In 2020 I will again be offering a unique opportunity to learn and experience the joy of handling clay, working on the potter's wheel, trying different decorating techniques, and even firing a wood fired kiln.
In 2018 I finished the extension to my workshop, providing a purpose built space to host my summer courses. Student numbers are kept to four per course, each student will have access to a potters wheel and all the facilities of the workshop. Tea ,coffee, homemade cakes and a vegetarian lunch is provided each day. Weather permitting the wood fired pizza oven will be lit on the Saturday for all students to enjoy a meal together.
"Dear Nigel, Thank you for a lovely weekend ' feel very inspired to continue to learn to pot. I felt very well fed too and it was a very relaxing time." Rachel
"I wanted to tell you just how inspirational the weekend was, meeting you both in your tranquil home, garden and studios."
Two and a half day throwing and hand building course suitable for beginners and those wanting to improve their skills. The course will run from 4:00 on Friday (introduction to Golden Valley Cottage) until 4:00 Sunday. All equipment provided, Limited to four students
COURSE FEE £195
July 2020
Mugs, Jugs and Bowls
July 24th,25th and 26th
A two and a half day workshop that will introduce you to the pottery studio and give plenty of time to experience throwing on a potters wheel and exploring ways of hand building. Weather and time permitting, on Sunday afternoon we will slip and decorate the pots you have made.
We will be focusing on throwing and hand building mugs, jugs and bowls.
Two and a half day throwing and hand building course suitable for beginners and those wanting to improve their skills. The course will run from 4:00 on Friday (introduction to Golden Valley Cottage) until 4:00 Sunday. All equipment provided, Limited to four students
COURSE FEE £195
July 2020
Plates and Platters
July/August 31th, 1st and 2nd
A two and a half day workshop that will introduce you to the pottery studio and give plenty of time to experience throwing on a potters wheel, and hand building flat forms.
We will be throwing plates, side and dinner, and learning how to make and use flop moulds for plates and larger platters.
A four day course , making and firing your own earthenware pots. The course will run from 10:00 on Thursday until 4:00 Sunday. Limited to four students
COURSE FEE £390
August 2020
FROM CLAY TO KILN
A four day course, making and firing earthenware pots.
August 6th,7th,8th and 9th
For the second year I'm offering a four day course in which each student will be able to make pots in the studio and at the end of the course we will fire my new Phoenix design wood fired kiln. Each student will be able to take home all the work that they have made and fired themselves.
slips and glazes, packing learning all aspects of wood firing
Two and a half day throwing and hand building course suitable for beginners and those wanting to improve their skills. The course will run from 4:00 on Wednesday until 4:00 Friday. All equipment provided, Limited to four students.
COURSE FEE £195
August 2020
It's Not Round
August 12th,13th and 14th
A two and a half day workshop that will introduce you to the pottery studio and give plenty of time to experience throwing on a potters wheel.
We will be throwing and hand building with an emphasis on making pots that are not round. I'll be taking you through my process of making work that moves out of the round pot. Square, oval, triangular and all shapes in-between.
A four day course about all things slipware.
The course will run from 10:00 on Thursday until 4:00 Sunday.
Limited to four students
COURSE FEE £395
August 2020
Everything Slipware
August 20th,21th,22nd and 23rd
A four day course. We will be exploring everything slipware. Colourful four day introduction to making and decorating. Students will be throwing, hand building and tile making, and decorating with coloured clay slips. We'll explore contemporary and historic slipware pottery, and will be using traditional methods of decorating and well as exploring contemporary methods of resist, paper cutouts and expressive brushwork.
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