Corner Pottery Workshop

18/10/2024

Hand-build something that's just right for the purpose and make yourself happy. Look around your house. Do you have disorder? Are your toothbrushes and combs all over the sink? Do you have an over-flowing junk drawer full rubber bands and paperclips? (Or do you just want to impress your guests with a stylish crisp bowl?) Hooray! you can solve these problems in pottery class....

Hand-build something that's just right for the purpose and make yourself happy. Look around your house. Do you have disorder? Are your toothbrushes and combs all over the sink? Do you have an over-flowing junk drawer full rubber bands and paperclips? (Or do you just want to impress your guests with....

13/09/2024

Figurative forms can be a sculpture, a vase, candleholders, a pot...the possibilities are vast and the choice is yours. Preparation and Schedule for September 2024 Course Students This is my grande scheme! I expect that working on your piece will take the entire class time. However, we all work at different paces. If you finish early, I have a few small projects you can do while the others keep working....

Figurative forms can be a sculpture, a vase, candleholders, or a pot. Students use hand building and decorating techniques to make a unique piece of ceramics

15/08/2024

In the September Course, two smaller projects will help you build a "toolbox" of pottery skills to equip you for making your main project Our main project in September will be a figurative form. This can be a statue in the normal sense or a candle holder or whatever else you'd like to make. The figure can be a person, an animal or an imaginary creature....

In the September Course, two smaller projects will help you build a "toolbox" of pottery skills to equip you for making your main project Our main project in September will be a figurative form. This can be a statue in the normal sense or a candle holder or whatever else you'd like to make. The

31/07/2024

Register for an Autumn pottery course

31/07/2024

My autumn course schedule is now open. I hope you can come. Figurative FormsI've been in the US since June where I saw more corn than pottery in Nebraska. However, I did have time to make a small sculpture of a child wearing cowboy boots. It was a birthday gift for my brother. Making it was fun, absorbing and challenging - all desirable things when working with clay....

My autumn course schedule is now open. I hope you can come. Figurative FormsI've been in the US since June where I saw more corn than pottery in Nebraska. However, I did have time to make a small sculpture of a child wearing cowboy boots. It was a birthday gift for my brother. Making it

31/07/2024

Students in the May course built tiny (they are approx 4-6 inches long) shoes. They were cut from a basic pattern (just like a cobbler would do) but then each student modified the pattern or added embellishments to create their own perfect footwear! (for a very small person). Have a look at the exhibition

Students in the May course built tiny (they are approx 4-6 inches long) shoes. They were cut from a basic pattern (just like a cobbler would do) but then each student modified the pattern or added embellishments to create their own perfect footwear! (for a very small person). Have a look at the exhi...

09/04/2024

I'm no Imelda Marcos, but I do like a pretty shoe. Recently I was wasting time on Pinterest and came across a book, "Shoes; The Complete Sourcebook" written by the delightfully named John Peacock. The book was advertised as the most comprehensive and detailed history of shoes ever published, including over 2000 specially drawn illustrations by Mr. Peacock. Naturally I ordered the book and it has inspired one of our projects for the April course; …...

I'm no Imelda Marcos, but I do like a pretty shoe. Recently I was wasting time on Pinterest and came across a book, "Shoes; The Complete Sourcebook" written by the delightfully named John Peacock. The book was advertised as the most comprehensive and detailed history of shoes ever published, includi...

08/04/2024

Little shoes, mugs and more start next week! - https://mailchi.mp/8933eebb02d8/april2024-14157081

24/03/2024

Cobblers and Commemoration in April Pottery Course - https://mailchi.mp/df2761caa222/april2024

29/02/2024

Base your design on a Favourite Roast Dinner from your past. This can be very broad and encompass people, places or an activity. Watch the Great Pottery Throw down Get some inspiration for your design by going back to the source. You can catch up on Channel 4. It is Series 7 Episode 1. You can also watch HERE online (though you have to register)....

Base your design on a Favourite Roast Dinner from your past. This can be very broad and encompass people, places or an activity. Watch the Great Pottery Throw down Get some inspiration for your design by going back to the source. You can catch up on Channel 4. It is Series 7 Episode 1. You

29/01/2024

Have you been watching the Great Pottery Throwdown? It's a good season. There are some very talented potters and (happily) not too many tears. In one episode, the potters made a 6 piece Roast Dinner Set including a plate, a gravy boat, dish, salt and pepper pots and mustard pot. The forms and decoration were inspired by childhood memories of a favourite Roast Dinner....

Have you been watching the Great Pottery Throwdown? It's a good season. There are some very talented potters and (happily) not too many tears. In one episode, the potters made a 6 piece Roast Dinner Set including a plate, a gravy boat, dish, salt and pepper pots and mustard pot. The forms and decora...

29/01/2024

Inspiration from the Great Pottery Throwdown - https://mailchi.mp/c95536de1bf3/feb2024