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Nick Membery - Throwing courses 2013 :: May 23, 2013 to July 28, 2013
Next spring we will be introducing pottery throwing courses at Waun Hir Pottery. These four day hands-on courses will teach the fundamentals of making stoneware pottery in the beautiful Brecon Beacons

Altering and Decorating Thrown Forms - John Calver :: August 12, 2013 to August 16, 2013
A 5 day residential course run by John Calver. He will be giving group and one to one tuition

MOULD MAKING AND BONE CHINA WORKSHOPS IN WILTSHIRE - Sasha Wardell :: May 27, 2013 to June 01, 2013
Model Making, Mould Making and slip casting in porcelain - basic skills and more advanced

MOULD MAKING AND BONE CHINA WORKSHOPS IN WILTSHIRE - Sasha Wardell :: August 19, 2013 to August 24, 2013
Model Making, Mould Making and slip casting in porcelain - basic skills and more advanced

MOULD MAKING AND BONE CHINA WORKSHOPS IN WILTSHIRE - Sasha Wardell :: September 09, 2013 to September 14, 2013
Model Making, Mould Making and slip casting in porcelain - basic skills and more advanced

MOULD MAKING AND BONE CHINA WORKSHOPS IN WILTSHIRE - Sasha Wardell :: October 14, 2013 to October 19, 2013
Model Making, Mould Making and slip casting in porcelain - basic skills and more advanced

Big Pot Making Weeks - John Huggins :: July 29, 2013 to August 02, 2013
Now in it's 15th year, these summer pottery classes are designed to enable anyone with basic pot throwing or hand building skills to increase the size of pots they can make.

COURSES IN HANDBUILDING WITH RAKU FIRING 6th YEAR, 2013 - Caroline Fawkes :: August 12, 2013 to August 16, 2013
Our 2013 courses are broadly similar to those we have offered in the past, with good food, support for students' individual agendas, and interesting local visits (including high quality ceramic work in studios and galleries).

COURSES IN HANDBUILDING WITH RAKU FIRING 6th YEAR, 2013 - Caroline Fawkes :: August 26, 2013 to August 30, 2013
Our 2013 courses are broadly similar to those we have offered in the past, with good food, support for students' individual agendas, and interesting local visits (including high quality ceramic work in studios and galleries).

Ceramics � Workshop with Clive Bowen, assisted by Stefan Andersson :: July 08, 2013 to July 11, 2013
The aim will be to encourage students to produce well-finished work that retains the freedom that is the hallmark of slipware.

Clay Portrait Sculpture with Karin Hessenberg :: July 08, 2013 to July 12, 2013
For the student with some experience this 5 day course will include an introduction to and demonstration of Karin's work and technique

Slipware Courses 2013 - Mark Titchiner :: July 22, 2013 to July 26, 2013
The aim of this course is to have some fun by taking a few risks with free form slip decoration, to spice up decorating skills and improve students' making skills with throwing or slab-work.

Slipware Courses 2013 - Mark Titchiner :: August 19, 2013 to August 23, 2013
The aim of this course is to have some fun by taking a few risks with free form slip decoration, to spice up decorating skills and improve students' making skills with throwing or slab-work.

Two Courses with John Stroomer - Course 1 'Throwing .......Taking it to the next level' :: July 29, 2013 to August 02, 2013
A five day course run by John Stroomer for participants of all levels - beginner to advanced.

Two Courses with John Stroomer - Course 2 'Glazing and Firing..gas,electric,wood..a touch of salt and crystal' :: August 05, 2013 to August 09, 2013
A 5 day course run by John Stroomer. This is a hands on course giving tuition and experience in glaze preparation, glaze recipes, testing, application techniques and firing preparation........

THROWING AND TURNING FOR BEGINNERS - Alison Sandeman at West Dean :: May 24, 2013 to May 26, 2013
Experience throwing pots on the wheel and enjoy having one-to-one tuition on your own wheel throughout the course as you learn the important techniques and processes for completing pots. (residential available)

Tall pots with surface textures - Gordon Cooke at West Dean :: May 27, 2013 to May 31, 2013

Create tall elegant monolithic forms in stoneware clays using slab construction with stoneware clays. Surfaces are enhanced with textural detail and coloured slips to give a finish without the use of glazes. Coiling, press-moulding and other techniques are also demonstrated.

Wheel thrown lidded forms in porcelain - Chris Keenan at West Dean :: June 06, 2013 to June 09, 2013
Explore the making of a variety of lidded forms - for a butter dish, teapot, ginger jar etc. Working with Limoges porcelain you will devise and work on individual projects to make a group of pots incorporating different types of lids. There may be time to develop handles, knobs and spouts too.

Smoke and fire Raku making and firing techniques. Alison Sandeman at West Dean :: June 16, 2013 to June 21, 2013
Cover basic hand building techniques and throwing on the potter's wheel using a range of Raku and stoneware clays. Develop your skills and ideas with one-to-one tuition and advice. Raku pieces will be made in the first two days then biscuit fired ready for glazing and firing using the exciting outdoor Raku firing methods. (residential possible)

Parts and pieces throwing sculptural forms on the wheel - Virginia Scotchie at West Dean :: July 01, 2013 to July 05, 2013
Learn new ways of using the wheel by throwing closed forms and geometric shapes. You use the wheel as a tool for the creative investigation of shapes joining them together using slip and scoring techniques. Small parts and pieces in stoneware clay can then be assembled into sculptural objects. (residential possible)

Throwing and turning - Alison Sandeman at West Dean :: July 05, 2013 to July 07, 2013
Explore working on the potter's wheel and, whatever your level of experience, develop your skills in making (throwing) and finishing (turning) pots. You have exclusive use of a potter's wheel for the course.

Sculptural ceramics and painterly surfaces - Carolyn Genders at West Dean :: July 27, 2013 to August 02, 2013
Explore your personal responses to the landscape of West Dean to develop sculptural forms working with white earthenware. You use drawings, photographs, small models and test pieces to evolve ideas for both shapes, surface decoration and texture. Oxide slips and colour washes are used to create painterly surfaces that add depth and textures to compliment the pieces created. (residential available)

Exploring porcelain form and surface - Jack Doherty at West Dean :: August 03, 2013 to August 09, 2013
Explore the intrinsic plastic nature of porcelain clay and develop an understanding of surface quality and pattern as you create forms inspired by manmade and natural surfaces. (residential available)

Throwing and turning for beginners - Louisa Taylor at West Dean :: September 20, 2013 to September 22, 2013
Experience working on the potter's wheel and learn how to prepare and work with clay. You are shown key techniques on the first day and, with your own wheel to practice on all weekend, can then develop your own designs inspired by the ceramic collection at West Dean. (residential available)

Throwing and turning mugs jugs and teapots - Alison Sandeman at West Dean :: October 07, 2013 to October 11, 2013
Explore turned forms for mugs, jugs and teapots, as you improve your throwing skills and learn to get the most out of the clay on your own wheel. (residential available)

Decorated slab vessels - Carolyn Genders at West Dean :: October 11, 2013 to October 13, 2013
Explore a refreshing new way to make slip decorated colourful vessels. Terracotta clay slabs are decorated flat with richly coloured slips and then turned into vessels, giving a spontaneous feel to the shapes and forms.

A practical glazing and decorating weekend - Alison Sandeman at West Dean :: October 18, 2013 to October 20, 2013
Learn to glaze and decorate pots that you have either made on an earlier pottery course at the College or in your own studio. Guidance is given on making glazes from recipes, application of glazes and pigments and wax resist as decorating mediums.

Japanese ceramics exploring form - Shozo Michikawa at West Dean :: October 20, 2013 to October 25, 2013
Develop your own Japanese-inspired forms using the tutor's own methods for creating poetic and free-form ceramics. These include traditional throwing and the 'twist and cut' technique. (residential available)

Raku making decorating and firing techniques - Tim Andrews at West Dean :: October 27, 2013 to October 31, 2013
Experience the tutor's methods for forming Raku pots - either by hand-building or by throwing on the wheel - and try out various ways of burnishing the unfired surface using slips, including terra sigillata.(residential available)