Porcelain Jewellery Workshop Tuesday 29th March 6 -8pm Learn how to make delicious porcelain pieces to make into unique and creative dress jewellery! Porcelain is a wonderful pure white and plastic clay that we use for precious things! We will teach you to make the pieces, and show you how to turn them into […]
Beginner Potter’s Wheel Workshop Tuesday 29th March 6pm-8pm Ever watched fascinated as potters make a spinning wheel and a lump of clay into a pot? Here is your chance to try your hand at making a pot on the Potter’s Wheel. Come and join our 2 hour throwing workshop (“throwing” is the technical term for […]
Beginner Potter’s Wheel Workshop Wednesday 30th March 10am - 12pm Ever watched fascinated as potters make a spinning wheel and a lump of clay into a pot? Here is your chance to try your hand at making a pot on the Potter’s Wheel. Come and join our 2 hour throwing workshop (“throwing” is the technical […]
Make Planters Workshop Saturday 2nd April 10 am – 12 noon There are a few techniques we can use to make really cool planters - coil building gives you the chance to make a larger and more decorative planter, plus we can make some cuties with slip casting, pinch pots, and slab building. You can […]
Beginner Potter’s Wheel Workshop Saturday April 2nd 1 – 3 pm Ever watched fascinated as potters make a spinning wheel and a lump of clay into a pot? Here is your chance to try your hand at making a pot on the Potter’s Wheel. Come and join our 2 hour throwing workshop (“throwing” is the […]
Kids Clay Play Monday 4th April 11am – 1pm Come to Firebird Studios for a fun time with clay play. Tap into the tactile creativity of clay. Make animals, monsters, little plates, and anything else your imagination can discover! Your work will be twice fired and coloured for you with vibrant underglazes. Suitable for […]
Kids Clay Play Tuesday 5th April 1pm - 3pm Come to Firebird Studios for a fun time with clay play. Tap into the tactile creativity of clay. Make animals, monsters, little plates, and anything else your imagination can discover! Your work will be twice fired and coloured for you with vibrant underglazes. There is […]
Beginner Potter’s Wheel Workshop Saturday April 9th 9.30 -11.30am Ever watched fascinated as potters make a spinning wheel and a lump of clay into a pot? Here is your chance to try your hand at making a pot on the Potter’s Wheel. Come and join our 2 hour throwing workshop (“throwing” is the technical term […]
Coil and Sculpt Workshop Saturday April 9th 10 am - 12 noon Make pot planters, bottles and vases or try your hand a sculpting! You can also coil build into a mould for interesting bowls! In this 2 hour workshop you will learn the basic principles of coil building in clay. Coil building is fast, […]
Beginner Potter’s Wheel Workshop Saturday April 9th 1 – 3 pm Ever watched fascinated as potters make a spinning wheel and a lump of clay into a pot? Here is your chance to try your hand at making a pot on the Potter’s Wheel. Come and join our 2 hour throwing workshop (“throwing” is the […]
Kids Clay Play Monday 11th April 11am – 1pm Come to Firebird Studios for a fun time with clay play. Tap into the tactile creativity of clay. Make animals, monsters, little plates, and anything else your imagination can discover! Your work will be twice fired and coloured for you with vibrant underglazes. There is […]
Kids Clay Play Tuesday 12th April 10am – 12:00am Come to Firebird Studios for a fun time with clay play. Tap into the tactile creativity of clay. Make animals, monsters, little plates, and anything else your imagination can discover! Your work will be twice fired and coloured for you with vibrant underglazes. There is […]
Beginner Potter’s Wheel Workshop Thursday 10th April 2022 10am - 12pm Ever watched fascinated as potters make a spinning wheel and a lump of clay into a pot? Here is your chance to try your hand at making a pot on the Potter’s Wheel. Come and join our 2 hour throwing workshop (“throwing” is the […]
Community Clay – Term Two – 2022 From April 19th 2022 to June 23rd 2022 (all Open Times – we are closed on Public Holidays and Sundays!) Firebird Studios Community Clay is open for students and potters to come and explore their own clay projects and ideas. Open hours for Firebird Studios: Monday – Thursday […]
Introduction to Pottery Short Course – 5 Weeks Starting Tuesday 19th April 9.30am -12.30pm This short course is a wonderful opportunity to get acquainted to clay as we cover some of the most common methods to make in clay! You will also learn the basics of underglazes and glazing your work. The course also includes […]
Advanced Decoration Short Course – 5 Weeks Starting Tuesday 19th April, 12.30pm to 3.30pm The Advanced Decoration Short Course will show you how to do a variety of more advanced decoration ideas, some traditional decoration techniques, and how to layer techniques for effect. You should already have some making and glazing experience! You will […]
Potter’s Wheel Masterclass – 10 Weeks Starting April 19th 6pm - 8 pm From beginner to pro, and everything in between. No matter where you are in your throwing development this Master Class will accelerate and refine your throwing skills. Suitable for complete novices through to those who can already throw. You will be challenged […]
Potter’s Wheel Masterclass – 10 Weeks Starting April 20th 10am to 12pm From beginner to pro, and everything in between. No matter where you are in your throwing development this Master Class will accelerate and refine your throwing skills. Suitable for complete novices through to those who can already throw. You will be challenged at your level […]
Hand Building Masterclass – 10 Weeks Starting Wednesday the 20th of April From 12:30pm - 3:30pm In this Master Class you will learn and get good at all of the main pottery hand building techniques! You will learn slab building, pinch potting, coiling and slip casting in this course. As you develop your skills the […]
Potters Wheel Short Course – 5 Weeks Starting Wednesday 20th April 2022 6pm- 8pm The Potters Wheel Short Course is a 5 week immersion into the very basic skills required to make simple pots on the potters wheel – “throwing” You will learn about preparing clay, centring, opening, making cylinders and bowls. You will also […]
Design & Decoration Master Class – 10 Week Course Starting April 20th 2022, 6pm - 9pm Don’t just stop at learning how to make pottery! The real joy is in experimenting with decoration techniques and being able to execute your design plans! Who is this course for? The perfect next step if you have completed […]
Potters Wheel Short Course – 5 Weeks Starting Thursday 21st April 10am -12 Noon The Potters Wheel Short Course is a 5 week immersion into the very basic skills required to make simple pots on the potters wheel – “throwing” You will learn about preparing clay, centring, opening, making cylinders and bowls. You will also […]
Intermediate and Advanced Potters Wheel - 5 Week Course Starts Thursday April 21st 6 – 8 pm You need to be able to centre and control around 1 kg of clay to do this course – but, you don’t have to be a perfect thrower yet! This course is project based – you can complete […]
Beginner Potter’s Wheel Workshop Saturday 23rd April 10am- 12pm Ever watched fascinated as potters make a spinning wheel and a lump of clay into a pot? Here is your chance to try your hand at making a pot on the Potter’s Wheel. Come and join our 2 hour throwing workshop (“throwing” is the technical term […]
Beginner Potter’s Wheel Workshop Monday 25th April 2022 6pm - 8pm Ever watched fascinated as potters make a spinning wheel and a lump of clay into a pot? Here is your chance to try your hand at making a pot on the Potter’s Wheel. Come and join our 2 hour throwing workshop (“throwing” is the […]
Beginner Potter’s Wheel Workshop Saturday 30th April 2022 10am - 12 pm Ever watched fascinated as potters make a spinning wheel and a lump of clay into a pot? Here is your chance to try your hand at making a pot on the Potter’s Wheel. Come and join our 2 hour throwing workshop (“throwing” is […]
Beginner Potter’s Wheel Workshop April 30 @ 1pm - 3pm $125.00 Beginner Potter’s Wheel Workshop Saturday 30th April 2022 1pm – 3pm Ever watched fascinated as potters make a spinning wheel and a lump of clay into a pot? Here is your chance to try your hand at making a pot on the Potter’s Wheel. […]