Across 2024 – 2025 the Leach Pottery is undertaking capital building works to improve the site for future potters. Find out more here

During the building project some aspects of the Adult Learning programme will take place at the Newlyn School of Art. Courses will continue to offer supportive teaching sensitive to the Leach ethos in the beautiful equipped studio at Newlyn School of Art.

 The wheel upon which a potter moulds their hollow forms is one of the most peculiar and intimate devices which human beings invented. There is nothing quite like throwing in any other craft. Wood, metal, fiber and glass, none of them are so responsive to the touch as clay. A Potter’s Book, Bernard Leach. 1940 

Whether you are a student potter, keen amateur, improver or a complete beginner, a throwing course with the Leach Pottery ensures you consolidate essential techniques and explore new approaches. Enjoy dedicated time and space to develop your practice. This 5 Day Course covers skills you learn on the 3 Day Throwing Course but allows more time to strengthen these techniques and encounter additional forms. There is more time to focus on handle pulling, turning, surface decoration and any other particular aspect you would like to improve.

When: Please see dates and availability for each location
Where: Newlyn School of Art or Bernard’s Studio at the Leach Pottery, (Unfortunately, courses held in Bernard’s Studio are inaccessible for wheelchair users).
Places: 5 Newlyn School of Art or 4 in Bernard’s Studio
Cost: £655 for 5 days
Duration: 5 days. Core teaching hours: 10am - 4pm and 10am – 3.30pm on the last day. Newlyn School of Art: please arrive ready for a 10am start on the first day of your course.
Bernard’s Studio Leach Pottery: please arrive at 9.30am on the first day of your course if you would like to take part in a tour of the museum.
Equipment & materials: clay and a basic tool kit is provided. We focus on building core skills and working directly with the clay to get the most from a core selection of tools. Please bring additional tools if you wish to use them along with an apron and hand towel.
You will leave with: one piece that will be fired in our Studio’s reduction kiln & posted to you* up to 12 weeks after the course has finished. This piece needs to be within the footprint of 20 x 20 x 20cm. You are welcome to take one or two pieces of unfired work home if you wish. Please bring boxes and packaging for safe transport. 
Level: beginner & intermediate

*if the address that you would like your work posting to is non-UK, extra postage will apply.

Extras: we are delighted to offer a 10% discount in our Leach pottery Shop for the duration of your course.

Any questions? Please visit out FAQ — The Leach Pottery.

Due to a high demand of orders please allow up to 10 days for confirmation of your booking.

Please be aware, only assistance dogs are allowed in the Learning spaces.

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