, trying out different techniques. If you prefer, you can choose to make bowls during this session.
We first meet up at 10am-3pm at my studios in Dudley Road in Hastings. During this first session we create ceramic bowls and sculpture which I bisque fire ready for the second meeting at 10-3pm when we will smoke fire the work in the garden outside my studio.

Smoke firing ceramics in a galvanised dustbin using sawdust is a technique I have worked on for over 10 years and I believe it is unique to me. It is amazingly easy to learn, though, and fun. The group will be small so please sign up early to avoid disappointment.This workshop spans two Sundays and cost £35 per day, £70 for both days. This includes all materials, tuition and a lovely lunch, tea, coffee and cake.  There is a deposit of £35.
Please see here to sign up.

INTRODUCTION TO PLASTER CASTING:
This is a one day workshop where you will make a plaster cast of a hand or foot to take home with you at the end of the day. Because it is impossible to cast your own hand or foot, we will cast each others. The workshop takes place at 10am-3pm at my studios in Dudley Road in Hastings. Please wear suitable clothes as plaster is messy.

The cost is £35 including all materials, tuition and a lovely lunch, tea, coffee and cake . This is actually a workshop where you are guaranteed to walk away with more digits than you arrived with!
The group will be small with max 6 people, so please sign up early to avoid disappointment.
Please see here to sign up