Summer Intensive: Hand Building Foundations Course

Learn foundational pottery hand-building skills over five days!



5 x 2 hours Class size 1 to 8 guests

  $345 (Afterpay available)

Experience the joys of making with clay as you learn foundation techniques of hand-building in a small group. You will have opportunities to make functional pieces as well as sculptural forms.
Held at Bondi Pavilion, you will explore hand-forming techniques of pinching, coiling, and slab building, as well as gain an understanding of the properties, stages, and types of clay. You will be guided to consider form, function, and design in your making.
During the five sessions, you will try different styles and methods of working with clay and make a variety of small objects. Some will be experimental for learning purposes. At the end of the course, you will have an option of recycling some works and firing others.
The aim is to give you the skills and confidence to work independently on projects of your choice once you have completed the course. Some students choose to repeat the course multiple times as a way of further expanding their skills. Others choose to work independently without tuition in our Open Studio sessions.
Please note:
  • This class does not involve learning how to make on the potter’s wheel.
  • Course cost is $345. A discounted price of $265 is available for Pensioner Concession Card holders - please book in at the full price and then email us a photograph of your card or show it to us at your first lesson, after which we will refund your payment to the lower fee.


Knowledge required
No Knowledge required
 
What you'll get
An immersive week of pottery making.
 
What to bring
  • Wear closed shoes (essential).
  • Apron or clothes you don't mind getting a little clay on.
  • Notebook (optional).

Session repeats

This class series runs over 5 consecutive days.

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 fun gift for her, gift for mum or gift for couples.

Location

Bondi Pavilion, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Bondi Beach NSW

Summer Intensive: Hand Building Foundations Course location
More about this class

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Your teacher

Bondi Pavilion Clay Studio
Bondi Pavilion Clay Studio

5.0 (278)

Located at iconic Bondi Beach, Bondi Pavilion Clay Studio nurtures creativity, wellbeing and community through clay.
The Studio is run by Agatha Pupaher and Leanne Berelowitz in partnership with Waverley Council. Agatha co-founded and currently manages Sydney Clay Studio, a creative space and kiln firing service in St Peters. Agatha is a ceramic artist and educator who is passionate about sharing her love of clay. Leanne has a BFA in ceramics and glass from Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem and a Master of Cross-disciplinary Art and Design from UNSW Art and Design, Sydney. She has been teaching ceramics for 15 years. Both Leanne and Agatha are practising ceramic artists who exhibit their work in group and collaborative exhibitions. In addition, they have both worked in former careers; Agatha, as a child and family psychologist, and Leanne, as a registered nurse. They value each other’s transferable skills and expertise in working with people of all ages, and draw on them for their art teaching.
Agatha and Leanne value deep learning and making, and aim to help students create space to pause, reflect and reconnect with themselves, each other, and nature. Hands, head and heart working together to bring ideas to life. They teach the classes along with a small team of passionate tutors and ceramic artists who share a similar slow approach to creating/working with clay. While pottery/ceramics is about making things, their teaching approach is to initially fixate less on the outcome, and focus on building skills and developing techniques through creative exploration.

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