Ceramics Demonstrations

Paula will be demonstrating hand building techniques, pinch coil and slab, experimenting with surface textures and finishes, using a variety of…

Alex creates objects with a harmonious connection between surface and form. His pieces are formally inspired by simple ceramic profiles and…

Matt Horne uses contemporary forms and crystalline glazes to create stunning decorative ceramics and will be demonstrating his throwing techniques. All…

James will be making facetted vases at the show. He will throw them at the potter’s wheel and shape them into…

Wendy will be on hand to fully explain the preparation of work necessary to achieve naked raku, i.e. methods of burnishing,…

Alvin will be demonstrating a wide range of original underglaze brushwork technique revealing formal pattern, free style abstraction alongside pictorial narrative

Using dry Clay and fire on a wet thrown and turning clay surface , he will be demonstrating hi technique, developed…

Harriet Coleridge will be throwing, altering and assembling pots; she will make some simple forms and add wheel thrown coils to…

Dan will be demonstrating a number of different raku firing techniques.His work is all made on the wheel and is Raku…

Richard has been a professional potter for 35 years, making ceramics that are thrown and turned on the wheel using fine textured…

Emily will be throwing pots and carving them at the ‘leather hard’ stage. She makes a range of stoneware vessels on the…

Daniel will be demonstrating his throwing and coiling technique and how he decorates his pieces by layering slips and applying his…

Rachel will be demonstrating her composite forms which will be thrown and altered on the wheel; and pinched and coiled conical…

Jane works with the unusual technique of pit-firing, where ceramics are placed in a large open pit and surrounded by organic…

Paul will demonstrate coiling and press-moulding techniques used to form his stoneware sculptural vessels and the layering of slips and glazes…

Christopher will be demonstrating the making and decorating of his individual ornamental ceramic pieces. Pieces are formed by throwing or pressing…

Ellen’s ceramic objects are inspired by natural structures such as sand dunes, ice crystals, wood, rocks and leaves. Structures that Ishe finds…

James will be constructing large scale sculptural forms using press moulded, curved slabs of clay. Curved sections of clay are constructed with…

Tony will be demonstrating throwing and turning.

Jin explores the ways of creating illusory spatial phenomena and manipulating perception of three-dimensional form by the arrangement of tonal bands through…

Paul will demonstrate thrown, altered and decorated vessels incorporating life drawing and abstract art images. Paul will also demonstrate the creation…

Adam will be Throwing big pots and smaller functional pots and also demonstrating his decorating techniques.

Francoise will be demonstrating slab making and various slip decoration techniques. She set up her own studio in 1988, Rennes, Brittany after…