Ceramics For Beginners - Carlton Fire Station - Adult Learning

Carlton Fire Station, Carlton

Date	5 November - 10 December 2026
Sessions	Thursdays: 12pm - 2pm
No. sessions	5
Venue	Carlton Fire Station, Carlton View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	FREE - £40

About this course

Are you new to Ceramics? Always wanted to make your own little pots? Using air dry clay is a fun and easy way to create your own pinch pots and coil pots where you don’t need the use of a kiln. This course will introduce you to using air dry clay for creating your very own pinch pots, coil pots, a vase, a house and much more. Over the course of the 6 weeks, you will learn about artists and designers who work with clay and the tools they use. You will also learn how to successfully design and develop ideas to make pinch pots, coil pots and more using the air dry clay.

By the end of the course, you will:

Build confidence using clay techniques.
Build confidence using tools and equipment for clay.
Create your very own pinch pot(s) and coil pot(s) and more.
Build confidence in working with others to help integrate into a work environment.
Understand costing your work for selling purposes.

Please bring:

A basic sketchbook/notepad or paper to draw onto, a pen, pencil, rubber, sharpener, clay tools (Amazon sell packs of tools from as little as £5.99) pack of air dry clay (any colour is fine 500g) or you may want to bring more for more pots!

Please note there is no class on 26th Nov.

Booking your place and fee information

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire)

Live outside the devolved areas listed below

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
North East Combined Authority
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Tees Valley Combined Authority
West Midlands Combined Authority
West of England Combined Authority
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
Hull and East Yorkshire
Greater Lincolnshire
Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority
Cornwall Council
Lancashire Combined County Authority
Buckinghamshire Council

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

Your visa must last until after your course ends.
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.
You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.