Pottery for beginners - hand building

hand building pottery with clay

Thursdays, 7–9.30pm
Eltham Living & Learning Hub
$250 ($225 concession) 

Get creative by hand building practical and usable pieces of art.

Through this five-week course, your tutor will take you through the basics of hand building with skills including making pinch pots, coiling, press moulds, slab building, surface decoration and glazing.

We will work through multiple techniques to create a range of forms, from functional to sculptural. We will explore different decorative techniques including stamping, scratching and sgraffito, just to name a few.

At the completion of the course students will have their own decorated and glazed work to take home and use. The cost of this course includes of clay, use of wheel and tools, firing, and all materials for decorating and glazing.

This course is open to people aged 18 years and over.

This activity is held at Eltham Living & Learning Hub.