For those with previous experience who want to work towards their own goals, or for beginners who wish to learn hand-building and throwing processes. We will also cover glazing and surface decoration.
Learning modes and locations may be different depending on the course start date. Please check the location of your chosen course and read our guide to learning modes and locations to help you choose the right course for you.
Please note: We offer a wide variety of financial support to make courses affordable. Just visit our online Help Centre for more information on a range of topics including fees, online learning and FAQs.
This ceramics course will help you to develop your skills to enable you to work more confidently and independently with clay. The range of projects covered will include hand building and throwing, exploring decoration and improving glazing skills.
What will we cover?
Ideas will be developed through sketchbooks in relation to three-dimensional form, colour, texture, mark making and imagery. You will be encouraged to gain inspiration by doing visual research.
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
Beginners: - Develop ideas in sketchbooks - Use clay decorating slips - Use various hand building techniques such as slab building - Make functional objects - Develop skills for decoration and glazing
Intermediate/Advanced: - Set a brief in discussion with the tutor to enable you to work independently - Further develop personal ideas and approaches.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This course is suitable for both beginners and those with previous experience.
You should be able to follow simple written and verbal instructions, demonstrations, hand-outs and health and safety information. Self-reflection is an important part of art education and practice, you will be encouraged to evaluate and review your own learning, ways of working and progress and be invited into group discussions and will be invited to take part in group discussion.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Through group and individual tuition and demonstrations.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Most ceramic materials are covered by the course fee. There is a charge of £3.00 per 500g for clay before firing, the porcelain charge is £24.00 per bag/ £12.00 per half bag. Tools are available within the department for use but you may want to purchase your own. In the final week you will need to pay for materials that you have used during the course, payments to be made by contactless card reader.
Important Safety Notice - Pacemakers: The motor on the potter’s wheels may pose a serious risk to individuals with pacemakers and/or internal defibrillators . For your safety, if you have a pacemaker and/or an internal defibrillator you cannot work in the Ceramics studio if the wheels are in use. Please contact the Ceramics Department before enrolling by emailing visualarts@citylit.ac.uk to discuss this further
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
You will get feedback from your tutor which on which courses to progress.
Trish is a ceramicist living and working at her multimedia studio in London. She currently teaches ceramics at City Lit and the WMC Camden, (The Working Men's College). She is also a visiting practitioner at the London Collge of Fashion (UAL). Trish has a Degree (First) and an MA in Ceramics from UWIC, (University of Wales in Cardiff). Her degree work was chosen for FRESH at the British Ceramics Biennial in 2011 and by The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (Nceca) in 2012, for an exhibition in Seattle. She has work in both public and private collections. After university Trish was chosen as ceramicist in residence at the prestigious Harrow School for boys in London. Adult education has now become Trish's main teaching direction, enjoying the enthusiasm and determination that adults bring to the learning environment. Having started her creative path in ceramics through adult education, prior to university and with several years of teaching across a wide spectrum of learners, her experience and wide skill set make her a dynamic and innovative teacher.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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