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 | | | | | | Country: Ireland (Republic of)
Category: Craft
Sub-Category: Ceramics
2nd Category: Art & Culture
2nd Sub-Category: Sculpture
Duration: 2 days
Price: 195 Euro
Start Dates (dd/mm/yy): 21/04/2007, 22/09/2007, 10/11/2007
Year Established: 2001
Language of Course: English
Courses per year: 5
Suitable for a family: Yes
Average Group Size: 6
Special Conditions: Age 14 plus
Accommodation Available: No
| | Course Provider | | Kinsale Pottery and Art School
Olcote, Ballinacurra
Kinsale
00000
Cork
IRELAND
| | | | | | | | | | | | For those who have had little or no experience of pottery, it can be a little daunting to work in the studio and learn to create handbuilt and thrown forms.
This course is the perfect introduction to basic pottery techniques.
Course content
SATURDAY Introduction & guided tour. Clays, firings and glazes. Coiling project Introduction to throwing
SUNDAY Turning, Slab project, Coloured clays Throwing, Glazing,Pinch pebbles Surface decoration for greenware Slip painting.
The course fee includes a full home-cooked lunch on both days.
Kinsale Pottery and Art School provides arts and crafts courses for adults and children, specialising in pottery, art, drawing and painting, glass fusing and stained glass, bronze casting, silk painting and mosaic-making.
They run weekly morning and evening classes, weekend breaks, summer schools and tailor-made workshops for corporate groups and private parties.
All their courses suit beginners, enthusiasts and professionals, using a wide range of facilities and techniques. The pottery includes electric and raku kilns, stoneware and earthenware clays, and we teach throwing, hand-building and all varieties of glazing.
Kinsale Pottery is situated just 20 minutes from Cork Airport, close to the centre of the beautiful historic harbour of Kinsale, famed for its restaurants and shops.
The pottery is in the converted stables of the home farm for Ballinacurra House, and the gallery is in the eaves of its coach house, which dates back to 1795.
Since 2001, they have provided classes and courses to suit all levels of skill and experience ranging from the complete beginner through to exhibitor standard and the school has become the largest and most established centre of its kind in Ireland. They stock a wide selection of clays and glazes, our pottery courses cover the full range of ceramics and sculpting techniques.
This course is taught by Adrian Wistreich, Ceramic Artist.
After more than 20 years of corporate life in London, working as a publisher and research consultant, Adrian left the rat-race to pursue his ambition of becoming an artist and teacher. He completed a diploma in Ceramics and Design at Hackney College of Art, London, moved to Kinsale with his family and set-up the Kinsale Pottery and Art School. | | | | |
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