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Ceramics - Surface Decoration Techniques - Level 1
- Price:
- £171.00
- Starts:
- 17/04/2024
- Day of week:
- WED
- Tutor:
- Polly Segal
- Ends:
- 03/07/2024
- Location:
- Cube Ceramics, Folkestone
- Time:
- 12:30 - 14:30
- Duration:
- 11 weeks
This course is currently full and online booking is not possible. Please call 03000 41 22 22* to register your interest. We will contact you directly if we can accommodate you.
This course will introduce basic hand building skills to be able to create ceramic coiled forms and either a slabbed or a pinched forms. You will look at the different types of clay, to identify what clay you will require for the projects set by your tutor. You will produce a minimum of 3 different surface design techniques eg impressing, combing, sgraffito, piercing, burnishing. Each piece will be decorated and glazed.
By the end of the course you will be able to -
- Select and prepare clay for hand-built forms
- Design and create minimum of 4 ceramic forms ready for surface decoration
- Make secure joins in clay on the forms you create
- Experiment and produce different surface design techniques eg impressing, combing, sgraffito, piercing, burnishing.
- Explain the health and safety considerations and precautions for the tools and materials and equipment you have used in the pottery studio.
Please note, clay is charged by the wet weigh, prior to firing. Only clay supplied by Kent Adult Education is allowed in our potteries.
While we aim to fire products in a timely manner, we cannot foresee technical or mechanical failures. When these do occur, we endeavour to resolve them as quickly as possible.
For Health and Safety - please wear enclosed footware.
To find out more about our Pottery courses, watch this short video: https://youtu.be/C74LYCxZEJA
Who is the tutor?
About the Tutor: Polly Segal
How will I be taught?
At the start of the course, you will work with your tutor to develop an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) to set out your prior learning and what you want to achieve by the end of the course alongside the learning outcomes listed above. It is vital that you engage with this process to achieve the outcomes and successfully complete the course.
You will complete tasks and assignments according to the course syllabus to successfully achieve the outcomes, with guidance from the tutor.
You will receive initial and ongoing feedback from your tutor. It is key that you also monitor and assess your progress throughout the course, to ensure your learning needs are being met and course and personal outcomes are being achieved.
There is no final exam for this course, level 1 certification is awarded on achievement of the course outcomes listed above.
What do I need to bring with me?
Please bring a sketch book, note pad, pen and apron. The pottery studio will have the basic tools required for this course. You may want to bring any of your own tools if you prefer.
There is a reasonable charge per kg for the clay, this covers the cost of the clay and its firing and glazing of any work you produce.
What can I do next?
During your course your tutor will offer guidance in your personal progression route,
Courses are designed to progress students to higher levels of the craft. In addition our courses support application to "Access to Degree Foundation courses" leading to Higher Education opportunities.
Kent Adult Education web site offers many courses for students wishing to develop a self employed business. Please speak with your tutor if you have an interest in self employment or an interest in developing career options in this chosen path.
To find out more about our pottery and ceramics courses, watch this short video: https://youtube/C74LYCxZEJA
What do I need to join the course
This course is for anyone who has basic hand building ceramics experience.
Getting to your course
Find us
Cube Ceramics
29 Tontine Street
Folkestone
Kent
CT20 1JR
If you require any information about this location then please call 03000 41 22 22* and quote the Course Code FOL/133647/N/FF.
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