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A comprehensive introduction to ceramics practice
with meditation

£265    |    Sept-June    |    Monday and Tuesday   |    6.30 - 9pm

Please note that our six week courses will resume from September 9th.  In the meantime if you are keen to get going on your ceramics journey, we wholeheartedly recommend the Wheel Throwing Summer school from June 4th to Sept 11th, or our Taster, Wheel Throwing or Clay Social sessions

 

Our Six Week Course will not only give you a kick start in your ceramics journey, we also offer you a new way of accessing your innate capacity for creative wellbeing: Each session begins with a meditation and poem to relax our body and mind so that we can switch from doing to being mode and more easily enter into creative Flow

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Given its reliance on specialist knowledge and equipment, ceramic practice can feel daunting.

Ceramic artist and founder of Dalston Clay, Barnaby Hosking has formulated this course to simplify ceramics process and make it feel natural and joyful: a regular part of your daily life much like exercise or relaxation.

 

This course is most suitable for beginners but can also be used as a refresher or for further learning after previous beginners courses or prior experience with ceramics. This is a general ceramics course, so you will learn the basics of hand building and wheel throwing. However if you wish to focus on one or the other from the beginning, you are free to do so. 

Benefits of a Six Week Course at Dalston Clay

  • Affordable and excellent value.

  • Learn Wheel throwing, Handbuilding, trimming and glazing techniques.

  • Pre-session meditation to help you transition into Flow

  • Tools, aprons, and pottery painting and glazing options are all provided.

  • Unlimited clay to use during sessions, plus 5 fired + glazed works included.

  • Make up for missed sessions with a three hour Drop-In session

  • 50% off our unique Clay Day on a Sunday of your choice

  • Small, intimate groups of up to 12 students means you get lots of personal attention!

  • Centrally heated and air conditioned studio with lots of natural light.

  • Convenient and vibrant East London location just one minutes walk from stations.

  • Free tea, great playlists and relaxed, friendly, community vibe.​

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Your teacher

Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2003, Barnaby has exhibited his artwork internationally. Working across video installation, sculpture, painting, and printmaking, his practice explores our connection with nature. Following the pandemic, he founded Dalston Clay with the hope that others might experience the transformative benefits of creativity in their own lives.

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Trained in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), Barnaby seeks to illuminate the holistic relationship between creativity, body, and mind. He divides his time between Dalston and North Norfolk, approaching his artistic practice with deep appreciation and a generous spirit.

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Clay Day special offer

On your first session of the six week course you will receive a Dalston Clay Bar making you the lucky winner of a Golden ticket which offers a 50% discount on a Clay Day on a Sunday of your choice. Clay Day is the ultimate creative wellbeing experience, combining pottery with yoga and meditation. Click here for more info

Upcoming Courses

Monday night Courses

Tuesday night Courses

Course Schedule

Session one

  • Meditation

  • Studio introduction inc. health and safety 

  • Types of clay and their uses. Tools and equipment overview.

  • Clay wedging (removing air pockets prior to use).

  • Handbuilding techniques; pinch, coil, slab.

  • Making a simple Japanese tea bowl or similar vessel using slab building techniques.

Session two

  • Meditation.

  • Continuation of hand building from session one

  • Introduction to the wheel. Centering the clay and throwing a simple vessel. 

Session three

  • Meditation.

  • Continuation of Hand building and wheel throwing

  • Intro to surface decoration: carving, coloured slip techniques and more

Session four

  • Meditation

  • Continuation of hand building and wheel throwing

  • Demonstration of trimming on the wheel 

Session five

  • Meditation

  • Continuation of hand building and wheel throwing

  • Demonstration of trimming on the wheel 

Session six

  • Meditation.

  • Glazing of work fired so far

  • Discussion on work created and continued practice. 

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As a CIC and Social Enterprise, it is our intention to make Dalston Clay a studio that is available to everyone, regardless of financial circumstance. While we need to function as a business, we never want money to be the reason why someone can't benefit from what we've built. If you truly can't afford the full cost of our offerings, we invite you to contact us to discuss your situation and we will endeavour to sort something out.

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