Classes

Pal Tiya Premium

Full Day Classes

Learn to make sculptures that will last outdoors in all weather conditions, which you can take home on the same day!

Add water. Knead like dough. Sculpt. Place in your garden. Cures permanently stone hard. No firing. No Molds. No Kidding!

Our product Pal Tiya Premium:

Air cures to harder than concrete! Has been extensively free/thaw tested!
You can build small or large sculptures using just tinfoil and cardboard as your core!

Suitable for beginners or more experienced sculptors who want to try this new material.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Ceramics / Pottery

We aim to have great fun, using fantastical ideas and exploring infinite combinations of shapes, patterns and colours, just as nature has done.

Throwing:

By the end of the course you will have learnt the entire process of forming a pot out of clay on the potter’s wheel, including some decorating and glazing.

Clay, the different bodies and their uses
How to condition the clay for throwing
How to Centre
Opening
Throwing the walls
Finalizing the form
Turning the base
Glazing and Firing

Come and have a go at Hand-Building, Slab and Sculpture. Make a Green man, Garden totem, ceramic tree, animal, creature sculpture or your own ideas.

Step by step tuition is provided as well as Tea, coffee & biscuits – BYO lunch.  Enjoy creating shapes, forms and effigies from your freed imagination.Our art studio for ceramics/pottery is available for artists, budding artists and those who would love to explore clay whatever their age and experience. Creative Day/s & courses for you, your family and your friends can be organised. (Special rates negotiated for regular users)

Price List

(or design your own: organise a group and a topic and ask for a price)

Using the studio as your own, with us still looking after your pots and sculptures as they are processed – £7.50 per hour.

Studio Subscription – £45 per week- This gives you an unlimited amount of weekly studio time.

Throwing tuition

Individual: £20 per hour

Two people: £15 per person per hour

3/4 people: £12.50 per person per hour

Plus, material charge by weight of finished items.

Ceramics Evening Classes

8 weeks of throwing and hand building on Monday or Thursday evenings for beginners and improvers. (or Do Your Own Thing). £105

The price includes materials and firing for up to 5lbs of finished pieces (4-5 mug or cereal bowl sized pots). Any extra pots can be paid for at 25p per oz.

1 Day Sculpture Workshops using Pal Tiya

Pal Tiya Premium 1 Day Sculpture Workshops- £75 and you take away your piece at the end of a fun day.

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What people

SAY ABOUT US

Bob and Joe are incredibly talented, have amazing patience and kept the tea flowing while we all put our newly learnt skills to the test. There is no judgement, just support and such an enthusiasm to share their knowledge with you. It was such a great experience.

Amy Harris

Class attendee

Visited today for the witches and wizards sculpting day and thoroughly enjoyed it! Joe and bob were very helpful and lovely hosts. Cannot wait to visit again!! Highly recommend!

Gina Tebby

Class attendee

Yesterday we had the most wonderful day with Bob and Joe at their pottery studio. We were shown the techniques of working with Pal Tiya, which is an amazing medium to sculpt without the need for firing. Everyone was lovely and tea and cake in the garden area was a very nice!. Definitely want to do this again – highly recommended!

Carol Willow

Class attendee

Really good day spent with Bob & Joe. Lots of advice, patience, tea & biscuits for an absolute beginner. With their help, came home with a Green Man that I will be happy to put on a wall. Highly recommended

Carol Willow

Class attendee

I’ve just had a great day with Joe and Bob being introduced to Pal Tiya sculpting medium. The workshop was well signposted, with excellent joining information, and was held in a working ceramics workshop. The class size was small, which meant close supervision and guidance throughout that was helpful and informative. Joe did a great job demoing each of the techniques. Can’t recommend the workshop enough for those wanting to explore sculpting in a clay-like medium without all the faff of kiln firing.

Neil Burley

Class attendee

Great day with Joe and Bob. I have a million ideas and honestly couldn’t recommend it more! And the Pal Tiya is fantastic. Supple and so easy to mix and work with. Would be a terrific team building exercise.

Andrea McVey

Class attendee

I absolutely love visiting to do a bit more to my project each time. Bob is so patient and full of knowledge. His guidance and teaching of technique is very clear. The studio is a wonderful space with inspirational ideas around the room, plenty of space to work alongside others and very clean and well organised. The outdoor space is a wonderful little getaway from the hustle and bustle of life with wildlife to watch and listen to. I’m looking forward to returning

Robes KT

Class attendee

I took some girl guides to see Bob ( including one with severe special needs ) we had a fab time and he was so patient with all of us .. we all achieved a sculpture and threw a pot each on the wheel … can’t wait to go back .. highly recommended.

Robes KT

Carole Rowsell

Bob & Joe are wonderful & this is such a charming place. They have a very knowledgeable but relaxed teaching style & their creations are fantastic. I’d highly recommend everybody spends at least a day embracing their mythical & creative side here.

Emma Bond

Carole Rowsell

Joe: 07572870509

Bob: 07761123759

Email: enquiries@theshireworkshops.co.uk

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