Vintage Hand-Built Bottles, Mug & Jug
​w/Jenny Turnbull
(SS10JT) $90
Monday, January 10, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

Using slab building techniques & textures, stamps and impressions and decorating with tissue transfers.

​Demonstration and discussion about glazing options post bisque & post glost firings.

​Decorating on Leather Hard
& Bisque ware w/Harriet Bright
​(SS11HB) $80
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

An introduction to decorating using coloured slips, underglazes and underglaze pencils on on leather-hard and bisque ware.
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Drawing from still life items for inspiration.

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 Fundamentals of Throwing on the Wheel w/Bruce Walford
(SS11BW) $85
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

For beyond BEGINNERS and upwards
(need to be confident making a cylinder).

Learn to throw competently on the pottery wheel. Learning different ways of centring and opening out, and lifting clay up the walls. 

​Demonstration and hands-on to get you started.

 Lithography Printing on Clay w/Jennifer Turnbull
(SS12JT) $90
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

This workshop is a practical hands-on day of transferring images onto clay using a lithography transfer printing technique. Includes making slabs at beginning of the day. 

Leather-hard slabs(Not dry)/cylinders forms/ small Jewellery items in white clay, which can have coloured slips applied.

 Fundamentals of Throwing on the Wheel w/Bruce Walford
(SS12BW) $85
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

For beyond BEGINNERS and upwards
(need to be confident making a cylinder).

Learn to throw competently on the pottery wheel. Learning different ways of centring and opening out, and lifting clay up the walls. 

​Demonstration and hands-on to get you started.

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Hamilton Pottery Tools Sale

with Susannah Salter

13 Jan 9:30am - 1pm
14 Jan   9.00am - 11am  - please note change of time

Let's celebrate Club Day! Join us for morning tea and take advantage of the opportunity to browse Susannah's extensive range of pottery tools for sale!

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CLUB DAY SPECIAL
Clay Talks w/Rod Graham
(SS13RG) $40
Thursday, January 13, 2022
​10:00am – 1:00pm

Rod will discuss the current clays available at the club and how they look fired with different glazes and in different types of firings. 

Hand Building Agateware w/Jackie Haddow
(SS14JH) $80
Friday, January 14, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm​

Hand building, making coloured clays, using moulds, laminating, making small trinket containers, jewellery, bowls & plates. Sanding and glazing discussion.

Mug Shots - 2 days
w/Suzanne Mc Allen
(SS1415SA) $160
Friday & Sat, January 14 & 15, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

Beginners welcome.
Two days of hands-on throwing mugs, making sets, trimming, handles pulling & attaching demos, glaze discussion.

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Decopot Abbots Glazes
​w/Paul Pepworth
(SS15PP) $120
​Saturday, January 15, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

Demonstration and Hands-on glazing using Decopot Abbots Cone 6 Glazes and mixing of glazes.

Demonstrations of using resists & layering glazes.

Choose from 20 Abbots glazes to use, bring you own bisqueware, or buy Decopot bisqueware available on the day.

 Building Bird Houses
w/Stacey Young
(SS16SY) $65
Sunday, January 16, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

For BEGINNERS and upwards
(need a bit of hand-building experience).

Hand-building slab bird houses, using textures, making patterns, coloured slips, sgraffito techniques and attaching a ring for hanging.

Teapots, Teapots, Teapots
w/Jenny Shearer - 2 days
(SS16JS) $160
Sunday & Monday, January 16 & 17, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

2 day workshop for INTERMEDIATE wheel throwers.

This might be Jenny’s last ever workshop! Throwing and assembling teapots. Demonstrations and hands-on.

​Making 2 teapots – one thrown, one hand-built. Glazing discussion.

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Sculptural Vessels
w/Aimee McLeod
(SS17AM) $80
Monday, January 17, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

​Demonstration and hands-on coil building of vessels, with
porcelain additions to rims, as an added challenge!
Demonstration of beading glaze application, and discussion of other suitable glazes to finish sculptural vessel forms.

Garden Totems - 2 days
​w/Paula Archibald 
(SS1819PA) $160
Tuesday & Wednesday, January 18 & 19, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

Hand building & carving. For BEGINNERS and upwards.

Spend 2 days creating and completing a totem made with orbs & cylinders.    Includes carving &  decorating techniques.

Lemon Squeezers, Butter Crocks & Garlic Keepers - 2 days
​w/Jenny Turnbull
​(SS1819JT) $160
Tuesday & Wednesday, January 18 & 19, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

Intermediate level (Requires measuring, gallery making and lids).

Demonstration of thrown parts / components. Trimming, assembling, handles and holes, glazing/resist demo and making sacrificial biscuit to fire pots upside down on.

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Hand Built Garden Orbs
w/Bonnie Wooller
(SS20BW) $65
Thursday, January 20, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

Hand building Garden Orbs using textures in pressmoulds.
Demonstrations and hands-on

CLUB DAY Throwing Platters
w/Brent Craig
​(SS20BC) Gold Coin
Thursday, January 20, 2022
10:00am – 1:00pm

​Brent will demonstrate his special technique of throwing large platters on the wheel. 

Mould Making Demonstration w/Bruce Walford
(SS21BW) $80
Friday, January 21, 2022
​9:30am – 4:00pm

How to make you own mould the easy way! **Demonstration only.
Working with plaster and making an organic hump mould form.
Talk & demonstration about making a slip cast mould and how to slip cast,
with tips, tricks and gems of information.

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Fundamentals of Glazing
w/Rod Graham
​(SS21RG) $80
Friday, January 21, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

An opportunity for people on the Summer School to get work glazed.

Demonstrations and Hands-on.
Rod will cover the basics of glazing your work. Preparing your work to be glazed, wax resist and glazing techniques such as dipping and spraying.

Giant Seashells - 2 days
w/Jean Kahui
(SS2223JK) $180
Saturday & Sunday, January 22 & 23, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

Learn to sculpt – BEGINNERS upwards

Create & complete a giant shell by the end of the weekend.

POSTPONED
​Amphorae - 2 days
w/Jenny Turnbull
(SS2223JT) $180
Saturday & Sunday, January 22 & 23, 2022
9:30am – 4:00pm

Making, either thrown composite forms or throwing and coiling, or hand building-coiling. Assembling & handles.

Trimming and attaching handles, applying slip, decorating and sgraffito techniques, surface affects. Making sacrificial biscuit to fire pots upside down.

Payment:  Please note - DO NOT MAKE ANY PAYMENT until you receive confirmation of your place in the class. Once you receive confirmation you will have 24 hours to make payment otherwise your place will be lost. Seperate payments for each class you are enrolled in is preferred. 
Bank account details: OPC  02-0816-0211943-000
Particulars: Your first initial and last name - Pottery club no.
Code: Course code
Reference: name of course.

Refunds: All payments for the Summer school classes are nonrefundable other than at the discretion of the Otaki Pottery Club committee.

Orange Traffic light: The club is following the guidelines as set out on the ministry website. Your vaccination pass will need to be scanned or sighted for entry. ​The use of a mask is recommended but not required. Social distancing is still advised in the clubrooms.