Slips and Slabs: Surface Decoration and Hand-building (2 day workshop)
Available dates:
Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th October 2026, 10:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2026, 10:30am - 4:30pm
4 spaces available in each
571 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2QQ
In this workshop we will be using plaster moulds to print with coloured slip onto terracotta slabs to then hand-build into objects. Using a variety of textured and non-textured moulds, you will learn how to print layers of slip, creating depth with paper stencils, stamps, roulettes and slip trailing. You are welcome and encouraged to bring your own textures to experiment with! This workshop is aimed at those with some experience of ceramics who are looking to try new techniques, however, if you have limited experience but are keen to try please let me know as this may also be for you!
Day 1: Introduction & overview of techniques. Printing & layering from textured moulds onto slabs which can then be cut and made into a range of hand-built forms, e.g. soap dishes ~ mugs ~ jugs.
Making of stamps and roulettes for use on Day 2.
Day 2: Use flat plaster batts to slip trail, paint and print onto clay slabs, using stamps and roulettes to add texture. Again creating forms from these slabs.
Included in outcomes: a selection of 4 pieces to be fired and glazed in a transparent glaze. Additional pieces can be glazed & fired for a fee.
The workshop will run both days from 10:30am—4:30pm. Tea, coffee & snacks will be available. Please bring lunch with you, or there are lots of delicious spots to buy food locally.
Photos from Slips and Slabs workshop at 7 Spot Pottery September 2025, by Ed Jones.
Cancellation policy:
Cancellation up to 4 weeks in advance, you are entitled to full refund, minus a £20 admin fee.
Cancellation up to 2 weeks in advance, you are entitled to a 50% refund, minus a £20 admin fee.
Short notice cancellation, less than 2 weeks - you are not entitled to a refund.
In any instance I will readvertise the place, if a replacement is found then you will be fully refunded, minus a £20 admin fee.
In the unlikely event that I have to cancel the workshop for emergency reasons, you will receive a full refund. I cannot be accountable for any other costs you have incurred.
Slips and Slabs: Surface Decoration and Hand-building (2 day workshop)
Available dates:
Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th October 2026, 10:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2026, 10:30am - 4:30pm
4 spaces available in each
571 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2QQ
In this workshop we will be using plaster moulds to print with coloured slip onto terracotta slabs to then hand-build into objects. Using a variety of textured and non-textured moulds, you will learn how to print layers of slip, creating depth with paper stencils, stamps, roulettes and slip trailing. You are welcome and encouraged to bring your own textures to experiment with! This workshop is aimed at those with some experience of ceramics who are looking to try new techniques, however, if you have limited experience but are keen to try please let me know as this may also be for you!
Day 1: Introduction & overview of techniques. Printing & layering from textured moulds onto slabs which can then be cut and made into a range of hand-built forms, e.g. soap dishes ~ mugs ~ jugs.
Making of stamps and roulettes for use on Day 2.
Day 2: Use flat plaster batts to slip trail, paint and print onto clay slabs, using stamps and roulettes to add texture. Again creating forms from these slabs.
Included in outcomes: a selection of 4 pieces to be fired and glazed in a transparent glaze. Additional pieces can be glazed & fired for a fee.
The workshop will run both days from 10:30am—4:30pm. Tea, coffee & snacks will be available. Please bring lunch with you, or there are lots of delicious spots to buy food locally.
Photos from Slips and Slabs workshop at 7 Spot Pottery September 2025, by Ed Jones.
Cancellation policy:
Cancellation up to 4 weeks in advance, you are entitled to full refund, minus a £20 admin fee.
Cancellation up to 2 weeks in advance, you are entitled to a 50% refund, minus a £20 admin fee.
Short notice cancellation, less than 2 weeks - you are not entitled to a refund.
In any instance I will readvertise the place, if a replacement is found then you will be fully refunded, minus a £20 admin fee.
In the unlikely event that I have to cancel the workshop for emergency reasons, you will receive a full refund. I cannot be accountable for any other costs you have incurred.
