Pottery Intensives
Introduction
Pottery Intensives are a chance to immerse yourself in your own ceramics practice with one-on-one support and instruction while living ‘la dolce vita’ in Italy.
Techniques taught
The techniques taught depend entirely on where you are and what you’re interested in learning. Each Intensive has a topic, but there’s loads of room for exploration. Want to… Up your production skills? Learn to throw larger? Work on surface decoration? Refine your shapes? Get figurative? Blend handbuilding and throwing? Learn to fire a wood or soda kiln? … whatever your needs are, we can help you grow.
Teaching method
Before your intensive starts, we discuss where you are and where you want to go, and we establish a learning plan. Once onsite, each studio day involves demonstrations, exercises, one-on-one instruction, personal feedback, and critiques.
Prerequisites
In these intensives, previous experience with clay is very useful, but not necessary.
Logistics
Cost includes pick up and drop off from Grosseto train station, breakfast and lunch each day, 6 hours of instruction a day, up to 8 hours of additional studio time each day (for a total of 14 hours a day), and a choice of clay bodies. Access to the studio is from 8 am - 10 pm.
Maximum 4 participants (except for the Final Frontier Intensive). Partners, Plus-ones, and Families welcome.
Accommodations are available onsite, but are priced separately, ranging from 60€ to 130€ a night.
Here are the upcoming Pottery Intensives.
Mar 31 - Apr 6, 2025; Throwing Essentials; Mastering Centring, Opening, Pulling up, and Forming. €975 (7 days)
May 16 - 20, 2025; Nesting Bowls and Cups; Working on Consistency of Form. €695 (5 days)
Jun 9 - 15, 2025; Playing with Fire; Making work for the Wood Kiln and Firing it. €975 (7 days)
June 16 - 20, 2025; Sizing Up: Throwing Bigger and Off the Hump €695 (5 days)
June 20 - 25, 2025; The Final Frontier: Glazing, Loading, and Firing Reduction Kilns €975 (6 days)
Sep 22 - 26, 2025; Throwing Essentials; Mastering Centring, Opening, Pulling up, and Forming. €695 (5 days)
Oct 30 - Nov 5, 2025; The Technical Teapot; Making and Joining Many Parts. €975 (7 days)
Nov 17 - 23, 2025; Playing with Fire; Making work for the Wood Kiln and Firing it. €975 (7 days)
If you are looking for something different, or at a different time, reach out. We can usually make it happen. If you’re looking for something longer that includes firings consider one of our retreats or residencies.
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Build your own Intensive: Cost per studio day: 180€, minimum 3 days. Lodgings (either onsite, or locally) and meals are booked separately.