What you'll learn
Fire up the kiln and prepare to unleash your inner artist! Learn to hand-build pottery with our pottery short courses in Sydney!
Learn about the practice of pottery and how lumps of soft clay transform into beautiful pieces of long-lasting ceramic with these ceramics classes in Sydney. In this pottery and ceramics class, you will be given guidance in various aspects of the ceramics process and will make a pair of test pieces before moving on to a self-determined main project with support from your teacher. You will be taken through hand-building methods, how to employ various techniques of surface decoration, firing in an electric kiln and mixing and applying glazes.
Come to this pottery & ceramics class with a readiness to learn and to get your hands dirty, and you will go home with several pieces designed and made by yourself.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this pottery and ceramics class, you should be able to:
- use tools and equipment to decorate and shape clay
- build basic forms in clay
- prepare and apply glazes
- fire your pieces
What will be covered in this pottery course?
- Information about how ceramics are created
- Handbuilding techniques
- Surface decoration techniques
- Design
- Firing in electric kilns
- Mixing and applying glazes
Week 1
- Introduction to ceramics and clay
- Begin hand-building tests
Week 2
- Begin hand-building main project
- Surface decoration techniques
- Glazing tests
Week 3
- Finalise hand-built pieces
- Further surface decoration techniques
Week 4
- Applying glazes
- Firing
Who is this pottery course for?
These pottery classes are designed for:
- absolute beginners or students with minimal working knowledge of ceramics
Course venue
20-28 Carrington Road, Marrickville NSW 2204 (access via Renwick Street)
Additional information
- Please don’t wear your best clothing! Clay will wash out, but it’s better to wear some older clothes
- If you have long hair, please tie it back
- Wear closed-in shoes
- You will need to return a week after the last class to collect your pieces. You will be able to discuss this with your teacher.
Course testimonials:
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Stephen said: LouiseM is very good tutor, she is patient and extremely helpful
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Katherine said: Louise was very friendly and patient with the group. She shared a lot of knowledge and made the sessions very enjoyable.
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Kate said: Louise was an excellent teacher and very generous with her time and skills.
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Celia said: The teacher was very nice and facilitated all our individual projects, however I would have appreciated some more formal 'teaching'. We were only really taught two techniques and didn't really cover some of the learning outcomes eg preparing glazes or firing pieces. Some content was delivered only to individuals when they asked, meaning others missed out. Many of the example glazes were on clays which the teacher no longer uses in the class, meaning they were almost useless and some of the examples were not in stock. Tools were not in any ordered location and we were not really taught what many of the tools were, or what kind of effect they gave. It was all pretty ad hoc in this respect. If you asked, the teacher was great- but for a teaching course I think a little more formal content delivery would have been much better. How can you know what you want to make when you don't know what's possible? It would be good if the teacher spent some more time on preparing the space, and the teaching content. It just felt a little lazy...
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Judith said: Student gave this course 4.5 stars
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