Description du service

Making a clay teapot is a technical process that is accessible to everyone who has been practicing throwing. It is extremely satisfying and, at the end of it, you get to enjoy a nice cup of tea… perfect! This course will teach you the basic steps of making one yourself using the potter's wheel, so you also have the insights to creating more with your own designs later. It is important therefore that students already know how to center clay and throw simple cylinder shapes. PROGRAM : The course is programmed over two 3 hour evenings set a week apart : 1) - Introduction and demonstrations. Learn how to throw a large cylindrical body and the spout of the teapot on the potter's wheel. The lid can also be thrown or made with slabs. You'll discuss different design options and also play with hand-built handle forms and techniques. 2) - Learn how to trim and refine the parts made the week before so they are lighter and ready to be assembled together. Learn how to attach the spout correctly, and learn about the design details to make it a well working functional object as well as a unique hand-made piece. FINISHED WORK : You shall each aim to create one clay teapot from a cylinder body, ready to be bisque-fired. The size and shape will depend on your experience on the wheel, and your desire for challenges ! You shall be using a fine, grey, stone-ware clay that fire's light beige. SMALL GROUP : The course welcomes maximum 5 students. LANGUAGE: The course will be given in English. Aude also speaks French. PRICE : * The cost of the course covers all materials and firings. GLAZING : The course does not include the glazing of your teapot. Here are the options : * New to our studio? sign-up to our monthly 'Glazing intro class' * Members : glaze it autonomously during a Member Session * Ask us glaze it for you in a shiny transparent glaze (free) CONDITIONS : * Please ensure you can attend all 2 dates of the course as it is a 2 week process and unfortunately a missed class will not be refunded or rescheduled. * We need a minimum of 4 participants for the course to take place. If we do not reach this number you shall be notified and proposed a refund or rescheduling. * If you are not able to complete your work to the detail you would like during the course hours, you can continue working on your pieces during member sessions on our website. This is not included in the pack of this course. *Please read our cancellation policy below.

Politique d'annulation

If for medical reasons or any other reason you are unable to attend your booked course/workshop/member session, you can be refunded, or reprogram to a future date, or find a remplacement according to the time delays below : FOR ALL INTRO COURSES / LEVEL 2 COURSES / PRIVATE WORKSHOPS / KIDS : ** Booking refundable/reprogrammable if informed MORE THAN 2 WEEKS in advance of start date (minus 5% booking fee if refunded) ** Booking refunded/reprogrammable by 50% if informed LESS THAN TWO WEEKS in advance of start date, unless a replacement is found by you or us (minus 5% booking fee if refunded 50%) ** Booking not refundable/reprogrammable LESS THEN 1 WEEK before the start date unless a replacement is found by you FOR MEMBER SESSIONS : **Bookings can be cancelled or modified MINIMUM 3 DAYS IN ADVANCE **Less than 3 days before, you shall be accounted for your booking unless you find a replacement with another member on our community Facebook group "Mud Gang" (Reprogramming a booking to a future date may be limited to our studio/staff availability. Bookings can be postponed for maximum 6 months.) FOR FIRING DROP-OFF OR PICK-UP BOOKINGS : Please inform us by email as soon as possible if you can no longer attend your chosen rendez-vous slot

Coordonnées

• Rue du Vautour 41, Brussels, Belgium

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