Short Courses
Courses at Matt Smith Ceramics take place in our friendly and laid-back studio at Charlton Barns near Chichester in West Sussex with our guest pottery specialists .
We pride ourselves on being a collaborative studio, filled with friendly faces and supportive, like-minded creators of all abilities. Tools will be provided, but please bring an apron or old overshirt; pottery can be a messy business!
Short Courses
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An Introduction to Porcelain Course
Wednesday 12th of November 10.00 - 4.00pm & Friday 14th 10.00 - 1.00pm
The beauty and simplicity of porcelain has to be experienced first hand to be understood.
It is such a sensorial and luxe process to create with this clay. Although is has a reputation of being tricky to throw, it is actually a matter of understanding the differences of this clay from the other clays.
In this course Deborah will demystify the art of working with porcelain and guide you through -
Basic techniques of preparing the clay
- Throwing a cylinder
- How to create beautiful forms
- Turning and refining your work
**To attend this course you need to have some throwing experience.
The cost of this course includes all materials and firings. Please bring an apron.
The cost of this course is £270.