If you would like to try something creative, pottery is an exciting skill to learn. Working with clay is a very satisfying experience. If you have never tried it before, you will soon see how easy, effective and pleasing it is to carve, model and construct individual hand-crafted items. You will be able to use your dextrous skills in an imaginative way and see the processes through from ideas to firing in our excellently equipped pottery studio and kilns. Those with some experience will be able to extend their ideas and skills as this class is for beginners and improvers. The course promotes eye to hand dexterity. The course will teach you traditional and less-traditional methods of construction, decoration, glazing and firing. You will build on skills you have been taught and we aim to bring out your creativity and personality with individual help and guidance. You will learn slab rolling, pinching, press-moulding, coiling modelling and throwing on the wheel.
Name: Pottery Qualification title: Non regulated provision, Entry Level, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification type: Assessment The course is designed to introduce the student gradually to methods of making pottery and to the student who has had some previous experience in handling clay. There will be an opportunity to use the potter's wheel. For the beginner it is important to attend the first two consecutive sessions in order to familiarise oneself with the material. There will be various techniques introduced then which are important for advancement. Each pot made will be first fired when it has dried out. The student will then glaze the pot before it is fired again. Each piece will be ready to take home within three to four weeks of it being made. Homework is voluntary but students who have the time may find it useful to keep a sketchbook in which to jot down ideas. Students may find it useful to keep a file in which to keep photographs of their work and hand-outs. Awarding Generic award - no awarding body Created 20160805 13:40:48 Updated 20160805 13:40:48
The College will provide tools, aprons, and materials. There may be an additional cost if particularly expensive glazes are used in abundance. The tutor will advise. Equipment required The College will provide tools, aprons, and materials. There may be an additional cost if particularly expensive glazes are used in abundance. The tutor will advise.
Strode's College
Further Education
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Strode's College,
High Street,
Town:
Egham,
County:Surrey
Title: Non regulated provision, Entry Level, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification: Non regulated provision, Entry Level, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Classification: Arts, Media and Publishing