Pottery Passport

Your pottery journey starts here! Follow our comprehensive guide to fast track your mastery of the craft of pottery.

This system, coupled with our thorough and patient guidance, is proven to grow confidence and skill in a dedicated student who is willing to take responsibility for their progress.

Visit our Blog to read about successful member's experiences.

Mix and match between hand building and throwing, do not hesitate to ask if you need guidance.

“I started at the Ceramics Studio 10 months ago, the skills based workshops, fast track learning and the personal tuition has enabled me to progress to a level far beyond my expectations. I’m now producing quality ceramics I’m proud of, and this is only down to the help, support and particularly tuition I’ve received, I can’t recommend the Ceramics Studio highly enough.”
— Samantha Dixon - Stratford Upon Avon
 

STEP 1

THROWING

Throwing Part 1 - Learn to throw a pot on the wheel.

AND/OR

HAND-BUILDING

A Pinch pot or press moulding project.

 
 

STEP 2

THROWING

Throwing Part 2 - Develop skills for throwing different shapes and height.

Turning workshop (G & T) ,learn the skills required for turning and trimming your pots.

AND/OR

HAND-BUILDING

Hand-building Foundation Course - explore and develop the principles of hand-building skills including coiling, pinching and slab built projects.

 
 

STEP 3

THROWING

Throwing Part 3 - Continue with skill development looking at consistency and developing similar shaped pots.

Glazing (G&T) - Start discovering the world of glazing and skills required to glaze your pots.

AND/OR

HAND-BUILDING

Hand-building Intermediate Course - This takes hand-building onto its next level looking at combining hand-building skills and more complex builds and includes more decoration skills and techniques.

 
 

STEP 4

THROWING

Work on skills to enhance your making such as surface decoration, deeper understanding of glazing, throwing specific forms (e.g. bowls, jugs, mugs).

Practice sessions, opportunity to practice skills and develop confidence.

AND/OR

HAND-BUILDING

Big hand-building projects. Building larger projects, gaining better understanding of the properties of clay and confidence with larger builds.

 
 

STEP 5

THROWING

Further choices/options - i.e. self directed learning.

AND/OR

HAND-BUILDING

Plot and Pot projects, supported to design your own project and build.

 
 

STEP 6

THROWING

Consider graduation to a membership.

AND/OR

HAND-BUILDING

Consider graduation to a membership.