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Pottery - 5 Day Teapot Throwing Course with Tim Andrews.


  • Coombe Farm Studios (map)

A throwing course designed to advance your skills by covering everything from lids to spouts led by master thrower Tim Andrews.

Using throwing and turning techniques in stoneware and porcelain, explore the form and funtion of teapots and teaware with a sense of coherance and narrative, drawing on inspiration and forms found in Japanese ceramics. This course is for competant throwers on the pottery wheel.

In this course Tim will not only draw on his early influences from training and then working with David Leach – and his subsequent 45 years of experience as a master potter – but also his very personal ties with Japanese culture, history and ceramics. He has travelled, worked and exhibited extensively throughout Japan and these experiences will play a key role in this course.

The course will examine the practical and aesthetic relationships of individual elements: spouts, handles and lids, and achieving coherance between groups of related items.

The course is for those with reasonable throwing skills, who are able to throw basic forms on the wheel. Beginners skills cannot be taught on this course.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: This course is designed for anyone with some previous throwing experience with the ability to throw cylinders.

OUTLINE SCHEDULE: Sunday // 5-7pm Residents arrive // 7.00pm non-residents arrive followed by welcome drinks and dinner // Monday-Thursday // 8.30am Breakfast for residents // 9.30am Tuition starts //1.00-2.00pm Lunch // 2.00-5.00pm tuition resumes.  Friday // 8.30am Breakfast for residents // 9.30am-1.00pm Final tuition session // 1.00-2.00pm final lunch.

ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS: Residential and non-residential spaces available. NB residents are not required to share bedrooms, see accommodation for more info.

COST: £821 + VAT for residential which covers all your tuition, accommodation and food from arrival on Sunday through to departure after lunch on Friday. Non-residential fees are £593 + VAT include all tuition, welcome drinks on Sunday and lunch from Mon-Friday. Any pots you wish to keep to be glazed and fired at Coombe are charged at £5 per kilo + courier costs [NB A large mug costs approx £1.6 + shipping]

MATERIALS LIST: All equipment and materials are provided for you but feel free to bring any of your own pottery tools and note charges for keeping work/firing etc above.

Tim is a master, I learnt so much from him, he’s so generous with his knowledge, the course re-ignited my passion and the food - oh the food during the week was incredible!
— Chris, course participant

HOW TO GET HERE: Our address is TQ6 0JA [What3words: What3words: fulfilled.exploring.branching] and we have plenty of free onsite parking. Trains > nearest station is Totnes then we can arrange lift shares or send taxi details. We are about 20 minutes from the station.

HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THE COURSE? Max 8.

FOOD & DRINK: Food is a key part of an immersive course at Coombe. Meals are taken at a long shared table with the other participants either inside in the cooler months or outside in our courtyard when the weather is warmer. Our onsite chef caters for you including all/any dietary requirements. We grow our own vegetables and keep chickens for fresh eggs daily. For those that enjoy wine, we have a fantastic wine merchant who supply us with a small range available to buy onsite.

Tim Andrews’ works have been exhibited in many group and solo exhibitions throughout the UK and abroad, including: Japan, China, India, USA. The Netherlands. France. Italy Germany. Belgium and Sweden. Works are in many public and private collections including: Stoke on Trent and Liverpool Museums. Ashmolean Museum. St John’s College, Oxford. Donna Karan, New York. Lord Chancellor Lord Irving. Imerys. The Royal Bank of Scotland (2006). Abromavich Collection. Coutts Bank. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. He appeared as the Raku specialist on the Pottery Throwdown main make in 2015, is the recipient of several awards & has been featured in many books & publications on ceramics, he is the author of two books on ‘Raku’, the second published in 2005 by A&C Black. Tim also writes occasional reviews & articles for Ceramic Art & Perception & Ceramic Review and regularly curates exhibitions. He is a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association (CPA), a Member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen and Honorary President of the West Country Potters Association.

TIM ANDREWS- 5 DAYS TEAPOT THROWING RESIDENTIAL [£985 inc VAT] 2025

The total price for this residential course is £821 + VAT (£985) including all your 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 (£835) 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.

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TIM ANDREWS - TEAPOT THROWING -NON-RESIDENTIAL [£712 inc VAT] OCT 2025

The total price for this residential course is £593 + VAT (£712) including lunch, accommodation and your tuition.

At the point of booking/adding to cart, you are asked to pay a non-refundable* deposit of £150.

The remaining balance (£562) 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.

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