Learn the art of slab building and make a water jug

2.5 hours of discovery with Rachel

Knowledge in ceramics

Your own slab-built water jug

£75

per person

Gift the workshop

The workshop in detail

2h30

3 to 4 participants

15 years min.

Discover the delicate art of slab-built pottery in a workshop designed to introduce participants to the intricate techniques of creating with clay.

Over the course of three hours, Rachel will guide attendees through the process of rolling slabs of clay and mastering the art of decoration with coloured slips.

Each participant will have the opportunity to design and form their own slab-built water jug, learning to embellish their piece with textures, stamps and carvings under Rachel's expert instruction.

This workshop provides a genuine immersion into the world of pottery, conducted within Rachel's contemporary studio, which is equipped with the latest in ceramic tools and technology. Here, in a small group of up to four students, the atmosphere is ripe for creativity and individual artistic growth. This intimate group size is key to ensuring a personalised learning experience with heightened interaction between the teacher and each student.

In the final stages of creation, participants will select a glaze from the studio's curated range to complete their slab-built water jug. The piece will undergo two firings in an electric kiln, reaching the temperature of 1260 degrees, ensuring the transformation from clay to a finished water jug. Finished works will be available for collection from the studio after three weeks, or they can be conveniently posted for £6.00.

Participants will be provided with all necessary materials including a range of clays, an array of tools for shaping and decorating, slips for colouring, and glazes for finishing, as well as an apron.

Workshop location

The workshop is easily accessible by public transport.

This place is not accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Additional information

Language of the workshop

English

Practical information

For convenience, the studio offers secure private parking and a bicycle lock-up, making it readily accessible for all attendees.

Completed items will be available for collection from the studio after three weeks or can be delivered to participants' doors for a £6.00.

Meet Rachel Cox Ceramics

Ceramicist

Rachel Cox has both a First Class Degree in Ceramics and a Masters in Ceramics

from the Royal College Art. She is a qualified teacher with extensive experience

having taught and managed ceramics departments in various Arts Colleges across

London. Rachel offers ceramics workshops in her fully equipped studio in

Wandsworth, South West London. Classes are rooted in uncovering and exploring

creativity through the expression of clay, where small group sizes ensure in-depth

student focus.

Rachel Cox is a practicing studio ceramicist exhibiting her work through galleries

nationally and in Europe. Colour and tactility are central to her wheel-thrown work,

where simple forms and textural surfaces intimately explore the emotional

connection between the ceramic material and its audience. With almost two decades

of working in the industry, Rachel has a deep knowledge of ceramic techniques and

practices.