Pottery: Saturday throwing course

City Lit

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In London

£ 409 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This is a level 2 throwing course. This ceramics course is an opportunity for students with some experience to
improve their throwing skills, and for beginners to learn the basic skills and techniques of making thrown pots.
As well as throwing forms and turning, you will have the chance to develop shapes and experiment with constructions, as well as working on a larger scale. You will also find out about slip, oxide and glaze decoration
techniques.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

- Demonstrate a level of skill and understanding of the principles of throwing
- Throw basic forms
- Throw a 'bellied' form
- Decorate and glaze pieces

Intermediate/advanced:
- Set further goals in discussion with the tutor
- Further develop and refine your personal ideas
- Practise and improve your throwing skills
- Evaluate your work.

You should bring an old towel and 10 rubbish bags of 20 litres. There is a charge of £2.00 per 500g for clay before firing, the porcelain charge is £17.50 per bag/ £8.75 per half bag.

There are tools available to use within the department, but you may want to purchase your own as the course progresses.

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Subjects

  • Pottery

Course programme

We will cover all the basic making processes, including clay preparation and simple shape forming – bowls, vases,
mugs, jugs and lidded forms. Coloured slip and oxide decoration will be introduced. There will be an opportunity for
those interested to experiment further with throwing and assembling.

By group and individual demonstrations supported by discussions and one-to-one tuition, as well as visual references, books, ceramic examples and handouts.

Additional information

Ceramics surface printing on clay - VR786 Thursday evening pottery: advanced level – VR791 Your tutor will advise you on which courses to progress . Within City Lit you could progress onto the City Lit Ceramics course- VR710, the Ceramics Portfolio Course-VR711, the Art and Design Foundation Diploma Course- VA648 or VA646 or the Diploma Course in Ceramics-VR712, all of which are structured courses that can lead to higher education or independent studio practice. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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