Who is the course suitable for:
Adults of all abilities. From beginners to those attending previous pottery classes.
Overview:
You will learn various hand-building pottery techniques, including using slabs, pinching/shaping, making a pottery stamp, glazing and decoration techniques too. You will see your works through the making process with soft clay to the addition of glazes after a bisque firing in the kiln to the finished shiny stoneware pieces.
You will be allocated 12.5kg of clay for the duration of the course.
Mondays – 6.00pm – 8:30pm
21st Sept: Intro, H&S discussion and clay allocation, slab building vases/vessels
28th Sept: Slab building bowls/plates/cup forms
5th Oct: Learn pottery techniques
12th Oct: Glazing discussion overview. Finish making slab-built pieces for firing
19th Oct: Glazing pieces
(Half-term break)
2nd Nov: Sculpture using formers
9th Nov: Finishing off sculptures
16th Nov: Slab-build trinket boxes
23rd Nov: Finish slab builds trinket boxes/glazing
30th Nov: Glazing final pieces
Cost: 10-Session Course £350
(Please read the booking terms and conditions by downloading them HERE).
Testimonials
“I found the evening course really helpful and interesting. The tutor was very helpful and encouraging. I liked the way in which we were free to pursue our own projects and enjoyed the opportunity to have a little go on the wheel.”
Roanna
“I really enjoyed the pottery sessions. I learnt a lot of skills and found the atmosphere very relaxing and friendly.”
Jacky
About Andrew Macdermott
Andrew Macdermott has been teaching pottery for ten years here in Milton Keynes working with children, adults , schools, community groups, one-to-ones, specialist workshops and courses. He makes and sells his own pottery collections from his home studio in Crownhill.
Andrew says, “I immediately fell in love with the tactile clay and found myself wanting to learn all I could. With a background in Community Development work for me it was a natural progression to combine my passion for connecting people with a desire to use pottery workshops as a tool of engagement. I now work across Milton Keynes and beyond delivering pottery workshops.”
