Pottery Courses
Pottery - Beginner/Improver Classes
Tuesday/Wednesday 7:30pm-9:25pm
Tutor: Naomi Boylan
This class is suitable for complete beginners to pottery and those looking to improve their hand building skills. This class will enable students to design and make pottery pieces with both functional and decorative applications, from the planning and creating process to the final glazed form. Techniques demoed include pinching, coiling, slab construction, mark making, relief work and graffito. The intention of this class is to teach new skills within a relaxed, friendly environment.
Suitable for Beginners
This class is suitable for complete beginners to pottery. Students will design and create pottery pieces with both functional and decorative applications, from the planning and creating process to the final glazed form.
Techniques demoed include pinching, coiling, slab construction and how to plan and create your own work.
Structure of classes subject to change.
The intention of this class is to teach new skills within a relaxed, friendly environment.
Week 1:
Introduction / Health and Safety
Pots
Slab Rolling
Week 2:
Slab Construction
Box making
Test Tiles
Week 3:
Sculpting
Hump/Slump Moulds
Week 4:
Surface Techniques
Glazing
Personal Project Planning
Week 5
Personal Project
Week 6:
Personal Projects
Week 7:
Personal Projects
Week 8:
Glazing
Tutor: Naomi Boylan
This class is suitable for complete beginners to pottery and those looking to improve their hand building skills. This class will enable students to design and make pottery pieces with both functional and decorative applications, from the planning and creating process to the final glazed form. Techniques demoed include pinching, coiling, slab construction, mark making, relief work and graffito. The intention of this class is to teach new skills within a relaxed, friendly environment.
Suitable for Beginners
This class is suitable for complete beginners to pottery. Students will design and create pottery pieces with both functional and decorative applications, from the planning and creating process to the final glazed form.
Techniques demoed include pinching, coiling, slab construction and how to plan and create your own work.
Structure of classes subject to change.
The intention of this class is to teach new skills within a relaxed, friendly environment.
Week 1:
Introduction / Health and Safety
Pots
Slab Rolling
Week 2:
Slab Construction
Box making
Test Tiles
Week 3:
Sculpting
Hump/Slump Moulds
Week 4:
Surface Techniques
Glazing
Personal Project Planning
Week 5
Personal Project
Week 6:
Personal Projects
Week 7:
Personal Projects
Week 8:
Glazing
Saturday Workshops
Porcelain Christmas Decorations 10.00-12.00 €30
Make beautiful decorations using stencils with our pottery tutor at a 2 hour Workshop. All materials included, suitable for beginners.
Make beautiful decorations using stencils with our pottery tutor at a 2 hour Workshop. All materials included, suitable for beginners.
Pottery - Surface Decoration Workshop (8 hour workshop, runs over 2 Saturdays)
Sat 17th September 11-5 (Mono-printing, Textures & Decals) & Sat 1st Oct 1-3pm (Glazing).
Suitable for Beginners/Improvers
Work will need to be collected the following week/collection date could be Saturday morning/weekday evening
All materials, firing & glazing included in course fee
Students will need to bring lunch for Sat 17th
€95** /€75 for Donahies CS Adult Education Pottery students
Please click here for further information on our workshops including photographs of work.
Sat 17th September 11-5 (Mono-printing, Textures & Decals) & Sat 1st Oct 1-3pm (Glazing).
Suitable for Beginners/Improvers
Work will need to be collected the following week/collection date could be Saturday morning/weekday evening
All materials, firing & glazing included in course fee
Students will need to bring lunch for Sat 17th
€95** /€75 for Donahies CS Adult Education Pottery students
Please click here for further information on our workshops including photographs of work.