Pottery Foundation: Level 3

Overview

Foundation level 3 concentrates on developing your wheel throwing, surface decoration, glazing and preparation for firing skills. These build your confidence and start to prepare you for dedicated self-practice in a studio environment.

You will improve your technical practice and learn more about the properties of clay and glaze, how to recycle and the principles of firing work. You will train on the equipment typically found in a pottery studio so that you can use it safely and effectively. You will also move from a fully taught environment to a guided practice environment where the tutor will work with you to advise and guide you as you make your own work at your own pace.

Foundation level 3 is aimed at people who want to improve their skills and approaches, develop a home practice or want to join our Edinburgh Ceramics Workshop studio. If you are already and ECW member you can supply your own materials for this course but this must be discussed and agreed with the technicians in advance of the course starting. If you are not an ECW member then we will provide you with materials. The tutor will introduce you to clay and glaze types and suppliers and to our ECW materials shop.