To complement our long-running summer school we have offered occasional specialist weekend workshops. the success of these has led students to request more. So for 2009  we are holding four weekend workshops concentrating on different aspects of production here at Ridge Pottery.

The weekend workshops do not include firing of finished work. Arrangements can be made for firing or participants can take away their work for the cost of the clay. These are very much ‘learn as you make’ workshops in which it is the learning rather than the production that is important, in contrast to the complete potting courses that we run in the summer.

• Basic Throwing 1 and 2
  February 21st-22nd and October 3rd-4th
  Each weekend will be 2 days of intensive wheel work for beginners/improvers. With a mixture of group demonstration and one to one instruction.  Great strides in skills and appreciation can be made in a short time.
  As ever we will be using our renowned Donyatt clay which we mix here at the pottery. For students new to our pottery, you will be working in a purpose built studio with first class wheels and equipment.

• Advanced Throwing
  April 4th-5th
  Two days of stretching the clay and yourself, pushing back the boundaries and having fun with thrown forms! Manipulating surfaces, altering forms, adding shape to shape and taking clay to the limits. Rediscover the timeless and limitless possibilities of the non-round pot using little known traditional practices and techniques. Explore forms you won't have thought possible. Both flat and hollow ware to be covered.
  
  
• Big pots, joined pots
  March 7th-8th
  A regular favourite here at Queen Camel, making bigger pots without having to get bigger muscles. Expand your control and add scale to your creating.
  Techniques from around the world allow you to make much bigger pots without being a sumo wrestler.
  

Refreshments
Coffee breaks and meals are usually taken out in the garden when possible. Delicious lunches are provided using our organic garden vegetables where possible. Good evening meals can be found in a variety of interesting pubs within easy reach of the pottery.

Accommodation
We can arrange bed and breakfast accommodation for you. Our students stay in private homes and farmhouses in or near the village. Alternatives are camping, hotels and inns. (Lists can be supplied on request.)

Booking
The fee for the weekend (including refreshments and lunch) is £150.00. a non-returnable deposit of £25.00 is payable on booking, the balance being due one month before the event. Cheques (in sterling) should be made payable to J. D. Phillips.

Contact us
For more details and availability of places
Contact us: online form
phone:+44 (0)1935 850 753