5 Day In Focus Course: Plates and Bottles
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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, 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.
Once more is known about the building requirements, we hope to release additional course dates taking place at the Leach Pottery alongside our programme at Newlyn School of Art.
This lively course focuses on these two opposing forms through exploration of approaches. Through making plates and bottles you will encounter different methods of throwing flat and cylindrical forms and advance turning and pulling handle techniques. This course is for intermediate throwers who can center 1kg of clay and acts as a good reminder of best practice in your throwing approaches.Consider modified thrown forms through paddling, fluting and faceting, creating a sake bottle and collection of beakers to play with this approaches. The course allows time of participants to repeat these skills learnt with the support of the tutor.
Skills Covered: Intermediate Throwing, Bottles, Plates, Paddling, Fluting, Faceting, Handle pulling, turning and making to specific measurements.
When: 22 - 26 July 2024
Where: Newlyn School of Art
Places: 5
Duration: 5 days. Core teaching hours: 10am - 4pm and 10am – 3.30pm on the last day. Please arrive at 10.00am on the first day of your course.
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: two pieces (one bottle and one plate) that will be fired & 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: intermediate, must be able to center 1kg of clay
We are delighted to offer a 10% discount in our Shop for 14 days from the start of your course.
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Please be aware, only assistance dogs are allowed in the Learning spaces.