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Teacher: Lisa Ericson Time: Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM + glazing session on Sunday, June 2, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM Booking and registration: When you pay for the course, you will automatically be registered and booked in your name for the course you purchase. Full refunds apply within 14 days (according to the right of withdrawal law) from the payment date. However, this does not apply if the course you book starts within these 14 days. Cancellation: In case of cancellation, a cancellation fee of 500 SEK will be deducted. If you cancel 3-7 days before the course starts, only 50% of the course fee will be refunded. If you cancel less than 3 days before the course starts, 25% of the course fee will be refunded, unless we have someone on the waiting list, in which case only the cancellation fee will be forfeited. You may transfer your booking to someone else if you arrange it yourself and inform us in time about the name and contact details. You can also change your course free of charge (at least 14 days before the course starts) to another session with the same price, subject to availability. The earlier you reschedule, the greater the chance you will get the spot you wish to change to. |
Welcome to an inspiring and joyful weekend course in pottery.
Day 1 - Introduction and demonstration of throwing. Then we will throw all day. Large, small, low, and high. Everything depending on your previous experiences. Lunch break around 12-1 PM, and we will provide coffee/tea and snacks.
Day 2 - We will finish our pieces and add handles, decorate, sign, etc. Lunch break around 12-1 PM, and we will provide coffee/tea and snacks.
After the weekend, the pieces must be bisque fired before glazing, and we will meet again 4 weeks later to glaze them together. After that, it will take another 3-4 weeks (they will be glaze fired now) before you can come and pick up your finished works. We will email you when it is time for pickup.
The course fee includes:
- Course compendium
- 2kg stoneware clay + slips/glazes/decorative materials + firing (after that, clay costs 70 SEK/kg)
- Drejverkstaden's nice fabric bag or shopping bag
- Coffee/tea and snack accessories after lunch
- Opportunity to leave your shoes during the weekend
Prerequisites
The course is suitable for both complete beginners and those with previous experience. The teaching takes place in the form of individual guidance, and you have good opportunities to develop if you take multiple courses or sessions.
Course structure and content
You will learn throwing, finishing, decorating techniques, and glazing. You will also see how to throw cups, bowls, jars, plates, and candlesticks - high, low, large, and small. Depending on how much you know, we will help you further develop your skills.
The teaching consists mainly of practical work under the guidance of the course leader. Everyone has their own potter's wheel throughout the course. Max 12 participants.
Screen-free
At Drejverkstaden, we want you all to experience a calm atmosphere when you come in from a hectic Stockholm. Therefore, no computers or other screens are allowed to be used inside the premises. Mobile phones must always be set to silent mode when in the premises.
Sustainable materials
At Drejverkstaden, we are very mindful of the environment and work according to a sustainability plan in everything we do. The clays we purchase come from Witgerts, which has a strong environmental policy. In the courses, we only work with stoneware clays. The advantage of stoneware is that the fired pieces are very durable and that the glazes are more environmentally friendly. We strive to mix the glazes as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible. We pre-rinse all our glazing tools and thereby recycle all glaze residue particles, which in turn become a new glaze. The electricity we use comes solely from renewable energy.
Where
In Drejverkstaden's beautiful course facilities at Holländargatan 33, Stockholm.
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