Early Bird
Perth Pottery and Sculpture Class 2024/25
(+2 more dates)
Description
Learn Relax Create
Flexible attendance and highly professional instruction within a inclusive professional artists' studio. Continuously taught by Graham since 1998.
Ongoing students able to reschedule attendance up to two hours before their next class, whatever their personal circumstances (eg: work, travel, family, health, COVID)
Current students' work this week on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perthpotterysculpture/
Youtube overview: youtube.com/watch?v=sb5bQiVA1Zg
Expert Experienced Tuition
Teaching is customised to suit your personal background, abilities, and preferences.
You learn and make what interests you, at your own speed, with immediate, high quality assistance and instruction.
Graham has over 30 years experience teaching ceramics to beginners and the more experienced. He has ceramic art and ceramic education specialist tertiary qualifications and has been invited to teach ceramics in 14 countries. This includes 300+ primary, secondary, tertiary, and community institutions, as well as to professional ceramic artists and art educators at national and international workshops and conferences (list here).
This expertise led to invitations to write articles for international journals. His ceramics is in over 30 ceramic text books, journals and public art collections in many countries. His ceramics has won international awards (latest in 2014) and appeared in 160 exhibitions in a dozen countries, including Biennales in Australia, Holland, Argentina, Romania, and Italy (see artist CV).
CONVID 19:
If you have COVID, or symptoms, please contact Graham prior to the event and reschedule without penalty. All food and drink utilities are machine washed. Clay tools and work surfaces are cleaned with water containing a mild surfactant. Classes and workshops average 5 participants, providing good personal space (@ 16 Oct '24).
Reviews
Find any online reviews via Google link: reviews "Perth Pottery and Sculpture Classes"
To ensure you are absolutely happy, buy and attend only one lesson, before even considering more lessons.
Only one or two beginning students at a time may join a class group.
Both you and regular students receive plenty of individual assistance.
A quarter have attended for over five years, some over a decade. a few over two decades.
Regardless of your level of experience, you are looked after and made welcome by everyone.
Customised instruction
Small, highly individual classes, with a weekly average of 5 friendly students per class.
So you receive greater support and encouragement from the teacher (and other students), compared to a larger class.
You will receive timely instruction and advise whenever you require it.
Incremental expert advise helps you create at your own pace.
Regardless of reason (health, work, family, holiday, travel, COVID etc), your class credit is protected if you notify me at least 2 hours beforehand. This means everyone in the studio is healthy and happy, producing a relaxed atmosphere.
These are socially dynamic classes, with students appearing, disappearing and then re-appearing week by week. We don't bride with alcohol or food, although students are welcome to bring both.
No two students make the same work, so you learn both from myself and fellow students.
Simple steps are provided for you to help you decide what to create, help you make your work, based upon your specific preferences, confidence, prior skills and knowledge.
Many enjoy the classes being held within an open plan studio, surrounded by friendly, professional working artists.
The relaxed environment is enhanced by the light filled studio environment, surrounded by exceptional artworks, within a beautiful inner-city park.
Try before you buy more lessons:
Decide during the first lesson if you wish to continue or not.
Beginner Discount?
If you purchase ongoing lessons during your first lesson, you receive an immediate 20% discount on any bundle of lessons in the table below. For example: a bundle of 12 lessons will now cost $835 instead of $1,044. If ever unsure, please purchase fewer classes.
This initial discount only applies if a bundle of lessons is purchased during the first lesson.
The larger the bundle bought, the greater the discount ($101-384 saving)..
Do not buy further lessons unless completely happy with your experience.
Bulk Discount?
To enable students to purchase a variety of bundles of lessons, to suit their personal circumstances.
To give new students plenty of expert assistance, while recognising that long term students contribute to the studio and classes in many ways.
Once you are enrolled and have bought lessons during your first class, you may pause and resume your attendance at any time (due to health, holidays, travel, work, family etc) and change classes,
To avoid losing class credits, always text or email date changes at least two hours before the lesson, and include a return date. The class confirmation emails and reminder emails offer a quick and easy way to do this.
New students are urged to read first "Try before you buy" (just above).
2024 Lesson Fees
Lessons Total(ave)
1 201 (201)
4 508 (127)
6 617 (103)
8 787 (98)
10 917 (92)
13 1105 (85)
17 1374 (81)
20 1491 (75)
Classes purchased in 2024 are valid until 1/06/25*
20% discount for beginner purchases during their first lesson (see example above).
EFTPOS, all major credit cards accepted.
Current Class Day and Times:
Friday: 9:30 am - 12 noon*
Saturday: 1 pm - 3:30 pm*
*(no classes Oct 21 - Nov 15 or 24 2024. (why?).
Otherwise classes run continuously through the year.
Venue:
A Creative Space.
The classes (est 1998 by Graham Hay) are held in the Farmer Street Studio, next to the Tennis Club at 10 Farmer Street, North Perth, Western Australia.
Previously the classes and studio were in Robertson Park, Western Perth (2000-2022) and before that Wellman Street 1998-2000.
The new studio is a spacious, light-filled space, leased from the City of Vincent by a group of professional artists.
What you will learn
- How to select (or develop) an idea or process, suitable to your own confidence and skill.
- To progressively master both traditional and contemporary clay techniques.
- How to make your work, by simple, short, incremental steps, at your own speed, with expert tuition.
What you will get
- New, and increased knowledge, skill and confidence with clay.
- Start classes when you are ready, pause and resume when it suits you, without penalty (just let us know).
- Try before you buy: Buy only the first class. Decide at that class how many lessons you want (generous discounts).
- Free 10 kg bag of soft clay, and use of studio tools and equipment.
- Free parking, tea and real coffee.
- Welcomed into a supportive community of similar, like minded students and artists.
Plenty of free parking on Farmer Street, or on Namur Street (the street on the opposite (north) side of the venue).
What to bring
- Bring any drawings, pictures, digital images you might have (optional).
What to wear
An old shirt or comfortable clothes. Covered shoes are necessary as this is a working studio. An old towel to dry your hands.
Appropriate for
Adults only (a child free space for parents)
Graham has taught ceramics since 1998.
He is nationally and internationally recognised as an expert in both ceramic art and also ceramic education.
Background:
Graham specialised in ceramics at high school and Teachers College, and holds separate degrees from Edith Cowan, and Curtin (hons) universities, majored in ceramics and sculpture.
His work has appeared in 150 exhibitions in ten countries, and is in public collections in six countries.
Graham has taught over 200 workshops in 12 countries, and co-lead Hungarian and US international ceramics conferences and symposiums (see www.grahamhay.com.au/workshops.html).
Authored 25 articles in ceramic journals in six countries.
Graham is very experienced teaching at absolutely beginners, intermediate and expert levels.
Frequently he teaches in schools, tertiary institutions, groups of beginners, professional artists and art educators (website).
Focuses on assisiting all students master techniques, gain confidence, relax completely, and produce amazing work.
Generous by nature, he shares over 200 pages of information on http://www.grahamhay.com.au. Visit it and be inspired.
Read online reviews going back to 2009. Just click or cut and paste
perth+pottery+and+sculpture+classes "review"
then Google it.
Graham is committed to excellence in ceramics education. Since 1993 he has been recording all positive, and negative, student evaluation sheet comments verbatim from all workshops at http://www.grahamhay.com.au/comments.html
He regularly travels globally to share with and learn from fellow ceramic expert teachers.
Cancellations & Refunds
If the organiser cancels the class:
You are entitled to a full refund.
If you can't attend the class:
You may cancel anytime before class starts and claim a full refund.
Terms & Conditions
Class Conditions (not applicable for workshops):
1. Courtesy Saves: If you can't attend any class, your lesson credit is only protected (ie "rolled over") if you email or text me before the lesson, AND provide a specific "date of return to class".
The quickest and easiest way is by using the reschedule link in class confirmation or reminder emails.
This information is essential to prevent too large or too small classes.
I will confirm receipt of you text or email, and that your place in the class reserved.
If you do not provide a return date, or do not attend the lesson, your balance will decline each week. When your balance reached zero, your shelve will be cleared (to make space for new students) and all clay recycled.
If you let me know via email/text, lessons can be rolled over for up to 2 years.
2. Similarly, if you are returning to classes after a prolonged absence, please contact me well before to ensure a place is reserved for you.
3. You can change which day and time you attend classes, and even attend more than one lesson per week, provided you have first discussed it with me, and there is space in the class. If you are using the automatic system, you'll see live online were the gaps are and can immediately reschedule.
4. If you are likely to be away for more than two months, you will be asked to temporarily take your clay and creations home (so to make space for new students, and to encourage you to keep making at home). Upon your return a space will be again made available for you.
5. Want more flexibility? Just ask.
Thanks Kristy for the praise. Coming from another pottery teacher it's greatly appreciated! All the very best with your further travels and in your own studio.
Hi Lauren. Thanks for your review. My apologies for not responding earlier. Good to see you in the studio each week and fantastic to see how you are now really starting to develop your very own "clay vocabulary", making such fun figures!
Thanks Fleur for this review and for coming along for nearly a year. All the best in your creative journey!