Ceramics classes

Been meaning to blog this for ages.

Last semester I took a term of ceramics classes, held every Monday evening. Partly because I love ceramics, and the work of a lot of contemporary practitioners who use them, especially people like Charlotte Mei and Alex Sickling and Kaye Blegvard, and would like to be able to make my own in the future, and partly because I thought it would be fun. A chance to get messy, and learn a new skill, and not have to worry about how 'good' anything is. Clay is so deliciously unpredictable, learning how to use it is a masterclass in 'not being precious'. More often than not, shit goes wrong, embrace it, deal with it, learn from it.

Over the 10 weeks of the course, I learned an awful lot! As well as learning actually how to construct various things, e.g  bowls, cups, vases, I also learned  about about different types of clay and how to use them, and how to glaze them.

I had a brilliant time at these classes, and will definitely consider using ceramics to expand my personal practice in the future.