Suitable for beginners On the 3h session students will have a try on 1/2 hand building techniques, throwing on the wheel and various surface decorating using a variety of tools and objects. What to expect: A nice relaxing 3h of pottery making at my home studio, facing a lovely garden and a pond! The workshop is 3 hours long with a maximum of 4 participants. Work you make on the day and will be finished by me at later stage, but please do follow few simple steps: •Make sure that you sign and date all your work. •10 minutes before the end of the session we stop working and start tidying and cleaning all equipment used. •By the end of the lesson, you will choose a glaze for each piece •You will be asked to fill in a glazing form please fill in your contact details, name, date and a brief description of the work. . It can take up from 3 to 6 weeks for the work to be ready for pick up and you will be contacted when ready. •POTS THROWN ON THE WHEEL Pots that have been made on the wheel need to be trimmed by me next day when the clay is at leather hard stage. •HAND BUILT WORK Any work made with hand-built techniques like pinch pots or slabs should be completed on the day by the students and be ready to dry •DRYING All work must be dried slowly to avoid cracking of the clay, this process is dependent on size and thickness of work, it may take up to two weeks. •FIRST FIRING- bisque Once the work is completely dry, I will load it in the kiln and run a firing cycle at 1000 degrees, the cycle takes up to 48 hours, once the kiln has cooled down, I will remove the work which will be ready for glaze application. •APPLYING THE GLAZE: Once the work is bisque fired, I will apply the glaze you have chosen by following the instructions on the form •SECOND FIRING - GLAZE CYCLE Once the pieces are coated in glaze, I will load the kiln and run a glaze cycle at 1222 degrees Celsius. During the cycle the glaze will melt on the work, the clay will vitrify and turning the pieces into ceramics. All the pieces will be dishwasher, microwave and food safe. The cycle can take up to 48 hours and the kiln cannot be opened unless it has cooled down. REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES: I kindly ask all participants to: •Please arrive on time •Please have your nails trimmed short and long hair tidied back •Please wear something that you do not mind getting dirty •Please bring a hand towel and an apron •Please clean all tools, equipment and surfaces used •Please follow all the instructions during the lesson, the tutor is not responsible for the outcome of your work