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Welcome to our spring term 2025 programme

Enrol on a course to improve your wellbeing, bring out your creative talents or enhance your personal and professional development. There are courses in English and maths available, and we offer a range of vocational courses and qualifications from Entry Level to Level 3.

Our courses are now mainly onsite at the Thomas Calton Centre, Alpha Street, SE15 4NX, with a small proportion of courses available online.

Limited places are available in our crèche for learners and working parents and carers! 15 hours per week free for eligible families with children aged 2 to 5 years!

Please enrol online by completing our enrolment form where possible. You can also visit the Thomas Calton Centre Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

Pottery

Pottery for mixed levels

Who the course is for

Adults from beginners to experienced who wish to develop their pottery skills in a well-equipped pottery studio.

Course location

Thomas Calton Centre, Alpha Street, SE15 4NX

What you'll learn

Hand-building techniques and how to use slips and underglazes to colour and decorate work. You will learn how to make pinch pots, tiles, coiled vessels, soft slab and hard slab vessels and moulded dishes. There's the option to do a limited amount of throwing for those experienced in throwing.

How the course is taught

Courses are tutor-led with demonstrations and one-to-one support. Learners are encouraged to support and learn from each other through group discussions on work in progress and finished work.

Materials you'll need

A notebook and pen.

After the course

Attend further pottery courses with other providers. Past learners have progressed onto open-access studios, such as the Kiln Rooms in Peckham or Turning Earth in Haggerston.

How to enrol

Complete an enrolment form online

Find out how to enrol, locations and more about our services.

Course details

Title

Days and Times

Course code, start date, number of weeks

Fees

£5 annual registration fee also applies

Pottery for mixed levels

Monday

11am to 2pm

AC4020

17 January 2025

10 weeks

£150 standard

£75 concession

£20 materials fee

Pottery for mixed levels

Monday

6.30pm to 9pm

AC4015

13 January 2025

10 weeks

£125 standard

£62.50 concession

£20 materials fee

Pottery for mixed levels

Tuesday 

11am to 2pm

AC4016

14 January 2025

10 weeks

£150 standard

£75 concession

£20 materials fee

Pottery for mixed levels

Wednesday

10.30am to 1:30pm

AC4017

15 January 2025

10 weeks

£150 standard

£75 concession

£20 materials fee

Pottery for mixed levels

Wednesday

6pm to 8.30pm

AC4018

15 January 2025

10 weeks

£125.00 standard

£62.50 concession

£20 materials fee

Pottery for mixed levels

Thursday

11am to 2pm

AC4019

16 January 2025

10 weeks

£150 standard

£75 concession

£20 materials fee

Pottery for mixed levels

Saturday

10am to 4pm

AC4021

8 March 2025

2 weeks

£55 standard

£27.50 concession

£20 materials fee

Contact information

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