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Ceramics Today
Online ceramics community/blog
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, 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, 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
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, 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, 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
Many different methods at different stages of making. Lots of opportunity for creativity and invention.
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
Pinching, coiling, slabbing and press moulding! You need to learn the skills to find out what materials will and won't do.
Diverse options
Inlay, sprigging, paper resist, wax resist, sgraffito, painting with coloured slips, underglazes, burnishing, texturing and more.
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
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
Using hollow or solid plaster forms to press clay into or on to. Quick, neat result which provides good opportunities for decoration.
Slabbing
A bit of maths and measuring and elbow grease for rolling out. Precision method. For angular pots, cylinders.
Coiling
Slow and relaxing method of making. Learn about shape. Mostly for making bowls, vases and sculptural shapes.
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 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 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
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
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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
Many different methods at different stages of making. Lots of opportunity for creativity and invention.
Throwing
A challenging technique - takes time, co-ordination and practise to learn. Messy.
