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Quick Facts

  • Availability Yes
  • Tutor Barbara Gorton
  • Course Code K25MCAE06C
  • Suitable For 19 year olds and up are permitted on this course

What you will learn

This studio-based course is for anyone who wishes to continue their journey of personal development in a collaborative and creative environment. You can access the ceramics studio, use extensive resources and be supported by a fellow professional ceramicist who will act as both tutor and technical support. Some of the things you will cover in this course are: • Coiling, slab building, throwing on the wheel, sculpting, and modelling clay • Applying slip decoration and underglazes to decorate your work • Applying glazes to your work to create attractive surfaces • Finishing your final pieces to create an outcome of your own design • There are a wide range of underglazes, oxides and glazes ready prepared for you.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Develop design skills and improve your making skills through turning your ideas into 3D pieces of work.
  • Develop your underpinning understanding of clay, techniques and materials giving you creative freedom to develop in the creative direction that fills your own needs
  • Learn all types of building methods including: coiling, slab building, throwing, and combining methods
  • Learn a variety of decorating techniques including: using underglazes and oxides, and glazing
  • Keep a working journal of inspirational material from the internet and magazines, sketches and technical notes for your own benefit and is not compulsory

Class format and activities

Safety is paramount at Morley College and all on-site classes will be run with smaller class sizes and additional hygiene procedures in place.

Entry requirements

You must be aged 19 or over at the start date of the course.

What you need to know before you enrol

Regular attendance is to your own benefit. If you know you can't attend please inform the tutor in advance. There is a separate charge for the clay used. Some tools are available to purchase at the college

What you need

You will need to bring with you: an apron, a dust mask and a notebook

What you can do next

You could progress to one of out advanced courses or one of our accredited courses
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