HiveConnecting Creativity for over 30 yearsThere is usually a materials fee for each course based on a 'Weigh and Pay' system.
A 10 week course for people new to clay or anyone returning to clay work who would like a refresher. Students will be supported in designing and making their own sculptural ceramic pieces, using a variety of techniques as appropriate.
Working with Egyptian Paste - Egyptian Paste is considered to have been used first by the Egyptians some 7,000 years ago, for the production of small amulets and other decorative objects. The turquoise coloured beetles “scarab” are probably the best known artefacts.
A 10 week course for people who want to find out about glazes and glazing where they will learn how to make a glaze and will be encouraged to experiment firing their work using a range of glazes and other glaze materials.
Students are supported in designing and making their own ceramic pieces, using a variety of techniques as appropriate.
Students are supported in designing and making their own ceramic pieces, using a variety of techniques as appropriate.
Students are supported in designing and making their own ceramic pieces, using a variety of techniques as appropriate to their previous experience.
Raku Pottery is originally a Japanese tradition where pots are hand made fired at low temperatures and pieces taken out whilst glowing hot. At Hive our Raku firings take place outside and the process provides quite spectacular individual ceramic pieces.
An introduction to raku and the use of terra sigillata, surface decoration using clay slips, perfected by the ancient Greeks 3000 years ago. The finest examples being the red and black figure wares we can see in museums all over the world. Later used by the Romans to produce their Samain wares".
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