Taught by Director of Grizedale Arts, Adam Sutherland, this comprehensive introduction to ceramics will cover all the basics from clay to kiln over 6 weeks of tuition. The Tuesday evening class will teach you the ABC of pottery with an emphasis on throwing and decorative techniques - everyone goes home with a masterpiece! Sessions run every Tuesday from 6-8pm
Course Schedule
Lesson 1 (20th `May)
An introduction to clay, preparation and hand building
Lesson 2 (27th May)
Finishing and working with leather hard clay - decorative techniques with slip
Lesson 3 (3rd June)
Biscuit firing and glazing - decorative techniques
Lessons 4 (10th June)
Continue with projects
Lesson 5 ( 17th June)
Final biscuit firing
Lesson 6 (24th June)
Final glazing session - pots to be collected in the following week
About the Tutor:
Adam has been making pots since he was 10... and has been Director of Grizedale Arts for the last 25 years.
He leads the organisation's core development - curating on and off-site projects, liaising between GA and its local communities, developing short, medium and long term strategies for the organisation's survival and working with artists at all stages from concept development to making and producing. Adam makes time for production, making ceramics for installations by Laure Prouvost and others, and prototyping many of the craft initiatives for which GA has become known in the last decade.
In 2020, Adam was instrumental in the organisation acquiring The Farmer's Arms and beginning its re-invention as a new kind of cultural space.
