Potters Wheel Experience - Staffordshire
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About the experience
This craft experience is one that you’ll - literally - be throwing it down on, as you get to grips with the Potter’s Wheel in a one-to-one workshop at a pottery in Trentham Gardens, Staffordshire, that teaches you all the basics and should hopefully leave you able to throw clay and create your very own pottery pieces from scratch! Your tutors for the day are Mathew and Rachel, who host workshops out of their pottery and are born and raised in Staffordshire - the area of the UK that’s most famous as being home to the Staffordshire Potteries, an industrial area that became a world renowned hub of ceramics from the 17th century onwards, and the birthplace of famous ceramic houses including Doulton, Wedgwood and Spode amongst others. They’re both seasoned potters, although Mathew is actually a teacher himself. He’s incredibly patient and methodical, so you can be confident you’re learning under experienced hands - essential when you’re navigating the potter’s wheel for the first time! You’ll be taken right back to basics, as you begin prepping the clay carefully to go on the wheel, step by step. You’ll discover that getting it right on centre of the wheel will be half the task completed - get this right and you’ll be rolling. Combine this with the optimum speed at which the wheel turns - and this is something that certainly requires a lot of practice. But under Mathew’s guidance, we’re confident that you’ll get the ideal shape in no time at all. And once you’ve achieved this, you’ll be taught how to carefully slice your pottery piece using the wire to move it off the wheel ready for drying. You should hopefully have made around half a dozen pieces to go in the kiln for firing, so you’ll be able to take away and use the beautiful bowls, mugs, jugs or vases you’ve made!
- A one to one pottery workshop in Staffordshire
- Spend a day learning to throw clay
- Create up to 6 pieces on the potters wheel
- Your pieces will then be kiln fired so you can use them
- Group size maximum of 6
- One day beginners throwing course
- Create a selection of products from bowls to jugs, depending on your progress throughout the day
- Expert 1:1 tuition from a trained potter and teacher
- Choose up to 6 pieces of your work to be fired
- Firing your creation is included in the cost
- Maximum of two participants for focused tuition
- Refreshments are provided throughout the day
Topics Covered
- Clay preparation
- Centering the clay
- Throwing cylinders with the aim of producing forms of even thickness
- Developing basic forms
- Wiring pots off the wheel
Information
Minimum Age: 16 years
- Selected weekdays and weekends throughout the year
- Courses start at 10:00 finishing around 16:00
- Break for lunch (not included)
- Please bring a packed lunch
- Fired pieces can take 2-4 weeks to be ready for collection/delivery
- Delivery of pieces is available via courier for an additional charge of approximately £15
- Minimum age 16
- Under 18s must be accompanied by a spectating adult
- If booking a voucher for one, bring a friend to observe
Locations
- Staffordshire
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