Ceramics Classes London

Learn to sculpt, paint and print with clay at new individual and group classes in London

In recent years ceramic artist Zoe Lloyd has pursued parallel creative and educational careers. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art she has combined her love of making and exhibiting her own work with teaching (she also has a PGCE from the Institute of Education) at Wood Lane High School and the West London Free School and giving creative art classes to elderly people with dementia.

Now Zoe is bringing together all the strings of her bow by offering group and one-to-one ceramics tuition at Studio Lloyd Rena in one of the railway arches on Cambridge Grove in Hammersmith. ‘It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. From September I’ll be holding classes in hand-building, print-making and sculpting with clay and students can also learn how to make and apply their own glazes.

‘The workshops will be during the day, in the evening and at weekends and I’ll provide the materials. No previous experience is necessary, everyone can learn at their own pace and all ages are welcome. The studio is the perfect space to learn. There are four electric ceramic kilns and I will also be offering a firing service for fellow ceramicists.’

‘There’s so much you can do creatively with clay,’ she says. ‘As well as sculpting you can paint, print and draw and, as I hope my new students will discover, it’s such a therapeutic and exciting material with which to work.’

Courses can be taken as a one day course or taster session to learn or practice a technique or you can book a complete course where you can develop your skills in ceramics at your own pace.

Printing on clay classes
This one day course is suitable for beginners and more experienced artists. You will be introduced to painterly print making techniques using coloured decorating slips working in a similar way to the stone lithography technique .

Working with a plaster bat as your canvas you will learn how to transfer painterly brush strokes and mark making techniques onto clay. With this technique you can create a distressed effect and learn how to layer multiple images using paper stencils and resist techniques.

Your final design can be formed into a functional platter, a decorative tile, container or a plate.
Cost is £150 includes materials and firing costs.
This course runs on Saturdays from 11am -3pm

Hand-building classes
This course is suitable for beginners and more experienced artists of all ages. You will learn how to make functional objects using the hand-building techniques pinching, coiling and slabbing.

Develop ideas by adding texture to clay and learn how to join handles, decorate with under glaze coloured slips and apply a glaze to your work.

This two hour class runs on weekdays and evenings please contact me to book.
Cost is £30, materials and firing costs are extra.

Press moulding classes
This course is suitable for beginners and more experienced artists. You will learn how to use plaster press moulds to add sculptural features to a plate design, sculpture or a cup form.

Learn how to model with clay and use tools to refine details. Focus upon ceramic painting and decorating techniques using coloured slips and metallic lustres to add more detail to your work.

This two hour class runs on weekdays and evenings please contact me to book.
Cost is £30, materials and firing costs are extra.