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We run Pottery and Sculpture courses at the St Paul’s Learning Centre in central Bristol.


Course booking will open at 10am on Monday 10 July

All our planned courses will be available to view here from Thursday 6 July. Online,
In person and Telephone bookings will then open at 10am on Monday 10 July.
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NEW Introduction To Pottery

This is an ideal pottery course for those new to handling clay and for those wishing to refresh or build on their hand-building skills. Students make a series of functional and decorative ceramic pieces whilst learning several different pottery hand-building and decorating techniques.

Tuesdays   6pm to 8:30pm   Joanna Espiner

6 sessions from 31 October   £195/£120   P32A   St Paul’s Learning Centre

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NEW Pottery For Beginners – Throwing And Pinching

Inspired by The Great Pottery Throwdown? This course is for you! You will learn the basics of throwing on the pottery wheel as well as the hand-building techniques of pinching and coiling.

Tuesdays   1:30pm to 4pm   Joanna Espiner

6 sessions from 31 October   £195/£120   P31A   St Paul’s Learning Centre

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Tuesdays   1:30pm to 4pm   Joanna Espiner

6 sessions from 20 February   £195/£120   P31B   St Paul’s Learning Centre

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Tuesdays   1:30pm to 4pm   Joanna Espiner

6 sessions from 16 April   £195/£120   P31C   St Paul’s Learning Centre

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NEW Pottery For Beginners – Hand-building Techniques

A pottery course for beginners and for those wishing to refresh their skills. Students will be guided in making a series of functional and decorative ceramic pieces, without the use of the wheel, whilst learning several different hand-building and decorating techniques.

Tuesdays   1:30pm to 4pm   Joanna Espiner

6 sessions from 20 February   £150/£90   P32B   St Paul’s Learning Centre

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NEW Pottery For Pleasure – Intermediates

A pottery course for those who have completed a beginners’ course or who have experience and an understanding of basic ceramic construction methods and processes and wish to work on their own projects.

Tuesdays   6pm to 8:30pm   Joanna Espiner

6 sessions from 16 April   £150/£90   P31D   St Paul’s Learning Centre

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Tuesdays   1:30pm to 4pm   Joanna Espiner

6 sessions from 4 June   £150/£90   P31E   St Paul’s Learning Centre

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Tuesdays   6pm to 8:30pm   Joanna Espiner

6 sessions from 4 June   £150/£90   P31E   St Paul’s Learning Centre

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NEW  Make Your Own Pottery Lantern

Add a warm glow to your home with a handmade pottery lantern. Suitable for beginners, this fun and relaxed workshop will help you create your own seasonal pottery lantern.

Saturday  10.30am to 1pm  Joanna Espiner

1 session on  28 October   £30/£20  P39A  St Paul’s Learning Centre

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Saturday  10.00am to 12:30pm   Joanna Espiner

1 Session on 11 November   £30/£20 P39B  Stoke Lodge

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New  Make Your Own Terracotta Plant Pot

A relaxing and creative workshop, where you will be guided through making your own plant pot using various hand-building techniques

Saturday  10.30 am to 1.30pm    Joanna Espiner

1 session on 16 March     £35/ £22  P39C     St Paul’s Learning Centre

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Saturday  10.30am to 1.30pm     Joanne Espiner 

1 session on 18 May     £35/£22    P39F    St Paul’s Learning Centre

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New  Paint Your Own Delft Blue Tile

Delftware, also known as Delft Blue, is the variety of blue and white ceramic pottery originating from Delft in the Netherlands. Starting with blank, unglazed ceramic tiles, you will learn how to paint a tile with your own design or pattern in the Delft tradition. This workshop will take place at Stoke Lodge.

Wednesday  9.30 am to 12.30pm     Joanna Espiner

1 session on 10 April     £35/£22  P39E    Stoke Lodge

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New  Male Your Own Decorative Clay Tiles

A two-day workshop where you will make a set of earthenware pottery tiles using different hand-building techniques and surface treatments. The tiles will then be fired by the tutor, ready for finishing with glaze on the second day. Fired pieces will need to be collected at a later date. This workshop will take place at St Paul’s Learning Centre.

Saturday   10.30am to 4.30pm     Joanna Espiner

2 sessions on 6 & 20 April    £120/£72    P39D     St Paul’s Learning Centre

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New  Make Your Own Pottery Bowls

A two-part introduction to several pottery hand-building techniques.  Painting and glazing techniques will be introduced in day 2. Glaze-fired bowls will need to be collected at a later date. This workshop will take place at St Paul’s Learning Centre.

Saturday   10am to 4pm   Joanna Espiner

2 sessions on 1 & 15 June    £130/80    P39G  St Paul’s Learning Centre

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