Hand Building Master Class

From beginner to advanced

Learn all the main hand building techniques

Develop your skills

Learn basic decoration techniques

Hand Building Master Class

10 Week Hand Building Master Class.

You will learn slab building, pinch potting, coiling and slip casting in this course. As you develop your skills the complexity of the work increases. By the end of the course you will be amazed at how far you have come in in you skills and finesse.

Learn basic decoration techniques and take home work you will be proud of!

2021 Hand Building Masterclass Start Dates and Bookings:

Week One

Introduction to clay
Handling, recycling
Getting around the studio and OH&S
Rolling clay by hand
Using texture
Flatware

Week Two

Japanese press plates
Free form platters
Joined plates
Using coloured slip and sgraffito

Week Three

Sgraffito
Pinch Pots
Begin the tea set
Consider design and decoration
Consider glaze effects

Week Four

Complete the tea set
Make tea spoons
Make serving spoons
Glazing basics

Week Five

Make a mug set
Make a travel mug by slip casting and using a coloured slip decoratio

Week Six

Slab build a small jewellery box
Pinch pot a small box

Week Seven

Coil build a planter
Sculpt a figurine or small bust

Week Eight

Advanced slab building project
You choose your project

Week Nine

Introduction to Porcelain jewellery
Finishing Work

Week Ten

Review
Glazing
Photographing

Congratulations – you have already learned more techniques than most people have in years of handbuilding. You should keep practicing either by enrolling for Open Studios, or setting up a little space at home – we can do you firing!