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This course is now fully booked for 2013.
This course, now in it's 5th year, continues to inspire a spirited and imaginative group of student dishes and bakers. Developed in direct response to Patia's own exciting new ranges of both porcelain and earthenware, the 2013 course follows on with the same theme. The course content for 2013 is spread over 4 days. Patia will be sharing the secrets of her vocabulary of alluring and lively mark-making in slip-decoration.
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Throughout this five day course, led by Patia Davis, you will master some of the intrinsic qualities particular to working with stoneware and porcelain. Focusing on throwing, the course will demonstrate the need for a directness as well as a lightness of touch towards the beautiful material of Limoges porcelain. Beginning with simple form and basic approach, tuition and demonstration will advance towards more complex technique and form. Wobage is a quiver with excitement to announce a new gues [...]
This course is now fully booked for 2013
Brand new for 2013, Patia leads an exploration of throwing and slip-decoration using earthenware clay. Students will develop open forms and simple upright shapes, which lend themselves to various slip-ware techniques. Alongside wheel-throwing and handling tuition, Patia and Niek will each demonstrate their individual expertise relating to their own slip-ware practice, following which they will assist students to experiment with their own ideas usin [...]
New last year to the 2012 course programme, this course is back by popular demand, designed for makers to develop more advanced techniques in wheel-throwing. We are delighted to welcome large-ware thrower Nic Collins from Devon as 1st time guest demonstrator and tutor for this course. Nic is internationally renowned for his big-ware throwing and wood-fired stonewares, and is author of recent publication 'Throwing Large', A&C Black, London.
Jeremy and Nic will demonstrate and provide one t [...]
This course is now fully booked for 2013.
New to the 2011 course programme, this jar-making workshop will run in alternate years with Jeremy's jug-making course. Our 2013 Jar course welcomes demonstration and tutorial by Stephen Parry from Norfolk. It will cover numerous aspects of jar and lid production, a subject so diverse so as to offer an abundance of creative avenue and skill challenges for participants. Steve will also demonstrate techniques in large ware throwing.
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We welcome enquiries for the new terms beginning in April 2013. For this Summer term, Wednesday and Thursday classes are now all full, but we have one place available for a Tuesday.
Evening classes at Wobage run on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, between 6.45 and 9.15pm, for three ten week blocks per annum. These 10 week courses, predominantly in thrown ceramics are suitable for beginners, intermediate and advanced makers. Numbers are limited to a maximum of 8 or 9 students to [...]