This fantastic 5 day pottery residential is for intermediate potters and will focus on handbuilding with the internationally recognised potter Laurel Keeley.
Laurel works with coloured slips and drawn line in stoneware and porcelain clays, with glazes and oxides.The slab bowls, plates and pots are vehicles for figurative designs of fish and fields, rivers, canals and glimpses of the world through windows. More recently she has been working with images of gardens and landscape, her method informed by painting.
Having exhibited her work at Coombe for over 20 years this course is a natural progression to introducing Laurel’s work to an increasingly wider audience. With the number of students per course kept deliberately low (max 6) to enable a high level of tuition for participants of all skill levels, Laurel’s courses regularly sell out.
“I learned so much from Laurel and I came away feeling relaxed, rested, inspired and extremely well-fed and cared for. You have created a small paradise in that beautiful valley and I feel very privileged to have been able to share it with you.”
The course is designed to focus on handbuilding using slabs, coils and moulds. Students will work in stoneware with coloured slips and drawn line with attention and focus on surface decoration. The scale of Laurel’s ceramics ranges from tiny pieces that fit in the palm of the hand, to coil built forms a metre high and students will have the chance to make and fire, both small and larger-scale work according to their own ambition.
Laurel graduated with BA Hons in English and American Arts and an MA in Commonwealth Literature. She studied ceramics at Exeter College of Art and Design and has been working as a potter for 30 years, selling work throughout the UK in selected galleries and exhibitions. Laurel has received two Arts Council England Major Awards for her work and is a member of The Devon Guild of Craftsmen. Her ceramic pieces are owned worldwide. This is a unique opportunity to work alongside and interact with Laurel through her work.
MATERIALS LIST FOR THIS COURSE
If you have them, bring pottery tools, otherwise we will provide a basic selection. You will need a sketchbook and drawing materials. Please bring sources of inspiration such as photographs, magazine cuttings and drawings.
There will be a charge of £5 per kilo of clay to include materials and firing to stoneware temperature in an electric kiln. Finished work can be sent on via courier and is charged at cost price and is reflective of weight and shipping location.
The total price for this residential course is £753 + VAT (including food, accommodation and tuition.
At the point of booking/adding to cart, you are asked to pay a non-refundable* deposit of £150.
The remaining balance (£754) is payable three weeks before the course starts (either by bank transfer, cheque or card over the phone).
*Non-refundable and non-transferrable. Please read our full Terms & Conditions including cancellations.
This total course price is £564 + VAT (£676) including your tuition and lunch each day.
At the point of booking/adding to cart, you are asked to pay a non-refundable* deposit of £150.
The remaining balance (£526) is payable three weeks before the course starts (either by bank transfer, cheque or card over the phone).
*Non-refundable and non-transferrable. Please read our full Terms & Conditions including cancellations.
