Carol Foster Ceramics

CLASSES and COURSES for 2024

Please note – if you appear not to have received a reply to your enquiry within a few days, please check your junk folder!

6 week course w/b 28th October 2024, £150 for 6 sessions

The weekly classes tend to be fully booked, with returning students, but spaces may become available. Please send me your details if you would like to be added to the waiting list at http://carolfosterceramics.co.uk/contact

Mondays 10am – 12pm with Rosa Bond – full

Tuesdays 6.30 – 8.30pm with Carol- full

Wednesdays 2.30 – 4.30pm with Carol – full

Wednesdays 6.30 – 8.30pm With Rosa – full

Fridays 10.30 – 12.30 with Carol – full

Each set of classes is taught with a theme and a technique as a focus, allowing regular students to build up a wide range of skills. Students are also welcome to follow their own projects with technical and creative support on hand
Mixed classes suitable for beginners and improvers
5 potters wheels available for use during classes
Note: if you wish to work on the wheel, an individual lesson or attendance at a throwing workshop beforehand is recommended, enabling you to work independently

THROWING TASTER SESSIONS

Half day sessions, 10am – 12.30pm on a Sunday, or 2.30pm – 5pm on a Thursday, cost £55 per person inclusive of materials, finishing, glazing and firing your work. New dates added two months in adavance

Sunday 17th November 10am to 12.30pm full

Thursday 28th November 2.30 to 4pm 4 spaces

Sunday 1st December 10am to 12.30pm full

Wednesday 11th December 10am to 12.30pm 2 spaces

Sunday 5th January 2025 10am to 12.30pm full

Sunday 19th January 2025 10am to 12.30pm full

Sunday 16thFebruary 2025 10am to 12.30pm 4 spaces

4 spaces available at each throwing workshop to allow individual tuition

suitable for beginners and improvers
materials, glazing and firing included
intensive focus on establishing good technique through observing demonstrations, feedback and direction, and repetition of forms

HANDBUILDING TASTER DAYS 2025

Sunday 2nd February 10.30am to 3.30pm 4 spaces available

£75 inclusive of materials, finishing, glazing and firing your work

Limited to 6 places and suitable for beginners. Learn to coil, pinch and slab – this is a flexible day which will allow you to develop your own ideas once you have mastered these basic hand-building techniques – materials, glazing and firing included

INDIVIDUAL LESSONS

2 hour session on the wheel: £85 for two people, £125 for 3 people

SUPPORTED THROWING DROP IN SESSIONS

(You need either to have attended a Throwing session, or be able to throw)

Monday afternoons 2.30 to 4.30pm with George

Wednesday mornings 10am to 12pm with Stacey

Friday afternoons 2pm – 4pm with Stacey

Self directed, ideal for students wishing to practice on the wheel, bookable weekly via a WhatsApp group, £20 plus materials and firing (£15 if you already attend a weekly class)