Full Time 4 Week Throwing Course
This course is an Advanced Throwing Course aimed at potters wanting to improve
their skills, focusing on repetition and practice. Pots will not be fired during the course but students are welcome to take pieces home to fire them themselves.
The course..
Course length - 4 weeks
Dates: Monday 5th Jan - Friday - 30th Jan 2026
Times: 9.30 - 4pm Monday - Friday
Teaching hours and personal practice hours: would be roughly half and half
Visiting Artists: - Patia Davis and Robert Goldsmith
Application Deadline: 5th September 2025 Interviews will be held: Mid July
Fees - £1950
Accommodation costs are not included
Structure
The topics could be changed depending on the student's interests and experience.
Week I
Cylinders using 800 grams
Making a set of mugs and jugs looking at different handles and practicing repetitive throwing with
Katrina Pechal
Week 2
Lids and galleries with Katrina Pechal
A 2 day master class with visiting artist Patia Davis exploring throwing with porcelain
Week 3
Throwing moon jars in sections with Katrina
A 2 day master class with visiting artist Robert Godsmith possibly throwing teapots
Practicing a chosen technique with Katrina
Week 4
Practicing a chosen technique with Katrina
The course ends with a group discussion, appraisal, and evaluation.
What our students say..
It might be that you want to:
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Practice repeat throwing.
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Perfect your fluting or faceting.
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Develop a personal way of finishing pieces Looking at rims and feet/surface and throwing marks/using tools.
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Design and perfect making a teapot or any chosen form, set or range.
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Throw and adapt forms, joining thrown shapes together.
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Focus on one form.
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Focus on working with larger amounts of clay.
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Practice throwing and stretching the clay, texturing the clay on the wheel.
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Practice loosening up your throwing being more gestural and expressive.
It is up to you!