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STUDIO DAYS and RAKU WORKSHOPS
- Well established weekend courses organised throughout the year in Private Studio.
- Enrolment restricted to three or four students to ensure one-to-one tuition.
- Complete beginners and experienced students welcome.
- Course Day: 10am to 4pm. Bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee are provided.
To enrol, telephone 01903 815709
STUDIO DAYS
One-day course
A one day pottery course offering students the opportunity to work with clay: hand build a pot, model a figure, create a sculpture, use the potter's
wheel. Students can either work on a suggested project or pursue their own
ideas with Ben's support.
Various clays including porcelain, crank or buff are available to use depending
on the work being made. Clay slips and metal oxides are used to decorate
the work which is glazed and fired to stoneware. Finished pieces are available
to collect (or can be despatched) about three weeks later.
COURSE FEE
£60.00 excluding materials
RAKU WORKSHOPS
Two-day course
These workshops are now well established and have proved very popular with
students over the years. They have been developed to incorporate new glazes
and firing methods.
Raku is a specific type of pottery which has its origins in the Japanese
Tea Ceremony and has evolved to find a Western style. Typically biscuit fired
work is decorated and glazed and placed directly into a red hot kiln. After
a short firing the work is removed from the hot kiln with metal tongs and
often 'smoked' in sawdust or grass before cooling in water and final cleaning.
The finished pieces can result in fascinating colours and glaze textures
which while unpredictable are often very expressive.
The work is made in a coarse clay to withstand the dramatic heating and cooling changes it has to survive.
The workshop
The workshop requires two days attendance and divides into two sessions over
two weekends. Initially students spend the first Studio day making several
pieces such as models, tiles, pots, masks and sculpture. When dry, the work
is biscuit fired ready for the second weekend. The final Raku day involves
decorating and glazing the work and includes the firing which takes place
outdoors using a specially made 'Top Hat' gas kiln.
COURSE FEE
£160.00 inclusive of all materials & firing costs.
ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES
Weekly classes and Saturday coursesNational Open College Network options
Full range of pottery tuition
Contact Portslade Community College for course details.
Tel: 01273 422632
