Ceramics & Sculpture Courses
Get inspired by our wide range of Ceramics and Sculpture courses which take place in our purpose-built, well-equipped studios in the heart of London.
Ceramics and Sculpture courses at City Lit allow you to explore and develop practical creative skills and understanding, working with a variety of materials and processes to make your ideas ‘come to life’. Our Ceramics or Pottery courses include throwing on the potter's wheel, hand building, surface application techniques, and much more. In Sculpture, we have courses in carving in stone and wood, shaping metal, sculpting with wax, clay and plaster, mould making and casting and much more.
Whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced practitioner who wants to refresh or develop their skills and knowledge, our courses give you the opportunity to take your work to the next level. Our hands-on courses are taught by specialist tutors whose teaching is enriched by their own artistic practice. You will be fully supported through practical demonstrations to the group and one-to-one guidance, in a friendly and highly creative environment.
We offer courses throughout the year in an array of materials and techniques, from one-day tasters to our year-long courses. Whether you are free evenings or daytimes, weekdays or weekends we have a variety of dates and times for you to choose from.
We host exhibitions throughout the year at City Lit Gallery where our students showcase their amazing work.
For more information please contact Visual Arts: VisualArts@citylit.ac.uk.
- Clay sculpture: portrait head
Course start date: Mon 13 Apr 2026Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie MerloThe head is the focal point of each person; create a portrait that examines both the structure as well as the emotion of the model.Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £479.00 Concession £389.00 - Carving in wood or stone Course start date: Thu 16 Apr 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Belinda EdwardsGet inspired by trying carving techniques in stone or wood and create your own small carving in wood or stone. Suitable for anyone from beginners to experienced carvers. This course will explore the characteristics of wood and stone, lead you through the steps of design and carving, encourage you to explore and develop your ideas, and try more experimental techniques.
Full fee £579.00 Senior fee £463.00 Concession £376.00 - Introduction to casting and mould making Course start date: Fri 17 Apr 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie MerloBreak the mould - try your hand at the techniques of mould making and casting as practised by sculptors, prop makers and designers. Under the guidance of highly experienced industry professional in our fully equipped sculpture studio, explore making plaster and rubber moulds. Then learn how to cast from them in plaster of Paris and cement.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Pottery evening Course start date: Tue 21 Apr 2026 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Trish SpenceFor those with previous experience who want to work towards their own goals, or for beginners who want to learn hand-building and throwing processes. We'll also cover glazing and surface decoration.Full fee £619.00 Senior fee £495.00 Concession £402.00 - Metal sculpture: beginners to intermediate Course start date: Mon 11 May 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrew RevellLearn the techniques required in making sculptural/functional objects in steel: cutting, bending, welding and joining small scale metal. Please bring ideas, inspiration and scrap metal. This course is for beginners and those at intermediate level.Full fee £489.00 Senior fee £391.00 Concession £318.00 - Experimental ceramics Course start date: Sun 7 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tana WestA chance to use different clays with the addition of oxides, fluxing agents and natural combustible materials. Fuse found objects in the kiln, make biscuit slips and investigate the textural possibilities of glazes.Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £479.00 Concession £389.00 - Explore sculptureCourse start date: Mon 29 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ro SylvesterSculpting in relief and 3D is a lovely way to express your ideas and expand on your creative skills. This course is ideal for beginners to sculpting, giving a taster of several techniques. However, if you have experience in one material and would like to find out more, this course could also be for you. We will cover a range of materials and you will find out how different techniques have developed through time. This short taster course will be good preparation for any of our specialised sculpting courses.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Intensive throwing week Course start date: Mon 27 Jul 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Matt SherrattDevelop your skills on the wheel. You will have your own wheel and the opportunity to use a variety of types of clay. The course is for experienced throwers and is ideal if you wish to develop your practice further. Intermediate level, throwing skills required.Full fee £549.00 Senior fee £439.00 Concession £357.00 - Clay sculpture: life and portrait Course start date: Mon 14 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie MerloFollow in the footsteps of Michelangelo and Rodin to learn how to capture the human figure, both physically and emotionally, on this fascinating practical sculpting course. You will work from a life model to develop your own clay sculpture of the human form.
Full fee £619.00 Senior fee £495.00 Concession £402.00 - City Lit ceramics workshopCourse start date: Mon 14 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alex SimpsonWorkshop in ceramics alongside students on VR710 City Lit ceramics.Full fee £3,259.00 Senior fee £2,607.00 Concession £2,118.00 - Carving in wood Course start date: Tue 14 Apr 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alexandra HarleyHave you ever fancied trying your hand at sculpting in wood? Or perhaps you already have experience but want expert guidance to develop your ideas further? This comprehensive course welcomes woodcarvers of all levels to bring their ideas and see how they can be developed. You will learn how to create models of your designs, upscale and transfer them to wood, and use professional carving tools to produce beautiful wood sculptures.
Full fee £579.00 Senior fee £463.00 Concession £376.00 - City Lit ceramics intermediate Course start date: Wed 16 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Robert CooperAttending one full day a week, you will develop new skills trialling different techniques to further your ceramic knowledge, helping to develop your practice. Focus will be on exploration and the development of personal ideas to produce a body of finished Ceramic work and knowledge which could lead onto further study. Some materials are included.
Full fee £4,199.00 Senior fee £3,359.00 Concession £2,729.00 - Pottery intermediate Course start date: Wed 16 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mimi JoungFor those with some previous experience wishing to work towards personal goals with tuition and guidance. Throwing and hand-building processes will be taught alongside glazing and surface decoration throughout the course.Full fee £2,399.00 Senior fee £1,919.00 Concession £1,559.00 - Introduction to carving in wood or stone Course start date: Sun 1 Nov 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Belinda EdwardsGain inspiration for creating a carving and learn about historical and contemporary artists. Learn techniques to realise your design in a choice either wood or stone. Basic materials included. All levels welcome.
Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00 - Ceramics: surface printing on clay Course start date: Mon 15 Feb 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Working with silkscreen, paper stencil, block and potato printing on unfired clay, biscuits and glazed surfaces, you will create pattern and narrative images with slips, oxides, glaze and on-glaze on simple mould forms and tiles.Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00
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