This Ceramic Course – Complete Version of July, is designed as a full immersion into ceramics, combining technique, material and artistic language.
Throughout the program you will work across the key areas of ceramic practice:
- 2 workshops of wheel throwing techniques (beginner to intermediate)
- Handbuilding
- Slip Casting Mold for Porcelain
- Glazing
This is not a collection of workshops.
It is a structured journey where each part builds on the previous one.
You will start with strong foundations on the wheel, explore handbuilding, understand the demanding nature of porcelain, and finish by learning how to create casting molds to replicate decorated pieces.
The goal is clear: to give you a complete understanding of ceramics, both technically and creatively.
Why you should take this course
Many courses teach techniques. Few show how everything connects.
This program is designed to give you that:
- understand clay through different making processes
- work on both form and surface
- see how materials behave across techniques
- move beyond recipes and start making decisions
It is a way to progress months —even years— in just a few weeks.
This is not just learning ceramics.
It is changing how you approach it.
Who this course is for
This course is ideal for:
- People looking for a complete ceramics training
- Ceramicists who want to connect technique and artistic language
- Students who want to learn wheel + handbuilding + glazes
- Those looking for an intensive immersion
- Ceramicists who want to accelerate their learning
No previous experience is required.
What you will learn
Throughout the course you will learn:
✅ Wheel (module I + II):
- Centering clay
- Throwing cylinders, bowls and complex forms
- Trimming pieces
- Working with lids, necks and closed forms
- Handling larger amounts of clay
✅ Handbuilding:
- Slab and coil techniques
- Functional pieces (cup, bowl, plate)
- Volume building (vase)
✅ Slip Casting for Porcelain:
- understand and make a simple slip casting mold to replicate a chosen piece (from a selection proposed by the teacher)
- how to prepare the slip
- casting in your own mold, learning different techniques to achieve finished decorated pieces
✅ Final glazing:
- Applying glazes
- Completing the ceramic process
This course includes
- Materials (stoneware, porcelain, glazes)
- Tools
- Firing of selected pieces (workshops)
- Access to studio facilities (as per program)
Doesn’t include
- Accommodation
- Meals
- firings of pieces made during your practice time (but we can calculate the firing price if you wish so).
Dates: from July 4th to 31st.
🔶 Slip Casting Mold for Porcelain decorated pieces: Saturday 4th, 10am to 6pm and Saturday 18th, 10am to 2pm
🔶 Wheel module I: Monday July 6th to Thursday July 9th, from 10:00 am to 2pm
🔶 Wheel module II: Monday July 13th to Wednesday July 15th, from 10am to 2pm
🔶 Handbuilding weekend: Saturday July 18th and Sunday July 19th, from 10am to 3pm
🔶 Glazing class: Friday July 31st, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
🔶 Access to the studio facilities for practice: from Monday July 6th to Friday July 31st, from 11am to 6pm
If you would like to fire any pieces made during your practice hours, we will calculate the corresponding cost.
Do you like the program? Contact us at eltorn@eltornbarcelona.com and we will tell you how to register.
For better personal tutoring we admit max. 6 students per class. The courses will take place with a minimum of 4 students. If you have signed up and paid and the course doesn’t take place, we’ll refund you the total amount paid. ElTornBarcelona cannot be responsible for procurement or losses incurred on travel arrangements. **Please take this into consideration when booking your flights and accommodation.
