Hands On – 4 Week Course with Charlie Komsic

Handbuilding Course with Charlie Komsic (4 Weeks)

Book now to reserve your spot. Class will only go ahead if all 4 spaces are filled.

Week 1 (start date): 4th July, 6.30pm -8.30pm 

Week 2: 11th July, 6.30pm – 8.30pm 

Week 3: 18th July, 6.30pm – 8.30pm 

Week 4: 25th July, 6.30pm – 8.30pm 

Kil.n.it’s 4 Week Hand-building course with Kil.n.it Artist, National Art School Graduate and Kil.n.it Award Recipient Charlie Komsic introduces students to a large range of unique ceramic making styles. This course is a small class of 4; an introduction to hand-building techniques, a way for students to find their clay passion. Enjoy a smaller class with more one – on – one time with your teacher. 

Over the 4 week course, students will learn not only hand-building techniques, but ceramic and glaze safety, and about the process of firing. This course will give students the skills to continue their own practice outside of a class.

Below is the outline of the course, however content will be flexible and subject to adjustment by teacher.

Week 1, Introduction to hand-building: 

– Introduction to making clay including work health and safety induction

– Introduction to the process of ceramics: pinch pots

– Ceramic Basics Hand out Sheet

Week 2, Introduction to Coiling and Slab Building

– making in clay using coiling and slab building techniques

Week 3, Making Bigger, add decoration or work on final pieces

– This week is tailored to student’s wishes, focussing on development of work and extending on the learned techniques

– introducing surface textures, slip and underglazing.

Week 4, Glazing

– Works will be bisqued and ready to glaze

– introduction to glazing and firings

– use provided glazes to experiment and decorate work