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HAND BUILDING

Hand building means shaping the clay by hand IIt is a very relaxing and mindful way of making pottery that offers plenty of room for creative expression. Once participants have mastered the basic techniques, they can use them to create the projects of their own choosing.

HAND BUILDING FOR BEGINNERS

Using the techniques from a beginner's hand building course, students can create a wide variety of objects, from miniatures to cups and bowls, or small and medium-sized decorative pieces such as vases, table lamp bases, or flowerpots.

Hand-building brings tranquility, is accessible, and is a very creative form of pottery.

Techniques: pinch pots, rollers, small slabs, glazing.

HAND BUILDING FOR ADVANCED

Our very popular hand building course on Tuesday evenings is for advanced students only. Experience with clay is required. If you have never taken a hand building course before, please start at the beginner level. Students enrolling in the advanced hand-building course must be familiar with coiling, slab, and pinching techniques.

In this course, the instructor works with special techniques and assists with the creation of complex projects.

Course content: special themes, special techniques, working with three different types of clay.

A course consists of several lessons. Each lesson takes place once a week. You attend the same lesson every week.

Group size: 10 participants (min. 6)

Lessons start on time with a demonstration. If you don’t want to miss this, please make sure you arrive on time.

The last 15 minutes of each lesson are reserved for cleaning the potter’s wheel and the tools.

The final lesson of each course is a glazing lesson.

Items are ready for collection 2 to 3 weeks later.

Included: use of a potter’s apron, stoneware clay, 2 firings (biscuit, high-temperature). The number of fired pieces included in the course varies. Please refer to the information about the course you wish to book (booking page).

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THE CLAY TABLE

Badhuisstraat 15
2584HD, Scheveningen

The Hague

+31 (0) 616 299 300

info@theclaytable.nl

THE CLAY TABLE has flexible opening times depending on morning & evening ceramics classes, weekly private bookings and pottery weekend workshops.

 

For POTTERY PICKUPS we have FIXED TIMES

OPENING TIMES:

Tuesday 10 - 15

Wednesday 10 - 15

Thursday 10 - 15

Saturday 10  - 12.30

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