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Hand-building Foundation Course

Join Genuine Quirk tutor Bronwen Barnes-Archer at House of Toad for a structured 4-week hand-building ceramics course covering core techniques, a personal project and glazing - perfect for beginners!

Hand-building Foundation Course

About Hand-building Foundation Course

Structured 4-week hand-building course covering core techniques, a personal project and glazing.

Perfect for beginners.

Hand-building is the art of creating ceramic forms with your hands and simple tools as opposed to using the potters wheel.

This course is carefully structured and guided throughout, ensuring you build skills progressively and confidently. It is perfect for beginners or those wanting to revisit and strengthen their foundational techniques.

Week 1 – Coil & Pinch Techniques

Week 2 – Slab Building Techniques

Week 3 – Project Week

Break Week – Drying & First Firing

Week 4 – Glazing & Finishing

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