7 Spot Pottery has a few spots left for their Beginner’s Ceramics Courses, Mondays and Wednesdays starting Mon 10th Sept. For full details, visit their website and their facebook page
This 6-week course is open to beginners and those with experience of ceramics. Beginners will be taught the basic hand building (pinch-forming,coiling, slabbing) and glazing techniques through set mini-projects.
Spaces are available both on the Monday evening 6.30-8.30 and the Wednesday evening 6.30-8.30 courses. Courses run for 6 consecutive weeks at our pottery studio inside Islington Mill Artists Studios in Salford.
Those who are already experienced are welcome to ‘do your own thing,’ with or without help. Class time can also be used for throwing on the potters wheel for those with experience although it is not taught as part of the course (book onto a wheel taster sessions to learn how to throw )
The course includes all materials and firing for up to 3kg of finished work. Any extra work will be charged at £3 per kg. Fired work will be available to collect the following term, during class times. Any work which has not been collected by the end of the following term will be disposed of.
Please make sure you can attend all the sessions as there isn’t space to make up missed sessions.
The course is for adults aged: 16 + and no experience necessary, and group sizes are limited to 7.
The course cost includes a the first 3kg of fired work, any extra pieces will be charged at £3 per kilo.