6-Week Pottery Handbuilding Course | Max. 10 Participants | Wiltshire Pottery Studio
Explore clay through handbuilding, surface decoration and creative making.
Our 6-week handbuilding pottery course welcomes both complete beginners and experienced makers. Whether you're discovering clay for the first time or returning to develop your skills, you'll be supported to create work at your own pace within a friendly and encouraging studio environment.
Over five weeks of making, you'll explore a range of handbuilding techniques before finishing your work with glazes and decorative oxides during the final session.
What You'll Learn
Complete beginners will be introduced to the core techniques of pottery handbuilding, including:
Returning makers and improvers are welcome to develop their own self-directed projects, receiving expert guidance and support throughout the course.
Is This Course Right For Me?
This course is suitable for:
✔ Complete beginners
✔ Returning makers
✔ Improvers looking to develop existing skills
✔ Students interested in sculpture, decorative ceramics or functional pottery
✔ Anyone who enjoys a creative, relaxed approach to working with clay
No previous pottery experience is required.
What's Included?
✔ Six weekly 2.5hrs pottery sessions
✔ Five weeks of making and one glazing session
✔ Maximum 10 participants
✔ Tuition from an experienced ceramic artist
✔ Use of studio tools and equipment
✔ Glazing and oxide decoration in the final session
✔ Firing of finished work
✔ Tea, coffee and biscuits
✔ Free parking
Glazing & Surface Decoration
The final week of the course is dedicated to glazing and oxide decoration, allowing you to finish your work using a range of stoneware glazes, oxides and decorative techniques.
We'll guide you through the process and professionally fire your finished pieces ready for collection.
Small Groups, Individual Support
With a maximum of 10 participants, the course provides a supportive and welcoming environment where beginners can learn new skills and more experienced makers can develop their own ideas.
Whether you're following the structured beginner projects or pursuing your own creative direction, expert support is always on hand.
Learn From Practising Ceramic Artists
Our handbuilding tutor Rachelle Corker is an experienced ceramic artist who is passionate about helping students develop confidence, creativity and technical understanding through clay.
Whether you're making your very first pinch pot or developing an ambitious personal project, you'll receive guidance tailored to your individual experience and goals.
Continue Your Ceramic Journey
Many students return to further develop their skills through additional handbuilding courses, specialist workshops and studio membership.
Marsh Farm Pottery offers a welcoming creative community where you can continue exploring, learning and growing with clay.
6-Week Pottery Handbuilding Course | Max. 10 Participants | Wiltshire Pottery Studio
Explore clay through handbuilding, surface decoration and creative making.
Our 6-week handbuilding pottery course welcomes both complete beginners and experienced makers. Whether you're discovering clay for the first time or returning to develop your skills, you'll be supported to create work at your own pace within a friendly and encouraging studio environment.
Over five weeks of making, you'll explore a range of handbuilding techniques before finishing your work with glazes and decorative oxides during the final session.
What You'll Learn
Complete beginners will be introduced to the core techniques of pottery handbuilding, including:
Returning makers and improvers are welcome to develop their own self-directed projects, receiving expert guidance and support throughout the course.
Is This Course Right For Me?
This course is suitable for:
✔ Complete beginners
✔ Returning makers
✔ Improvers looking to develop existing skills
✔ Students interested in sculpture, decorative ceramics or functional pottery
✔ Anyone who enjoys a creative, relaxed approach to working with clay
No previous pottery experience is required.
What's Included?
✔ Six weekly 2.5hrs pottery sessions
✔ Five weeks of making and one glazing session
✔ Maximum 10 participants
✔ Tuition from an experienced ceramic artist
✔ Use of studio tools and equipment
✔ Glazing and oxide decoration in the final session
✔ Firing of finished work
✔ Tea, coffee and biscuits
✔ Free parking
Glazing & Surface Decoration
The final week of the course is dedicated to glazing and oxide decoration, allowing you to finish your work using a range of stoneware glazes, oxides and decorative techniques.
We'll guide you through the process and professionally fire your finished pieces ready for collection.
Small Groups, Individual Support
With a maximum of 10 participants, the course provides a supportive and welcoming environment where beginners can learn new skills and more experienced makers can develop their own ideas.
Whether you're following the structured beginner projects or pursuing your own creative direction, expert support is always on hand.
Learn From Practising Ceramic Artists
Our handbuilding tutor Rachelle Corker is an experienced ceramic artist who is passionate about helping students develop confidence, creativity and technical understanding through clay.
Whether you're making your very first pinch pot or developing an ambitious personal project, you'll receive guidance tailored to your individual experience and goals.
Continue Your Ceramic Journey
Many students return to further develop their skills through additional handbuilding courses, specialist workshops and studio membership.
Marsh Farm Pottery offers a welcoming creative community where you can continue exploring, learning and growing with clay.
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