Clay Foundations: Hand Building - Sunday 3pm

Clay Foundations: Hand Building – Sunday 3pm

$540.00

Advance your pottery skills in this Handbuilding Pottery course designed for intermediate potters. Over nine weeks, you’ll explore refined pinching, complex coiling, and slab-building techniques, creating more intricate and well-resolved pieces. Bring your basic toolkit and curiosity—our experienced tutor will guide you to new creative heights!

Date:	Sunday 26 April 2026
Time:	3:00pm - 6:00pm
Teacher(s):	Jackie Lallemand
Location:	Workshop One

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Description

Hand building Pottery: Advanced Techniques for Intermediate Potters

Our Hand building Pottery course is designed for those who have completed our Introduction to Clay course or have some prior experience with pottery. This course offers an opportunity to expand your hand building skills and deepen your understanding of clay work, focusing on refining techniques and creative expression.

Course Focus: Building on the foundational skills you’ve already acquired, this course delves deeper into the three essential forms of hand building: pinching, coiling, and slab building. Each technique will be explored in greater detail, allowing you to refine your craftsmanship and tackle more complex projects.

Advanced Pinching: Further develop your pinching technique to create more intricate and refined forms. Explore how to manipulate clay with greater precision to achieve delicate, well-balanced pieces.
Complex Coiling: Learn to create larger and more sophisticated structures using the coiling method. You’ll experiment with different coil sizes and shapes to construct vessels and sculptures with increased stability and artistic flair.
Refined Slab Building: Master the art of soft and hard clay slab building, focusing on creating precise, clean lines and complex forms. You’ll explore advanced joining techniques and how to incorporate texture and surface decoration into your work.

What You’ll Achieve: Throughout the course, you’ll work on developing strong, well-resolved pots or sculptures that reflect your growing skill and creativity. With the guidance of our experienced instructor, you’ll receive personalised feedback to help you push the boundaries of your clay work. By the end of the course, you’ll have the confidence to continue your pottery journey in even more specialised or independent projects.

This course is perfect for intermediate potters ready to expand their hand building repertoire and explore new creative horizons. Join us and take the next step in your pottery journey, refining your skills and expressing your unique artistic vision through advanced hand building techniques.

Important Information

Course Details:

Duration: 9 weeks, 3 hours per session
Skill Level: Intermediate. Basic hand building skills required
Materials: Clay, glaze and firing are an additional cost and can be paid through the shop or during class.
What to Bring:
- Sturdy covered shoes
- An apron
- Your toolkit
- An old towel or microfibre cloth

Studio Clean-Up: To maintain a safe and healthy environment, it is a requirement of class attendance that participants clean their workspaces and assist with the general clean-up of the workshop at the end of each class.

Health and Safety: Canberra Potters is committed to providing a safe environment for all our staff, members, and students. We ask that you keep our community safe by following all safety protocols and signage while on site. Your adherence to these guidelines ensures a productive and enjoyable experience for everyone involved.

Terms and Conditions

Refund Policy – Classes & Short Courses:

Class fees will be refunded, less a 10% admin fee, if cancellation is notified more than 10 business days before the first class date.
If less than 10 business days’ notice is given then a refund, less 10%, will only be given if the place can be taken by another student otherwise the full fee is forfeited.
Please view your booking as a commitment to attend.
Classes cannot be transferred from one term to another or one year to another.
If a class is cancelled due to lack of enrolments, 100% of your class fee will be refunded.
All changes to bookings and refunds incur a 10% administration fee.
Canberra Potters will not issue refunds for missed classes or missed emails. Please ensure you have saved the following Canberra Potters emails to your contact list.
Canberra Potters is a teaching facility and students attend our classes to learn about pottery. Imperfect, broken and cracked items are part of the learning process. We do not provide refunds for work that cracks or breaks while drying, during firing or in general class activities.