Zoo Ceramics Pottery Classes in Lincolnshire

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Pottery Classes and Workshops 2023

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Maggie and Tracy at Zoo Ceramics jointly run adult pottery classes and workshops at their studio in Waddington, just outside Lincoln. The courses specialise in hand-building techniques including coil, slab, modelling and sculpting. The structure of each session will enable each student to explore the medium of clay at their own pace and create personal themes, or follow set projects. Please note that we do not offer throwing courses.

CLASSES - The adult pottery classes are on Wednesday afternoons and evenings and are very popular, so they are often fully subscribed. To join you need to put yourself on the waiting list by following the instructions below.

WORKSHOPS - The workshops are in two parts, consisting of the making and then a glaze session three weeks later. This year's program includes Summer and Autumn weekend workshops offering porcelain jewellery, green man and small, medium and large animal sculpture. The workshops are suitable for older children. To apply please contact us to request an application form.

CREATE YOUR OWN - If you are unable to attend the above, there is an option to create your own workshop. Price guide at the bottom of the page.


Hare by Louise	Gargoyle Plaque by Anna	Puffin by Linda

Adult Pottery Classes 2023

The pottery classes run for three terms during the year in Spring, Summer and Autumn and last 8 weeks with raku session at the end of the summer term and a winter feast at the end of the Autumn term. There is a free extra catch up session on a Saturday morning at the end of each term for any student that has missed a class. The classes are on Wednesday afternoons from 1.00 to 3.00 pm and evenings from 7.00 to 9.00 pm and there are 15 students per class. Classes cost £90.00 for an eight week term and a charge for finished work (approximately £5- £25 for three pieces.) Students are able to secure their place for the following term half way through the term they are on. As a result most places are taken up, so the only way to join is to put yourself on the waiting lists.

To join the group classes please follow the instructions below. This page also contains information on the workshops and links at the bottom of the page to a Frequently Asked Question section and other events.

Pottery Class Time Table 2023
SPRING TERM 2023 £90.00			SUMMER TERM 2023 £90.00			AUTUMN TERM 2023 £90.00
	Wednesday PM 1 - 3 pm	Wednesday Eve 7 - 9 pm		Wednesday PM 1 - 3 pm	Wednesday Eve 7 - 9 pm		Wednesday PM 1 - 3 pm	Wednesday Eve 7 - 9 pm
1	1 Feb		1	3 May		1	6 Sep
2	8 Feb Cancelled		2	10 May		2	13 Sep
3	15 Feb		3	17 May		3	20 Sep
4	22 Feb		4	24 May		4	27 Sep
5	1 Mar		5	31 May		5	4 Oct
6	8 Mar		6	7 Jun		6	11 Oct
7	15 Mar		7	14 Jun		7	18 Oct
8	22 Mar		8	21 Jun		8	25 Oct
9	25 Mar Saturday Catch Up 10 - 12 am		9	24 Jun Saturday Catch Up 10 - 12 am		9	28 Oct Saturday Catch Up 10 - 12 am
10	29 Mar Replacement from 8 Feb		RAKU WEEK 8 21st June To Be Confirmed				Wednesday 15th November Winter Feast

Pottery Class Spaces
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON	1.00pm - 3.00pm	Full (Waiting List 12)
WEDNESDAY EVENING	7.00pm - 9.00pm	Full (Waiting List 27)
Pottery Class Spaces Updated 12th February 2023

Pottery Class Waiting List

To put yourself on the waiting list, please provide us with the following five items, which can be copied and pasted to the email address below.

1. Name
2. Address
3. Mobile and Telephone Numbers
4. Waiting lists you would like to be put on. ( Wednesday Afternoon 1 - 3 pm, Wednesday Eve 7 - 9 pm. (Or both)
5. If applying for more than one person, please indicate if you would accept a single place, or if you only want to join together. ( Single, Join together)

Email [email protected]

We keep a precise date related record of all people on the waiting list and as soon as a space becomes available for a new term, we offer it to the person at the top of the list. I will contact you be email, phone and texts and give you a set time to reply, before it is offered to the next person. Things do change during the year and a space may become available in a matter of weeks, but sometimes it can be several months or longer. Details of waiting list figures are shown below and are updated regularly. Please inform us if you no longer wish to be on our waiting list and bet assured that your personal information will never be passed on.

Pottery Class Work


Carving by Jane	Plate by Ali	Modelling by Clare


Coiling by Ian	Sunflower Pot by Julie	Carving by Jane


Gargoyle Pot by Vicki	Lincoln Imps by Cherie	Hare Plate by Helen


Frog by Elaine	Glazing by Carrie-Anne	Seated Figures by Julie

Workshops 2023

The 2023 workshops will be run in two parts with the making sessions on a Saturday or Sunday, followed by a glaze class three weeks later. This year we will be running Summer and Autumn Small, Medium and Large Animal Workshops and Porcelain Jewellery and Green Man classes. As the sessions are carried out over a weekend, it is possible to take part in several classes and make a weekend break of the events. For times and prices see the chart below and if you would like to apply for the workshop please request a workshop application form using the Email Link below.

Email [email protected]

Workshops 2023

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Summer Workshops May and June 2023

2 HOUR PORCELAIN BEADS, BUTTONS AND JEWELLERY WORKSHOP	2 HOUR TASTER SESSION SMALL ANIMAL WORKSHOP	3 HOUR MEDIUM ANIMAL WORKSHOP	FULL DAY LARGE ANIMAL SCULPTURE WORKSHOP
Saturday 20th May 2023	Saturday 20th May 2023	Saturday 20th May 2023	Sunday 21st May 2023
10.00 - 12.00 AM	2.00 - 4.00 PM	2.00 - 5.00 PM	10.00 - 5.00 PM
Materials - Porcelain clay and stoneware glazes and stains	Size - 15cm high Materials - Valentine Modelling Clay	Size - 30cm high Materials - Valentine Modelling Clay	Size - 45 cm high Materials - Valentine Sculptural Clay
10 students per class £40.00 per person	5 students per class £40.00 per person	5 students per class £60.00 per person	6 students per class £135.00 per person

Once piece has been made, it needs to dry and be bisque fired, which takes three weeks and then you have three options. 1. No glaze. Create own finish with paint or other materials and only pay for the first part of the workshop. 2. Three weeks after the first part, attend glaze workshop and learn about glaze application techniques, pay for both parts. 3. Let us glaze your work for same price as glaze workshop, pay for both parts.
2 HOUR GLAZE WORKSHOP	2 HOUR GLAZE WORKSHOP	2 1/2 HOUR GLAZE WORKSHOP	3 HOUR GLAZE WORKSHOP
Saturday 10th June 2023	Saturday 10th June 2023	Saturday 10th June 2023	Sunday 11th June 2023
10.00 – 12.00 AM	2.00 - 4.00 PM	2.00 - 4.30 PM	10.00 AM – 1.00
10 students per class £20.00 per person	5 students per class £20.00 per person	5 students per class £30.00 per person	6 students per class £40.00 per person
TOTAL £60	TOTAL £60	TOTAL £90	TOTAL £175
SPACES 9/10	SPACES 4/4	SPACES 2/6	SPACES 6/6
Summer Workshop Spaces Updated 12th February 2023

Autumn Workshops September and October 2023

2 1/2 HOUR GREEN MAN WORKSHOP	2 HOUR TASTER SESSION SMALL ANIMAL WORKSHOP	3 HOUR MEDIUM ANIMAL WORKSHOP	FULL DAY LARGE ANIMAL SCULPTURE WORKSHOP
Saturday 23rd September 2023	Saturday 23rd September 2023	Saturday 23rd September 2023	Sunday 23rd September 2023
9.30 - 12.00 AM	2.00 - 4.00 PM	2.00 - 5.00 PM	10.00 - 5.00 PM
Size - 35cm diameter Materials - Valentine Sculptural Clay	Size - 15cm high Materials - Valentine Modelling Clay	Size - 30cm high Materials - Valentine Modelling Clay	Size - 45 cm high Materials - Valentine Sculptural Clay
10 students per class £55.00 per person	5 students per class £40.00 per person	5 students per class £60.00 per person	6 students per class £135.00 per person

Once piece has been made, it needs to dry and be bisque fired, which takes three weeks and then you have three options. 1. No glaze. Create own finish with paint or other materials and only pay for the first part of the workshop. 2. Three weeks after the first part, attend glaze workshop and learn about glaze application techniques, pay for both parts. 3. Let us glaze your work for same price as glaze workshop, pay for both parts.
2 HOUR GLAZE WORKSHOP	2 HOUR GLAZE WORKSHOP	2 1/2 HOUR GLAZE WORKSHOP	3 HOUR GLAZE WORKSHOP
Saturday 14th October 2023	Saturday 14th October 2023	Saturday 14th October 2023	Saturday 140th October 2023
10.00 – 12.00 AM	2.00 - 4.00 PM	2.00 - 4.30 PM	2.00 – 4.00 PM
10 students per class £20.00 per person	5 students per class £20.00 per person	5 students per class £30.00 per person	6 students per class £40.00 per person
TOTAL £60	TOTAL £60	TOTAL £90	TOTAL £175
SPACES 8/10	SPACES 5/5	SPACES 5/5	SPACES 5/6
Workshop Spaces Updated 12th February 2023

WORKSHOP DETAILS AND WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE
• Tuition by two experienced ceramic artists. Learning pinch pot techniques, coiling, slab building and sculptural modelling processes.
• Worksheets, and use of books and other resource materials.
• Use of or bright spacious pottery workshop in a three hundred year old cottage in Waddington village, just five miles out of Lincoln.
• Materials - Use of Valentines smooth and sculptural crank clays.
• Bisque firing and glazing options. Or you can paint your finished work in any paint materials for a realistic option.
• Use of all tools, brushes and equipment.
• Refreshments –Tea, coffee, herbal, soft drinks and biscuits. You are welcome to bring your own lunch if staying for the two classes or the full day sculpture workshop. There are also shops, cafes and pubs in the village.

HOW TO BOOK
• Please email us on the link below and we can send you back an application form.
• Please provide name, address and Postcode if you would like us to send the application back by post.
• Workshops are payable in full by post-dated cheque, bacs or cash – all the details will be on the application form.
• Gift vouchers are available for the workshops – email us with this request.

Email [email protected]

PLEASE BRING WITH YOU
• IMPORTANT. Please bring with you good images of the animal design you are going to create; especially if it is a pet. Take a series of photographs at eye level from the front, back and sides and the top and some detailed shots of the head. For any other animal please print out as many images of your chosen animal from sources like google images. Please note, we do have a good library of animal books, but your one may not be featured. It takes a lot of time out of our teaching schedule if we have to print lots of images from the computer. We do have a wifi connection, so you are welcome to use mobile phones, laptop and ipads. However please be aware that clay is wet and dusty and could cause damage to your equipment and we take no responsibility if this occurs.
• Sketch book
• Camera
• Overall, but we have lots of spare ones if you forget.
• Lunch if staying for double classes or the full day of the sculpture workshop.

COMPLETION AND WHAT IS EXTRA
At the end of the session, once your piece is completed, it will need to dry out for about 2 – 3 weeks before going in to a bisque firing. You now have there options to finish your work, by either painting, glazing by us, or attending the glaze class to coincide with this making workshop in March.

Once your work is finished we will contact you to arrange collection, which usually takes about 4 – 8 weeks.

For any other questions you may have, please refer to the FAQ link at the bottom of the page.

SMALL ANIMAL WORKSHOP - 2 HOUR


Mark used small forks and combs to create the spiky texture	Lucy loves dragons and coiled the body up from a pinch pot base	John created his puffer fish from two pinch pots

CREATIVE COILING WORKSHOP - 3 HOUR


Julia working on a coiled rim	Tiny flowers create a wonderful beard on Caren's Coiled gargoyle head pot	Shannon smoothing down her pot

LARGE ANIMAL SCULPTURE WORKSHOP - 1 DAY


Chaz is carving feather details on his runner duck.	Work drying out over the lunch break ready for carving and decorating.	Smoothing down the coils on the body of the hare

GLAZINGING WORKSHOP - 2 or 3 HOUR


Interesting glaze pattern on Beattie's snake vase	Jeanne delicately painting feather details	Lesley painting black oxide on to the outline of the tree

GARGOYLE WORKSHOP


Helen uses oak leaves to press in to flat clay to create her acorn and leaf design		Lisa has created a delicate border of leaves to frame the face

Private Workshops

This is a price guide for those that want to create their own workshop, outside the scheduled Summer and Autumn workshops. The times of the sessions are flexible and can be altered to suit your needs. The prices are for a making session and a glaze session that needs to be booked about three weeks later. Please note that we do not run workshops in November or December.

PRICE GUIDE FOR PRIVATE AND GROUP POTTERY WORKSHOPS PER PERSON
SIZE	2 HOUR TASTER	3 HOUR PROJECT	FULL DAY SCULPTURE
1 person Making	£50.00	£75.00	£155.00
1 person Glazing	£30.00	£40.00	£ 50.00
2 - 12 people Making	£45.00	£65.00	£145.00
2 - 12 people Glazing	£25.00	£35.00	£ 45.00
TIMES	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
2 hours	10.00 - 12.00	1.00 - 3.00	7.00 - 9.00
3 hours	9.30 - 12.30	1.00 - 4.00	7.00 - 10.00
Full Day	10.00 AM TO 5.00 PM

Pottery Class and Workshop Links

For more information about the classes and workshops please visit the links below.

Coil Pot by Beryl

Flower Bowl by Bev

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Updated 12th February 2023