A five day course. We will be looking into all aspects of making and decorating jugs in earthenware clay. Round jugs, square jugs, oval jugs. Jugs for milk, jugs for water, a fun exploration of the jug form. Students will be encouraged to try out different combinations of clays, making techniques, wheel thrown, hand built and press moulds. We will experiment with coloured slips and decorating styles, looking at historical and contemporary earthenware pottery. Weather permitting, pots made in the early part of the week, will be slipped, glazed and fired in the gas kiln.
In my pottery workshop I only have 5 students per course. Each will have access to an electric or kick wheel, with plenty of storage racks for your pots, a variety of tools are provided and dustbins of slips and glazes.
The first morning is a gentle introduction to the workshop, with a chance to try the different clays in the pottery. We’ll look at the slips and glazes available for you to use, and discuss the program for the remaining days.
Teaching ends at 5 p.m, you are welcome to continue working in the pottery. We often gather for wine and nibbles at the end of the day. Weather permitting, mid course I will get my Woodfired bread oven hot and we’ll cook pizzas for all to share.
Here at Golden Valley Cottage, we firmly believe that pots and food go hand in hand. The summer pottery courses have a growing reputation for colourful homemade vegetarian lunches using vegetables and flowers from the garden. Mariette’s home baked biscuits and cakes made with eggs from our own hens and ducks, are served at regular intervals with coffee and tea. All presented in and on our collection of studio pottery.
A five day course. We will be looking into all aspects of making and decorating jugs in earthenware clay. Round jugs, square jugs, oval jugs. Jugs for milk, jugs for water, a fun exploration of the jug form. Students will be encouraged to try out different combinations of clays, making techniques, wheel thrown, hand built and press moulds. We will experiment with coloured slips and decorating styles, looking at historical and contemporary earthenware pottery. Weather permitting, pots made in the early part of the week, will be slipped, glazed and fired in the gas kiln.
In my pottery workshop I only have 5 students per course. Each will have access to an electric or kick wheel, with plenty of storage racks for your pots, a variety of tools are provided and dustbins of slips and glazes.
The first morning is a gentle introduction to the workshop, with a chance to try the different clays in the pottery. We’ll look at the slips and glazes available for you to use, and discuss the program for the remaining days.
Teaching ends at 5 p.m, you are welcome to continue working in the pottery. We often gather for wine and nibbles at the end of the day. Weather permitting, mid course I will get my Woodfired bread oven hot and we’ll cook pizzas for all to share.
Here at Golden Valley Cottage, we firmly believe that pots and food go hand in hand. The summer pottery courses have a growing reputation for colourful homemade vegetarian lunches using vegetables and flowers from the garden. Mariette’s home baked biscuits and cakes made with eggs from our own hens and ducks, are served at regular intervals with coffee and tea. All presented in and on our collection of studio pottery.
