Ceramics and Glaze 6 Week Course

Name: Ceramics and Glaze 6 Week Course
Start: 2025-09-09T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-09T21:00:00+01:00
Location: west hove art studio

Schedule

Tue Sep 09 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

west hove art studio | Brighton, EN

This course is about creative experimentation with ceramics and glaze. Helen has been teaching and working with ceramics and glaze for 20+ years. Her designs have been featured on The Great Pottery Throw Down and commissioned by companies such as Aberdeen Standard Life and EtsyUK. Her work is best known for its complex melting glazes and quietly provocative design. Helen's breadth of experience is invaluable when it comes to teaching creative ceramics and glaze. This course gives students the confidence to try things out and push the boundaries of material and function in pottery.
We make glazes from scratch, learn about oxides, engobes, slip decoration, application techniques, colour and texture in glaze. I also teach hand building with clay and slab construction techniques. Plus we will be inspired by contemporary and historic pottery design. For beginners and intermediate, no experience required.
Timings are 6.30 - 9pm
Tuesday 9th September
Tuesday 16th September
Tuesday 30th September
Tuesday 14th October
Tuesday 21st October
Tuesday 28th October
Hand moulding, slab building, joining, forming with plaster moulds, pots, creative and expressive pots - abstract pieces, glaze recipes using oxides, coloured decorating slips, buckets of chemistry and more!
All materials, equipment and firings provided.
All levels welcome.
You will finish a piece every week and I will fire it for you. There will be a section every week for glaze testing and glaze application of previous week's work. We will be mixing up lots of exciting glaze materials. You do not need any experience, only an experimental mindset.
*What’s Included?*
- Hand moulding, slab building, and forming with plaster moulds
- Weekly creations of expressive pot making, abstract pieces, and more
- Glaze testing and application, with exciting glaze materials
- All materials, equipment, and firings provided
- Open to all levels, with an experimental mindset encouraged
**Please note:** This is a 6 week course taking place on the following dates. Please ensure you can attend all dates before booking.
Tuesday 9th September
Tuesday 16th September
Tuesday 30th September
Tuesday 14th October
Tuesday 21st October
Tuesday 28th October