The Painting Academy
The Clay Studio runs Painting Academy courses to help you improve your pottery painting skills. These courses are instructive and fun. What's more you have a beautiful piece of painted pottery to show for it. Our courses either run across several weeks or last for one session only.
Each course has a limited number of places available and so advance booking is necessary.
Pick & Mix Flexi Course
We are offering a Painting Academy Pick & Mix Flexi Course. Painting Academy sessions will be running Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7pm until 9pm and on Wednesday and Sunday mornings from 11am until 1pm. You can attend any number of these sessions and mix times to fit in with your lifestyle. These do not have to be consecutive weeks so you can fit the course around your holiday or other time demands.
The Pick & Mix Flexi Course comprises eighteen projects that highlight a range of different pottery painting techniques.
The course costs £45 for six weeks to include tuition, Studio Fee, use of paints, glazing & firing and other resources. Choose a piece of bisque (unpainted pottery) from our extensive range every week. There is 25% discount on the Studio-recommended piece of pottery or equivalent or you can choose any one of around 150 pieces. The prices of the pieces range from £4 to £40.
Glass Fusing Course
A new exciting addition to our course portfolio - a beginner’s glass fusing course. This is a one-day course covering all the basics in fused glass, ideal for those who want to learn how to make beautiful jewellery, trinkets, plates, key fobs and coasters/tiles. Working mainly with the finest Murano glass, participants will gain accurate technical information and complete four projects to be collected one week later or they can be posted. Materials, refreshments and lunch are all included in the course fee. As a new addition to our portfolio, the first course is offered at a discount.
Projects include making two coasters, a key fob and a pendant, working with Murano glass. This is suitable for complete beginners. No glass cutting experience is necessary.
Glass fusing course date - Sunday 20 July 2008 at 11am until 4pm.
First Course Introductory Offer - £45 inclusive of tuition, materials, refreshments and lunch - maximum 12 participants.
The Painting Academy also runs regular Kidz courses during school holidays and half-term breaks.
Come along and learn some pottery painting skills to create your own masterpiece. Astound your friends and family with your genius. Each week there is a new technique or techniques to learn.Each session lasts 1½ hours and includes:
- Bisque pottery to paint.
- All paints, glazing and firing.
- Biscuit & drink.
- Tuition from trained Clay Studio staff.
- Certificate of achievement on completing the workshop.
Your masterpiece will be ready to collect within one week.