Saturday, 26 January 2013

Donahies Pottery Classes - List of materials

Hi Everyone
A big thank you to all those who have enrolled in the Donahies Pottery Class.By the end of this course you will have :

  • Learnt how to create and finish several beautiful pots using coil, slab and pinch methods.
  • Learnt about surface decoration on clay, mark making, texturing and applied decoration.
  • Glazed your own biscuit fired work and decided on final colours and pattern
For your first and subsequent classes please bring the following materials which you probably will already have at home:

  • Old shirt or apron
  • Heavy square or rectangular piece of linen or cloth to roll clay out on
  • Plastic ruler and or set square
  • Old paint brush (as in fine art) to apply slip
  • Old fork for scoring clay
  • Flat wooden spatula (from the kitchen!)
  • Sponge / cloth for cleaning your work area
  • Towel
  • Notepad and pencils for sketches/ designs
Owl Night light, Brookwood Pottery 2012, 26 euro

See you on this Monday evening 7 30 - 9.30 pm (ps If this all sounds like too much hard work please note there is a 20 minute break in the class where you can get a cup of tea or coffee in the cafe too!)

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