Six Week Ceramic Hand Building Course

Discover the joy of hand building with clay with us!



6 x 2.5 hours Class size 1 to 8 guests

$475 (Afterpay available)


Unlock your creative potential in this six week hand building ceramics course, perfect for those eager to explore the world of clay. Whether you're a complete beginner or have some experience, this course will guide you through essential techniques, helping you create unique and functional ceramic pieces.
Course overview:
Weeks 1-3: Coil Building Techniques
Week 1: Pinch Pot and Introduction to Coils
  • Skills: Begin with the fundamentals by creating a pinch pot to understand basic clay properties and shaping techniques. Transition to coil building, using coils to expand the form and build a bud vase. Focus on controlling thickness, shaping, and achieving smooth joins.
  • Activity: Create a pinch pot and use coils to build a bud vase, concentrating on even construction and clean finishes.
Week 2: Starting a Small Lidded Pot
  • Skills: Build on your coil construction skills by starting a small lidded pot. Emphasis will be on developing structure, proportions, and symmetry, ensuring the pot’s body is well-formed and stable.
  • Activity: Begin constructing the body of the pot using coils, with attention to creating a secure and balanced form.
Week 3: Completing the Lidded Pot and Creating a Sculptural Lid
  • Skills: Complete your pot by refining its form and creating a sculptural lid. Focus on final touches, ensuring strong joins, and adding decorative elements that enhance the overall design.
  • Activity: Finish the lidded pot and design a sculptural, decorative lid that complements the form.
Weeks 4-6: Slab Building Techniques
Week 4: Introduction to Slab Building
  • Skills and Overview: Learn slab building techniques to create the base structure for a vase. Focus on rolling even slabs, cutting precise shapes, and securely joining them to form solid, geometric forms.
  • Activity: Begin designing and constructing a vase using slabs, ensuring accurate cuts and clean joins.
Week 5: Developing the Vase Form
  • Skills: Continue refining your slab-built vase, focusing on shaping the form and ensuring its structural integrity. Prepare the surface for decorative techniques to be applied in the final week.
  • Activity: Continue building your vase, refining the shape and preparing it for decoration.
Week 6: Low Relief and Sgraffito Decoration
  • Skills: Learn decorative techniques such as low relief carving and sgraffito to add texture and visual interest to your vase, bringing your design to life with decorative details.
  • Activity: Finalise your vase by applying low relief and sgraffito decorations, making sure the piece is ready for firing.
After firing, you can pick up your handmade ceramic creations, ready to use in your living space!

Knowledge required
No prior ceramics knowledge is required - this course is perfect for beginners. If you have some experience, our tutor will encourage you to build on your skills.
 
What you'll get
  • You will get one bag of clay and use of state-of-the-art Shimpo equipment.
  • Take home beautiful handmade ceramic items you have made yourselves!
  • All tools, materials, and firing are included ($10 per kilo for any extra work over the 4-piece maximum).
  • You will gain skills and knowledge in areas of hand building and decorating.
  • When your work is ready for collection, you will receive an email notification (approximately 4-6 weeks after the course completion date).
What to bring
Work clothes that you don't mind getting a little dirty, closed-toe shoes, trimmed nails and a towel.
 
Session repeats

This class series runs over 6 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.

Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity or hens party.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum or gift for couples.

Location

67 St Hellier St, Heidelberg Heights VIC

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CoCraft a small group of creative and passionate makers who love to share our craft with others. We are the only place in Melbourne to offer classes in both woodworking and ceramics under the one roof. Our workshop is a light-filled 700 sqm space in a leafy area of Heidelberg Heights Victoria with transport and coffee nearby. Our woodworking school has state of the art machinery and our ceramics studio uses premium quality Shimpo pottery wheels. Come and learn with us!

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2025-01-03 15:00:00
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