THURSDAY EVENING COURSE: Handbuilding with Tom Philipson
Details
Dates: 07 September 2023 to 12 October 2023
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Price
£200 per person
Book HereKey information
Advanced booking is essential through the ‘Book Here’ button above.
If you would prefer to pay by cheque or cash, please contact us and we will make arrangements for you as needed.
Places are strictly limited to 8 people to allow all attendees to get the best learning experience and time with the tutor.
Price includes all materials, tools and tuition. Each student will take home their one box, 2 bowls and 4 tiles. Kiln charges apply to all additional work.
If you do not have the means to pay for a ticket, we have an access budget that enables us to provide free places for people with low incomes, who are unemployed or have other accessibility needs. Please contact us to register.
Venue
The Farmer’s Arms, Lowick Green – LA12 8DT
Learn to make pottery without a wheel with Farmer’s Arms workshop manager Tom Philipson as he guides you through his own unique approach to ceramics.
With a background in cabinet making and furniture restoration, Tom uses a wood moulding technique to create press moulds made from scraps of plywood that would otherwise have been waste. He then carefully forms and finishes each piece by hand.
Over six-weeks you’ll craft your own ceramic bowls, tiles and boxes learning techniques including slab building (which then opens doors to creating other shapes of boxes) and gaining an understanding of how to use clay tools and basic building processes. You’ll leave with a grounded basic knowledge of ceramics and confidence to undertake future pottery projects.
Session 1: 7th September, 6pm – 8pm
An introduction to box making, slab rolling and slip making.
Session 2: 14th September, 6pm – 8pm
Bowl making, releasing, finishing and joining.
Session 3: 21st September, 6pm – 8pm
Tile and stamp making.
Session 4: 28th September, 6pm – 8pm
Cleaning and finishing tiles and bowls as well as tidying and decorating boxes. The ceramics are then stored and dried for bisque firing.
Session 5: 5th October, 6pm – 8pm
Loading the kiln and making more bowls, boxes and tiles to be finished and fired in future drop in sessions for an additional firing fee.
Session 6: 12th October, 6pm – 8pm
Tidying, glazing and wax resisting the ceramics.
About the tutor:
Training as a cabinet maker at 16 years old, Tom then went on to study furniture conservation and restoration and has worked in the industry for over 30 years. Drawing on his experience, he moved into furniture and product design, working with Grizedale Arts to create bamboo implements, multi-purpose furniture, display systems, garden gates and table ware for The Farmer’s Arms, Lawson Park and GA’s many local, national and international projects. Now the workshop manager at The Farmer’s Arms, Tom has developed The Farmer’s Arms’ mould-based pottery techniques and delivers workshops in crafts-based product development.
