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Auction Sale of Ceramic Equipment and Moulds (Novelty)in Lincolnshire, England

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Slip Decoration with Jessica Jordan :: May 25, 2013 to May 25, 2013
Make a range of tiles and hand decorate using different techniques with Jessica Jordan

THROWING AND TURNING FOR BEGINNERS - Alison Sandeman at West Dean :: May 24, 2013 to May 26, 2013
Experience throwing pots on the wheel and enjoy having one-to-one tuition on your own wheel throughout the course as you learn the important techniques and processes for completing pots. (residential available)

John Evans - Advanced Workshop - Sussex :: May 24, 2013 to May 27, 2013

For ceramicists who are very familiar with burnishing and Terra Sigillata.

The techniques may include naked raku, ferric chloride fuming, ferric chloride glaze lustre spraying, stannous chloride fuming (Kosai), pit firing, 'ferrink' firing, Indian smoke technique, and the 'mummy' saggar.- BOOK Early, this course is already nearly full! (11/10/12)

Tall pots with surface textures - Gordon Cooke at West Dean :: May 27, 2013 to May 31, 2013

Create tall elegant monolithic forms in stoneware clays using slab construction with stoneware clays. Surfaces are enhanced with textural detail and coloured slips to give a finish without the use of glazes. Coiling, press-moulding and other techniques are also demonstrated.

Make a ceramic plant container a taster day - Gordon Cooke at West Dean :: June 01, 2013 to June 01, 2013
Create and decorate a unique, frost-proof plant container for your garden using stoneware clays and simple techniques.

Wheel thrown lidded forms in porcelain - Chris Keenan at West Dean :: June 06, 2013 to June 09, 2013
Explore the making of a variety of lidded forms - for a butter dish, teapot, ginger jar etc. Working with Limoges porcelain you will devise and work on individual projects to make a group of pots incorporating different types of lids. There may be time to develop handles, knobs and spouts too.

John Evans - Basic Workshop � Sussex :: June 07, 2013 to June 10, 2013
Includes 'naked raku', horse-hair raku, 'ferric fuming' paper-slip saggars, burnishing and terra sigillata to provide the smooth and polished surface ideal for these 'naked clay' techniques.

Smoke and fire Raku making and firing techniques. Alison Sandeman at West Dean :: June 16, 2013 to June 21, 2013
Cover basic hand building techniques and throwing on the potter's wheel using a range of Raku and stoneware clays. Develop your skills and ideas with one-to-one tuition and advice. Raku pieces will be made in the first two days then biscuit fired ready for glazing and firing using the exciting outdoor Raku firing methods. (residential possible)

RAKU FIRING LEVELS 2 & 3 - Emma Johnstone :: May 14, 2013 to June 25, 2013
This is a specialist 6 week course introducing you to the fast and dynamic firing technique of Raku. This is an all levels course, so no previous experience is required, although some knowledge of ceramics would be useful. This course does not lead to a qualification.

Parts and pieces throwing sculptural forms on the wheel - Virginia Scotchie at West Dean :: July 01, 2013 to July 05, 2013
Learn new ways of using the wheel by throwing closed forms and geometric shapes. You use the wheel as a tool for the creative investigation of shapes joining them together using slip and scoring techniques. Small parts and pieces in stoneware clay can then be assembled into sculptural objects. (residential possible)

Throwing and turning - Alison Sandeman at West Dean :: July 05, 2013 to July 07, 2013
Explore working on the potter's wheel and, whatever your level of experience, develop your skills in making (throwing) and finishing (turning) pots. You have exclusive use of a potter's wheel for the course.

Throwing pots a taster day - Alison Sandeman at West Dean :: July 20, 2013 to July 20, 2013
Learn the basic skills for throwing on an electric potter's wheel and create several stoneware pots.

A practical glazing day - Alison Sandeman at West Dean :: July 21, 2013 to July 21, 2013
Glaze pots you have made on an earlier pottery course at the College, and left behind for firing.

Sculptural ceramics and painterly surfaces - Carolyn Genders at West Dean :: July 27, 2013 to August 02, 2013
Explore your personal responses to the landscape of West Dean to develop sculptural forms working with white earthenware. You use drawings, photographs, small models and test pieces to evolve ideas for both shapes, surface decoration and texture. Oxide slips and colour washes are used to create painterly surfaces that add depth and textures to compliment the pieces created. (residential available)

Exploring porcelain form and surface - Jack Doherty at West Dean :: August 03, 2013 to August 09, 2013
Explore the intrinsic plastic nature of porcelain clay and develop an understanding of surface quality and pattern as you create forms inspired by manmade and natural surfaces. (residential available)

Throwing pots a taster day - Louisa Taylor at West Dean :: August 31, 2013 to August 31, 2013
An introduction to the basic skills of throwing on the potter's wheel.

Throwing and turning for beginners - Louisa Taylor at West Dean :: September 20, 2013 to September 22, 2013
Experience working on the potter's wheel and learn how to prepare and work with clay. You are shown key techniques on the first day and, with your own wheel to practice on all weekend, can then develop your own designs inspired by the ceramic collection at West Dean. (residential available)

Throwing and turning mugs jugs and teapots - Alison Sandeman at West Dean :: October 07, 2013 to October 11, 2013
Explore turned forms for mugs, jugs and teapots, as you improve your throwing skills and learn to get the most out of the clay on your own wheel. (residential available)

Decorated slab vessels - Carolyn Genders at West Dean :: October 11, 2013 to October 13, 2013
Explore a refreshing new way to make slip decorated colourful vessels. Terracotta clay slabs are decorated flat with richly coloured slips and then turned into vessels, giving a spontaneous feel to the shapes and forms.

A practical glazing and decorating weekend - Alison Sandeman at West Dean :: October 18, 2013 to October 20, 2013
Learn to glaze and decorate pots that you have either made on an earlier pottery course at the College or in your own studio. Guidance is given on making glazes from recipes, application of glazes and pigments and wax resist as decorating mediums.

Japanese ceramics exploring form - Shozo Michikawa at West Dean :: October 20, 2013 to October 25, 2013
Develop your own Japanese-inspired forms using the tutor's own methods for creating poetic and free-form ceramics. These include traditional throwing and the 'twist and cut' technique. (residential available)

Raku making decorating and firing techniques - Tim Andrews at West Dean :: October 27, 2013 to October 31, 2013
Experience the tutor's methods for forming Raku pots - either by hand-building or by throwing on the wheel - and try out various ways of burnishing the unfired surface using slips, including terra sigillata.(residential available)

Private Tuition: Throwing, Clay Modelling and Sculpture; Bob & Mary Kershaw :: May 18, 2012 to December 31, 2013

We offer private tuition in clay modelling and sculpture, also the opportunity to try the potter's wheel.