Website: www.cyanclayworks.co
Tue 13 May - Tue 1 Jul 2025
Cyan Clayworks is a social enterprise, based in Leith.
Held on Tuesday evenings, each weekly class will be from 6 - 8.30pm. This course is suitable for complete beginners and those with prior experience who want to build on their skills. As its longer than some of our other courses, its ideal for those who want to explore a range of techniques, perhaps spend longer on each piece, or want to develop on what they've learned previously. If you've been on a course before you may wish to focus on particular individual projects. Run by both of us (Fiona and Chris), you will be able to benefit from our varied approaches and expertise. A couple of different stoneware clays are used at the studio, with different textures and colour responses and suited to different methods of making.
Fiona, who mainly specialises in coil building, will take you through the different stages of making and refining your individual pieces over a few weeks. We will also be covering slab-building. We have a selection of press moulds for you to use for dishes and plates as well. Other handbuilding techniques will be included as appropriate, such as carving or pinching forms, or combinations of a couple of techniques.
Wheelthrowing will be taught by Chris, his main specialism. For beginners, he will take you through all the basics, and for those with prior experience, he will help you build on your skills and confidence.
Surface decoration is a big part of the course - we will cover slip decoration (painting, monoprinting and stencilling for example), markmaking, and creating texture and pattern. We have a range of coloured slips and glazes for you to use. You can create some small test pieces experimenting with combinations of layered slips and glazes; these will help you decide how you decorate your bigger pieces.
The course is £360 per person, inclusive of all materials, tools, firings and prep and payment processing fee.
Further details and booking here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cyanclayworkscic/1537117
5 Commercial Street
Edinburgh EH6 6JA
