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Go Create

If you're looking for real wheel throwing pottery lessons, excellent tuition, small group sizes and personal support when needed then book a Go Create wheel weekend. This is a hands on the wheel practical and foot on the pedal weekend and with each student working at a wheel there's plenty of practice time
Our tutors include Nam Tram and Clover from the recent series of The Pottery Throwdown, so expect to be impressed.

Our Weekend Wheel throwing Workshop is more than just a great alliteration, it includes: practical demonstrations,  inspiring talks, examples of contemporary ceramic practice and plenty of hands on practice under the watchful eye of an experienced potter. For some of our potters that's more than 30 years! This is a great introduction to wheel thrown pottery and lets you make your gifts, kitchenware, etc. the right way.and for use.

It's a 2 day course and suits absolute beginners or those wishing more wheel practice under the guidance of our brilliant potter, artists in their own right. Group sizes are small to ensure individual support and what's more important, each student will work at their own wheel to maximize the understanding of the craft.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

Wedging and kneading
Centering
Wheel throwing
Lifting and trimming
Turning a plate
Handles right and wrong

Please note that this is a £4/pot additional charge for any pieces that you would like fired and glazed

Wheel Pottery Intensive Weekend

*Clay is a popular gender-neutral name for babies. It’s most popular year was in 1991, when 646 babies per million born were given the name.*

It was a good course. The teacher gave clear instructions and was very helpful

Course itself was great but more info needed re availability or not of somewhere to buy your lunch.

Learn all the tips and tricks of wheel thrown pottery in this Weekend Pottery Event at GoCreate in Wimbledon, London.

A Weekend of Pottery

This intensive, one-day workshop is aimed at complete beginners and those with some experience looking to touch up their skills or get back into a forgotten hobby.

You’ll get to trial different brushes and learn different techniques such as wet-on-dry or wet-on-wet. We'll also cover  basic colour mixing and include a paper stretching demonstration. We'll inspire with different watercolour approaches to support people of all abilities find their route into watercolour whether that be the creation of an llustration from the imagination or  to a study  from still life. 

In the afternoon we aim for students to put their new found knowledge to the test. We'll bring along plenty of reference material and also plants and beautiful still life objects to inspire. For those looking for step-by-step guidance and to complete a small painting we' cover a plant painting. More confident students are free to work on a project of their chose and can also receive guidance and support.

Watercolour Introduction: One-day Workshop

*Al Tayer Group in the UAE are credited with creating the longest piece in the world, their 10,850m masterpiece was finished in 2015 and took 20,000 students 8 months to complete in aid of Autism awareness.*

Very informative but relaxed day where we learnt a lot of new skills. It went too quickly!

Get to grips with the basics of watercolour in the 'One Day Intensive Introduction To Watercolour' workshop at GoCreate in Margate, Kent.

Go Create is an amazing learning hub based in Margate, Kent.

Set up by Kirsty Kennedy in 2012, it provides fun art experiences and information-rich workshops for both adults and children.  It specialises in inspiring people from all walks of life to "Go" and "Create", whether for fun or to discover and develop a new talent. 

It also offers creative directional support and develop specialist courses for more advanced learners.

Go Create

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