The Painting Academy
The Clay Studio runs Painting Academy courses to help you improve your pottery painting skills. These courses are instructive and fun. What's more you have a beautiful piece of painted pottery to show for it. Our courses either run across several weeks or last for one session only. Each course has a limited number of places available and so advance booking is necessary.
Painting Academy Courses We are offering a Painting Academy Pick & Mix Flexi Course. Painting Academy sessions will be running Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7pm until 9pm and on Wednesday and Sunday mornings from 11am until 1pm. You can attend any number of these sessions and mix times to fit in with your lifestyle. These do not have to be consecutive weeks so you can fit the course around your holiday or other time demands. The Pick & Mix Flexi Course comprises eighteen projects that highlight a range of different pottery painting techniques. The course costs £45 for six weeks to include tuition, Studio Fee, use of paints, glazing & firing and other resources. Choose a piece of bisque (unpainted pottery) from our extensive range every week. There is 25% discount on the Studio-recommended piece of pottery or equivalent or you can choose any one of around 150 pieces. The prices of the pieces range from £4 to £40. |
 The Painting Academy runs regular Kidz courses during school holidays and half-term breaks. Come along and learn some pottery painting skills to create your own masterpiece. Astound your friends and family with your genius. Each week there is a new technique or techniques to learn.Each session lasts 1½ hours and includes:
Your masterpiece will be ready to collect within one week. |
Glass Fusing Courses A new exciting addition to our course portfolio - a beginner’s glass fusing course. This is a one-day course covering all the basics in fused glass, ideal for those who want to learn how to make beautiful jewellery, trinkets, plates, key fobs and coasters/tiles. Working mainly with the finest Murano glass, participants will gain accurate technical information and complete four projects to be collected one week later or they can be posted. Materials, refreshments and lunch are all included in the course fee. As a new addition to our portfolio, the first course is offered at a discount. Projects include making two coasters, a key fob and a pendant, working with Murano glass. This is suitable for complete beginners. No glass cutting experience is necessary. Glass fusing course date - Next course date to be advised First Course Introductory Offer - £45 inclusive of tuition, materials, refreshments and lunch - maximum 12 participants. |
Clay Babies Pottery painting has proved to be a great way of remembering a baby or child’s early days. Our newest Painting Academy course has been designed for mums to have painting fun with their little ones and create four very special mementos or gifts.
Clay Babies runs every Tuesday at 10am and 2pm. Each four-week course is just £95 including all clay, pottery, paints, glazing & firing and tuition by trained The Clay Studio staff. The course is flexible so it is not necessary to attend every Tuesday, just let us know when you will be attending. Places on the Clay Babies course will be limited and advance booking is essential.
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