HAAR POTTERY

Introducing HAAR POTTERY - a new teaching space in Stockbridge, Edinburgh brought to you by Studio Brae.

Beginner Wheel Throwing Course

4 Week Course

£220

Starting Wed 2nd July or Thurs 3rd July

Join us for a 4-week wheel throwing course with ceramicist Rachel Lau. This course will offer a full introduction to throwing pots on a wheel. You will be shown demonstrations and guided through the making process with practical advice throughout. Your best pots will be decorated and glazed and ready to pick up after the course.

Rachel is a ceramic artist and educator with over seven years of experience in wheel throwing, specialising in porcelain. Her practice is particularly influenced by Korean ceramics, developed through training with master potters such as Kwak Kyung Tae, Moon Do Bang, and Yoo Sung. Her teaching is enriched by a refined technical skill set in wheel throwing, drawing on techniques from a range of cultural ceramic practices.

You’ll learn: 

- how to prepare and wedge clay

- how to using the coning method to centre a lump of clay

- the process involved in pulling up walls to form a pot

- how to throw cylinders

- how create different forms on the wheel

- how to use decorating slips

- how to use Sgraffito technique to decorate

Introduction to Pottery 

6 week course

£245

Next term starting Sept 25

This beginner's course is a 6 week introduction to the world of pottery, and is suitable for anyone who has little or no previous experience with clay. Each class is 2.5 hours of hands-on learning, covering a wide variety of makers' skills and pottery disciplines. 

You’ll learn: 

- how to prepare and wedge clay

- to make pots using pinching techniques

- to make pots using coiling techniques

- how to carve pots

- to wheel throw cylindrical forms

- how to trim pots on the wheel to refine the shape and adding foot rings

- how to use slab building techniques

- which tools you need and how to use them

- basic glazing

Wheel Throwing Taster Session

2 Hour Session

£60

The purpose of the taster session is to give hands-on experience of making wheel thrown ceramics. Getting a sense of the studio and the range of possibilities presented by the clay material. This workshop includes a practical introduction to the core elements of wheel throwing, focussing on the fundamental skill of forming a cylinder. Being guided on how to centre the clay, open the form, lift the walls and how to manipulate the clay to create your finished work.

With group size limited to four participants there is plenty of scope for one-to-one tutored assistance. Following the session the pieces are glazed and fired twice (one piece per person included in session). Once complete, collection can be arranged from the studio.

Please get in touch to discuss our current availability for taster sessions.

Beginners Pottery 

6 week course 

£245

Next term starting Sept 25

This secondary beginners course dives further into the basics of ceramics, exploring more advanced making skills. This six-week course is intended as a follow-up to our “Introduction to Pottery”. Suitable for people who have completed intro to pottery or have some prior experience of working with clay. 

You'll learn: 

- techniques for making larger coil pots

- how to wheel throw a wider range of forms

- how to make handles & lids

- how to join pots together and attach parts to your pot

- how to use decorating slips

- how to use Sgraffito technique

- how to work with leather hard slabs 

- more glazing techniques

Membership & Drop-in Session

Membership and drop-in sessions are designed for hobby potters with prior experience working with clay, providing returning students an opportunity to further refine their pottery skills through our Open Studio sessions. These memberships enable students to engage with the medium independently, at their own pace, while benefiting from the support and guidance of a facilitated group environment. For those new to clay or requiring more guidance, we recommend enrolling in our beginner courses.

- Drop in session -  £40/3 hours

- Monthly membership is £80 for 4 x 2.5 hour session per month