Following the success of the recent Earthenware Beakers Short Course, this Autumn we will be running a slightly extended follow-up course of six, two-hour sessions, running from Thursday 12th September to Thursday 17th October. The course will act as an opportunity to continue developing and broadening skills introduced in the initial course, but will also introduce key skills from scratch, along with techniques and approaches not covered in the summer term, making it suitable for both new and returning participants. The Museum of Royal Worcester is known for its spectacular collection of porcelain and bone china but many of the workers making these fine objects would have used earthenware vessels at home. Starting in the Museum Displays, we will then explore hand-building and decorating techniques using earthenware clays that have been practiced in these islands since the Neolithic.

The course focuses on hand-building rather than throwing, encompassing pinch pots, coil building and slab-building, and will introduce a variety of ideas for surface decoration and treatment, including use of slips and simple glazes.

Over 6 weeks you will gain skills and be supported to experiment and discover forming and decorating techniques in this tactile, local and everyday clay material