Course Description
Pottery for Beginners/ Improvers – 10wks
PURPOSE OF THE COURSE:
This course teaches the basic methods/ techniques of pottery for making 3D forms, including pinching, slabbing, coiling and throwing. Students will also get an opportunity to design and make craft pieces with both functional and decorative applications.
COURSE CONTENT:
| · Preparing clay for ceramic craftwork
· Roll and join clay to form slab pots · Form and join coils to make coil pots · Relief sculpture |
· Decorate finished craftwork using glazes
· Introduction to throwing clay on the potter’s wheel · Creative 3D hand building · Raku firing |
COURSE SCHEDULE:
10 wk. course running Wednesdays from 16.50 to 18.50hrs.
WEBPAGE:
10wk Pottery for Beginners/Improvers course
APPLICATION/ENROLLMENT:
Please apply using this link. Courses commence in Autumn (September) and Spring (January) each year. Tuition fees should be paid in full before commencing the course to the City of Dublin ETB.
| Training Provider | Liberties College |
| Course Location | Dublin |
| Location Postcode | Dublin 8 |
| Course Type | Practical |
| Course Qualification | CPD |
| Awarding Body | QQI |
| Course Start Date | 25/01/2023 |
| Course End Date | 19/04/2023 |
| Course Duration | 10 weeks |
| Course Time | Wednesdays 16.50 – 18.50hrs |
| Course Fee | €180 |
| Entry Requirements | This course caters for students who are new to working with clay or who want to refresh their existing skills. Application to the course is by enrolment |
| Carear Path | Students may progress to the 22wk. Pottery Advanced course at Liberties College, City of Dublin ETB. This course runs Wednesday evenings from 19:00 to 21:00 hrs. |
| Phone | +353 (0)1 454 0044 |
| Course Code | EPOT |
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