ONLINE COURSES

Ceramic masters teaching you
in your own workshop or studio

Tutors will be online with you - demonstrating, guiding and answering your questions while you work from the safety of your own studio.

During this difficult time we are pioneering the online delivery of courses. These masterclasses will be live in real time with the tutors, bringing their teaching directly into your own workshop.

Using video technology partcipants will be sent an invitation link to join the class. You will need a broadband connection and a laptop or iPad. 

Participants will be able to download in advance a materials and tools list needed to complete the course. 

SCULPTING NATURE
with Wendy Lawrence

date to be confirmed


I live near the coast and mountains of North Wales – immersed in geology which continues to be my focus. This interest has evolved into an appreciation of natural form and texture in its entirety. I have been documenting geology, form, surface and texture through drawing, photography, collecting found objects for years. My work is also inspired by monoliths, stone circles, troughs and wheels: forms that capture the majesty of stone.

My work combines the simplicity of form and textural carved elements found within erosion, focusing on sculptural pieces which are no longer a surface quality but become part of the form itself.

The course begins at 10am UK time each day. (11.00 EU time)

COURSE FEE: 140,000 huf

▶ WENDY LAWRENCE ON VIMEO
▶ WENDY LAWRENCE WEBSITE

Wendy will be demonstrating the techniques that she has developed over 25 years of working with clay.

Course content
You will learn a variety of hand-building techniques which include combined techniques by slab- building, coiling, solid forms, constructing using plaster moulds and formers - all to create sculptural Forms.

There will be time to make at least 3 pieces, solid, slab built and and using combinations of techniques.

Wendy will also demonstrate:
Carved Surface Pattern
Carving textures
Building up layers and creating a three dimensional surface

Course format
The course will be held via the Zoom platform. You will need a laptop computer or an iPad connected to the internet. You will need a Broadband connection with a reasonable speed to fully involve yourself in the course.

The course will begin with an introduction to the tutor and her work.
Following each daily demonstration there will be group and individual tutorials where you can discuss the progress of your own work with the teacher. There will be plenty of time to discuss the work with other participants.

▶ DOWNLOAD MATERIALS, TOOLS LIST AND SCHEDULE
▶ REGISTER FOR THE COURSE

The course runs daily from 10.00 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 UK time
Please check the time differences to your home country. If you have any questions please get in touch

LANDESCAPES
with Steve Mattison

date to be confirmed


The place where your spirit feels most at home may be a physical location that you can return to at any time, or it may be more nostalgic of a home, not attached to a place, but a time from the past that you can only return to by revisiting old memories. It is a longing that’s experienced when you walk back over the doorstep that your parents walked over and your grandparents. It is met when you knock a front door in the street you grew up in and recognise the sound from your childhood.

It is the knowledge and experience of a particular place that generations have given each other, a rich relationship with the landscape of our birth. It refers to the fleeting moments of passing time - a place or the time which we instinctively belong to or feel most connected. Our home-place. 

The course begins at 10am UK time each day. (11.00 EU time)

COURSE FEE: 140,000 huf

▶ STEVE MATTISON WEBSITE

Steve will be demonstrating the techniques that he has developed over 30 years of working with clay.

Course content
You will learn a variety of surface techniques using coloured clay, slips and stains to make intricate and expressive surfaces evocative of landscape and natural patterns.

Hand-building techniques, including using moulds and formers, will be demonstrated to create sculptural forms or functional objects enhanced by the rich textural surface decoration.

Working alongside Steve, in your own studios, there will be time to make several pieces using combinations of these techniques.

Course format
The course will be held via the Zoom platform. You will need a laptop computer or an iPad connected to the internet. You will need a Broadband connection with a reasonable speed to fully involve yourself in the course.

The course will begin with an introduction to Steve and his work.
Following the daily demonstrations there will be group and individual tutorials where you can discuss the progress of your own work with the teacher. There will be plenty of time to discuss the work with other participants.

▶ REGISTER FOR THE COURSE

The course runs daily from 10.00 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 UK time
Please check the time differences to your home country. If you have any questions please get in touch

ILLUSTRATING ON CLAY
with Wendy Kershaw

9 - 12 August, 2021.


Build up rich layers of imagery by etching into clay, then combining underglaze stains and oxides to make detailed and unique ceramic illustrations.

After the success of the previous online courses we are offering another Illustration on Clay course with Wendy Kershaw.

The course begins at 10 am U.K time each day. (11 am EU time)

COURSE FEE: 140,000 huf

Course content
Wendy will be demonstrating the techniques that she has developed over 30 years of working with clay and leading a hands-on experience of a wide range of surface decoration techniques including:

Resist Techniques
Water etching
Paper printing.
Sgraffito.
Inlay.
Sprigs.
Combined techniques.

Wendy will also demonstrate:
Plaster printing.
Incised line and wash.
Slip trailing.
Mono-printing.
Decals.
Onglaze enamels and lustre.

Course format
The course will be held via the Zoom platform. You will need a laptop computer or an iPad connected to the internet. You will need a Broadband connection with a reasonable speed to fully involve yourself in the course.

The course will begin with an introduction to the tutor and their works.
Following each daily demonstration there will be group and individual tutorials where you can discuss the progress of your own work with the teacher. There will be plenty of time to discuss the work with other participants.

▶ DOWNLOAD MATERIALS AND TOOLS LIST
▶ REGISTER FOR THE COURSE

The course runs daily from 10.00 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 UK time
Please check the time differences to your home country. If you have any questions please get in touch.

COMMENTS ON ILLUSTRATING CLAY ONLINE COURSE WITH WENDY KERSHAW

Hi Wendy and Steve!
Just wanted to thank you both for the 4 wonderful days together on this fantastic course per zoom organised by you both.Even though I have been working with these materials for many years , the presentation and style of Wendy is very original and inspiring...so glad I joined the course. Wendy is a Fantastic teacher with a lot of patience answering many questions and sharing all her ideas and tips to everyone, and Steve is always there in the back ground for the technical works....
a SUPER team....well done and thank you both.

Lorraine, Switzerland


It was four refreshing days full of learning, inspiration and creative challenges. Thank you Wendy for your generous information and kindness and Steve thank you for coordinating us so professionally. You both made a very good team.

Diana, course participant, USA.


Hi Wendy, Thank you so much for the most inspirational and certainly the absolutely best organised course I have ever attended! 
My head is buzzing now with ideas that I could apply to my Masters project, but, most importantly, you gave me the tools to play, explore and combine manyfold techniques in infinite ways - priceless!!! Your delivery was incredibly stimulating, professional and humorous, and you were so lovely and encouraging - there are no words to describe how privileged I feel to have been allowed into your workshop this week! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Steve, thanks for being our attentive and knowledgeable moderator! 
I would give you 5***** on Tripadvisor.

Johanna, course participant


The course was well organised and worked way better than I ever hoped. It was great to have your own workspace and kit to hand. It’s left me with a lifetime of techniques that I am still digesting. Basically it was like 14 courses rolled into one but done in a calm and relaxed manner.
Many thanks

Dawn, course participant

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NEMZETKÖZI KERÁMIA STÚDIÓ

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INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS STUDIO

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