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Pottery Courses

Pottery - Beginner/Improver Classes

Tuesday/Wednesday 7:00-9:30pm
Saturday 10:45am-1:15pm & 2:00- 4:30pm
​Tutor: Naomi Boylan
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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
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Saturday Workshops


Porcelain Christmas Decorations 10.00-12.00 €30
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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.
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Contact Us

Streamville Road, Dublin 13
D13 YN77
​donahiesadulted@gmail.com
01 8482217