Ceramics Handbuilding - 6 week course

Dip your toes in ceramics on our short taster courses.

Creating pottery and art out of clay is a beautiful and fulfilling experience. For many of our students, taking a pottery class sparks a lifelong passion for this craft. After dipping their toes into clay on a taster course, students often continue with deeper skill development and practice on one of our longer courses. This short course is suitable for students who have no previous experience working with clay but are intrigued by ceramics and are looking to discover what the process of making ceramics involves, and get some basic hands-on practical experience in making their own pots.

• Making pottery using pinching techniques
• Making pottery with coiling techniques
• Which tools you need and how to use them
• Joining pots together and attaching parts to your pot
• Using decorating slips
• Sgraffito decorating
• Slab building techniques
• Applying glaze to your pieces
  

Course structure

This course consists of 6 sessions. Each session is a lesson of 2 hours (including cleaning up at the end of the lesson).

Session 1: Pinching technique: make a pot, bowl or mug.
Sessions 2: Coiling technique: make a candy bowl or flower vase.
Session 3: Slab building: make a travel mug.
Session 4: Painting and glazing techniques on your bisque fired projects.
Session 5: Sgraffito decorating
Session 6: Exhibition of finished creations, making an object of your
preference, mixing all techniques together, finishing unfinished works, glazing.

Please be sure that you can attend all of the scheduled lesson dates before you sign up. It's particularly important that you attend the first two and the final sessions, otherwise you may struggle to keep up with the rest of the group or end up with unfinished projects at the end of the course. It is not possible to get extra sessions if you do not attend your scheduled lesson.

All sessions are on Saturday afternoons:

2026 January 18th 3.30 - 5.30 pm
2026 January 25th 3.30 - 5.30 pm
2026 February 1st 3.30 - 5.30 pm
2026 February 8th 3.30 - 5.30 pm
2026 February 15th 3.30 - 5.30 pm
2026 February 23th 3.30 - 5.30 pm

What's included in the price?

• Materials and kiln firing are included.
• Tea, coffee
  

Your Host

Ginte Zacharini is an artist and ceramist whose practice focuses on functional, nature-inspired ceramics designed for everyday use. Her work reflects a balance between form, texture, and simplicity, celebrating traditional craftsmanship while embracing contemporary aesthetics.

With a strong belief in slow living and thoughtful creation, Ginte’s workshops are designed as immersive, welcoming experiences. She creates a supportive space where participants can explore clay at their own pace, develop technical skills, and reconnect with the joy of making by hand. Her teaching approach is intuitive, calm, and deeply rooted in the idea that creativity is for everyone.

Discount if booked until 1st of January: 15% off