Ceramic Masterclasses
Bourn Pottery is pleased to offer a series of Ceramic Masterclasses in conjunction with a variety of ceramic experts. These classes are an opportunity to work with an artist who specialises in a particular area of ceramics and to really learn from the master!
Porcelain Agateware Jewellery
Sunday 6 December 2020: 10:00-16:00
Description
A one-day course looking at a variety of techniques for making porcelain agateware earrings and pendants. The main aim of the course is to introduce you to manipulating coloured porcelain layers but we will also cover some very simple modelling techniques and will show you how to finish your pieces using sterling silver findings.
A 2-course lunch is included in the course price - please advise of any allergies on booking. All materials (including a limited number of sterling silver findings) are also included.
Your tutor
Debora Cane is a ceramacist and art tutor with over 35 years’ experience. Following a brief pottery apprenticeship with Chris Soule, she studied ceramics at Medway College of Design in the 1980s and set up her own ceramics studio which she ran in Cambridge for many years and has a great deal of experience working with porcelain. Debora also teaches the Ceramic Design Academy.
Cost
£175 per person including all materials and lunch
Availability (Max of 4 people)
6 December 2020 10:00-16:00 1 PLACE AVAILABLE
Mastering Porcelain
Saturday 27 February: 10:00-16:00
Description
Porcelain is a special material that offers amazing possibilities but it can be tricky to handle. This one-day face-to-face course explains the nature of porcelain and looks at different ways to manipulate it covering incised decoration, carving and slip trailing with lots of ideas of ways in which you might combine all of these techniques to make a variety of vessels.
A 2-course lunch is included in the course price - please advise of any allergies on booking. All materials are also included.
Your tutor
Debora Cane is a ceramacist and art tutor with over 35 years’ experience. Following a brief pottery apprenticeship with Chris Soule, she studied ceramics at Medway College of Design in the 1980s and set up her own ceramics studio which she ran in Cambridge for many years and has a great deal of experience working with porcelain. Debora also teaches the Ceramic Design Academy.
Cost
£150 per person including all materials and lunch
Availability (Max of 4 people)
27 February 2021 10:00-16:00 4 PLACES AVAILABLE
Sculpting a Portrait Head from Life
Saturday 27 March: 10:00-16:00
Description
A one-day face-to-face ceramic sculpture course modelling a portrait head from life using stoneware clay. We will cover all of the practical techniques to create a fired portrait head, including creating a basic shape using a coil building method, how to establish correct proportion and getting the correct surface texture and finish. During the course you will work from a live model and will learn how to observe and interpret detail effectively.
Your portrait head will be completed on the day and then fired for you to bisque (if you want to glaze or add oxides at a later stage) or stoneware (to totally vitrify the clay ready if you are not planning any further surface decoration).
A 2-course lunch is included in the course price - please advise of any allergies on booking. All materials are also included.
Your tutor
Debora Cane is a ceramacist and art tutor with over 35 years’ experience. Following a brief pottery apprenticeship with Chris Soule, she studied ceramics at Medway College of Design in the 1980s and set up her own ceramics studio which she ran in Cambridge for many years and has a great deal of experience working with porcelain. Debora also teaches the Ceramic Design Academy.
Cost
£150 per person including all materials and lunch
Availability (Max of 4 people)
27 March 2021 09:30-17:00 4 PLACES AVAILABLE
Porcelain Agateware Bowls
Saturday 1 May: 10:00-16:00
Description
Following on from the successful Porcelain Agateware Jewellery Masterclass, this one-day workshop is an opportunity to work with porcelain clay and manipulate coloured porcelain layers in different configurations to make a variety of dishes and bowls. The name agateware is derived from the agate stone, which when sliced shows multicolored layers. This pottery technique allows for both precise and thought out patterns, and free random effects.
A 2-course lunch is included in the course price - please advise of any allergies on booking. All materials are also included.
Your tutor
Debora Cane is a ceramacist and art tutor with over 35 years’ experience. Following a brief pottery apprenticeship with Chris Soule, she studied ceramics at Medway College of Design in the 1980s and set up her own ceramics studio which she ran in Cambridge for many years and has a great deal of experience working with porcelain. Debora also teaches the Ceramic Design Academy.
Cost
£150 per person including all materials and lunch
Availability (Max of 4 people)
1 May 2021 10:00-16:00 4 PLACES AVAILABLE
Please contact me for further information or to make a booking.
Gift vouchers are available for this activity.
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