Whether you are interested in pursuing a career in the craft design area or simply looking for a way to relax and de-stress this could be the course for you. The basic hand building skills are covered starting with pinch pots and moving on to coil and slab building techniques. You will learn to decorate with glazes, under glaze colours and slips and finally loading and firing a kiln. The core of the course is for each individual to develop their own design ideas and creativity in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Students can expect to produce at least two finished pieces of unique work by the end of the ten-week course.

Certification: College Certification

Course Content:
• Getting a feel for clay, pinch pots
• Basic coil building methods
• Developing a design idea from start to finish/test glazing
• Making the first coil piece.
• Glazing and firing
• Working with slabs and slips.
• Design ideas for slab building
• Slab building piece.
• Glazing
• Finishing work and evaluation
Materials required: Pencil and Paper

Duration: 10 weeks (30 hours) 25th Jan 2010 – 19th April 2010

Sessions: Monday 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Cost: €180 plus €50 is added for clay. = €230