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Kevin Millward

Kevin Millward

Guest Tutor Kevin Millward specialises in throwing, and has had a career producing thousands of items of wheel thrown pottery sold all over the UK. He is known as pottery consultant for the TV show The Great Pottery thrown down on channel 4, as well as having taught at some of the top Universities for pottery making in the UK.

Sam Andrew

Sam Andrew

Sam Andrew, taught by his mother, learned pottery since a young age. Sam trained in Clinical Neuropsychology and has lived in 5 countries across the world. On moving back to Manchester, and becoming infatuated with making ceramics, Sam changed career to work with Wendy at Seven Limes Pottery. Sam specialises in wheel throwing, press-moulding and nerikomi and has sold work in design stores from New York to Tokyo.

Wendy Andrew

Wendy Andrew

Wendy Andrew, the founder of Seven Limes Pottery trained at Hornsey College London (now Middlesex University), under renowned potters Emmanuel Cooper and Mo Jupp. She has over 40 plus years teaching ceramics in the community at schools, colleges, and adult education centres.

Kevin Millward

Kevin Millward

Guest Tutor Kevin Millward specialises in throwing, and has had a career producing thousands of items of wheel thrown pottery sold all over the UK. He is known as pottery consultant for the TV show The Great Pottery thrown down on channel 4, as well as having taught at some of the top Universities for pottery making in the UK.

Sam Andrew

Sam Andrew

Sam Andrew, taught by his mother, learned pottery since a young age. Sam trained in Clinical Neuropsychology and has lived in 5 countries across the world. On moving back to Manchester, and becoming infatuated with making ceramics, Sam changed career to work with Wendy at Seven Limes Pottery. Sam specialises in wheel throwing, press-moulding and nerikomi and has sold work in design stores from New York to Tokyo.

Wendy Andrew

Wendy Andrew

Wendy Andrew, the founder of Seven Limes Pottery trained at Hornsey College London (now Middlesex University), under renowned potters Emmanuel Cooper and Mo Jupp. She has over 40 plus years teaching ceramics in the community at schools, colleges, and adult education centres.

Crafts Council

The national charity for craft

Kecskemét International Ceramics Studio

Ceramics residency programme in Hungary

The Hepworth Wakefield

Art gallery in the heart of Yorkshire

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

The leading international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture

Hot Clay

Southern based Ceramic Supplies

Contemporary Ceramics Gallery

Gallery showing the works of the Craft Potter's Association, located opposite the British Museum, London

Craft Potter's Association

Studio Potter Association promoting excellence in ceramics

Manchester Art Gallery

Within their art collections Manchester Art gallery houses over 3000 ceramics pieces.

Ruthin Craft Centre

Gallery hosting regular ceramics exhibitions in Ruthin Wales

International Ceramics Festival

Europe’s premier ceramics festival which is held at Aberystwyth Arts Centre

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Stoke on Trent's Potteries Museum, with over 5000 ceramic pieces on display

Ceramic Review

The magazine for contemporary and historical ceramics, ceramic art and pottery.

Decoration

Decoration

Many different methods at different stages of making. Lots of opportunity for creativity and invention.

Throwing

Throwing

A challenging technique – takes time, co-ordination and practise to learn. Messy. A real sense of achievement when a result is obtained. Good for functional domestic items.

Hand Building

Hand Building

Pinching, coiling, slabbing and press moulding! You need to learn the skills to find out what materials will and won't do.

Diverse options

Diverse options

Inlay, sprigging, paper resist, wax resist, sgraffito, painting with coloured slips, underglazes, burnishing, texturing and more.

Glazing

Glazing

Covering pots with a layer of powdered minerals mixed with water and firing to give them a glassy outer layer which can enhance patterns underneath or be beautiful in their own right and make pots waterproof and smooth.

Throwing

Throwing

A challenging technique - takes time, co-ordination and practise to learn. Messy. A real sense of achievement when a result is obtained. Good for functional domestic items.

Press Moulding

Press Moulding

Using hollow or solid plaster forms to press clay into or on to. Quick, neat result which provides good opportunities for decoration.

Slabbing

Slabbing

A bit of maths and measuring and elbow grease for rolling out. Precision method. For angular pots, cylinders.

Coiling

Coiling

Slow and relaxing method of making. Learn about shape. Mostly for making bowls, vases and sculptural shapes.

Pinching

Pinching

A surprising variety of pots can be made. A good introduction to the feel and behaviour of clay. Also useful method for building. Quick results. Pinching has a calming effect on stressed out people.

Wendy Andrew

Wendy Andrew

Wendy is the founder of Seven Limes Pottery and also Manchester Ceramics Enterprise, a homelessness charity. She has 6 years professional training in art, ceramics and teaching, and studied under well renowned potter Emmanuel Cooper. She has wide experience of teaching accredited and non accredited courses with Manchester College, Manchester Adult Education Service, Manchester Art Gallery and in the community with many organisations throughout Greater Manchester. She has also taught in primary and secondary schools.

Sam Andrew

Sam Andrew

Sam has learned ceramics since an early age. He makes and sells his own work through selected design stores across the country with clients such as Tate Modern, Heal's and Hato, and he regularly sends work to New York. Sam specialises in throwing and press-moulding and has over 10 years teaching experience in ceramics, and has a background in Neuropsyhology research. In 2016 he was selected by the Crafts Council for their prestigious creative talent program.

Kevin Millward

Kevin Millward

Guest Tutor Kevin is a professional potter with wide experience working in industry, teaching in some of the leading universities in the UK, and is the consultant for the TV programme 'The Great Pottery Throw Down' on BBC2 and other programmes. He has thrown over 30,000 pots a year at one stage in his career.

Custom Colors

Custom Colors

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Hand Building

Hand Building

Pinching, coiling, slabbing and press moulding! You need to learn the skills to find out what materials will and won't do.

Decoration

Decoration

Many different methods at different stages of making. Lots of opportunity for creativity and invention.

Throwing

Throwing

A challenging technique - takes time, co-ordination and practise to learn. Messy.