Courses - 3 & 5 day

There are only six places per course meaning we can tailor the course to suit you, your level of skill and your creativity! It doesn't matter how much potting experience you have - total beginner or happy hobby potter Dave has plenty of time to tutor each individual, and so the making schedule can be flexible. As Dave is a thrower a large part of the course will be spent on the wheel learning the different techniques, with some hand building as well.

Tuition begins at 9 (after a hearty breakfast for residential potters) and we stop at about 11 for a coffee break (cake or biscuits provided!). We then work until 1 pm when we stop for a delicious seasonal homemade lunch . All meals are cooked by Dave's wife Lucy - a keen cook! Back to the studio at 2 to 4, when formal tuition ends, although you can work on if you wish. We do not provide dinner on a nightly basis but there are plenty of great places to eat out in the village, from fish and chips to thai and indian restaurants to mention but a few!

Long weekend and week long courses begin with a delicious 3 course meal on the evening before tuition starts. This is included in the residential price, and allows us to get to know one another a little. All courses end with a RAKU firing day, when you can fire pots made earlier in the week. You can take your raku fired pots home with you, whilst the rest of your work can be fired and glazed by Dave and sent to you if you wish. There is an extra cost for this.

COURSE DATES

FOR MORE INFORMATION, NON POTTING COMPANIONS RATES OR TO BOOK A PLACE PLEASE CONTACT US.

Raku  fired pots.

throwing on the wheel

raku firing
FEES
Week (5 days tuition and 5 nights accommodation): £525 per person including tuition, evening meal on first night, breakfasts, lunches, tea etc & materials.

Long weekend: (3 days tuition and 3 nightsaccommodation) £315 per person including tuition, evening meal on first night, breakfasts, lunches, tea etc & materials.

NON RESIDENTIAL: £70 per day including lunch. If you wish to join us for the dinner on the eve of the course this will be £15 extra.

* Note that we only have two B&B rooms here, so we also use other fantastic B&B accommodation in the village once our rooms are full. Our accommodation is taken up on a first come first serve basis. Should there be any SINGLE potters we book single rooms in the village to avoid single supplements.


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