Throwing for Beginners evening classes starting on Wednesday 18th January 2012 and Throwing for Continuing Beginners evening classes starting on Thursday 19th January 2012 are now fully booked. If you would like to be on the cancellation list for either course please get in touch by calling on 0141 550 8030 or by email (emilka [dot] radlinska [at] gmail [dot] com). New courses will start in late March or early April 2012.

In the meantime, pottery taster sessions and private classes on the potter's wheel are available for booking. For more details go to our website www.glasgowceramicstudio.com and follow the links on the left hand side menu from Classes and Team Building.

The Throwing for Continuing Beginners evening course at the Glasgow Ceramics Studio is now open for enrollments, to anyone who has previously completed the Throwing for Beginners course. The course will run on Thursday evenings, starting on Thursday 19th January 2012.

Course dates are as follows: January 19th and 26th, February 2nd, 9th and 16th, a two week break, March 8th and 15th. The total cost for the course is £110, all materials and firings included. To reserve your place in the course, please pay a £10 deposit either by cash or cheque. Full details on how to pay the deposit are on the Throwing for Beginners page on our website, www.glasgowceramicstudio.com under "Classes and Team Building".

For any further information about the course, please contact Emilka Radlinska at emilka (dot) radlinska (at) gmail (dot) com.

Throwing for beginners (working on the potter's wheel) evening classes will from now on take place on Thursdays.


The first course of 2011, which starts on Thursday 13th January, is currently open for enrollments. For more information, go to our website www.glasgowceramicstudio.com or contact the teacher, Emilka Radlinska, directly at the email address or phone numbers listed in the image below.

Laura Little, Green Smoke Box Clock, 2010. Glazed, slipcast stoneware with gold lustre, approx. 40cm diameter.
 

Everyone at The Glasgow Ceramics Studio is most happy to welcome a new member and studio holder into our midst - 2010 Glasgow School of Art graduate, Laura Little.
 

Laura has a background in archeology, bringing a fresh and innovative approach to complement the wide variety of ceramic practice at our studio. Trained by master mould makers Bill Brown and Sandor Dobany at the Glasgow School of Art's Ceramics Department, Laura takes the inspiration for her playful work from steam locomotives.

Glasgow Ceramics Studio will be throwing its doors open to visitors on the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of October. Come visit the studio, meet the artists, see where and how we work, watch demonstrations and get first pick of the huge range of original artwork before it goes out to galleries.



















Where to find us: Studio 11 (ground floor), Wasps Artists' Studios, 77 Hanson Street, Glasgow, G31 2HF.



















There are over 100 studios in our building and many of them will also have their doors open, so it's your chance to explore the creative and colourful world of visual artists studios in your community.

Alex Johannsen, Earthenware sculpture (detail), 40cm high, 2010

Alexandra Johannsen's work has been selected to be shown as part of The Strathearn Gallery's Summer Show. This beautiful, light filled gallery located in picturesque Crieff, is an ideal venue to view Alex's new sculptural work. To see more of Alex's work, click on her name under "Meet the Makers" on our website.

Where:

Strathearn Gallery,

32 West High Street,

Crieff, Perthshire, PH7 4DL

When:

The Glasgow Ceramics Studio is very proud to announce that no less than two of our members have been selected for Art in the Park. 

Art in the Park is part of the Southside Festival 2010, sited in the beautiful Queens Park Glasshouses. It is a showcase of established and emerging Glasgow based art talent.  The exhibition boasts a unique atmosphere, as visitors can view the artwork while wondering among trees through the Victorian glasshouses.

Eleanor Caie and Malcolm Dobson will be each exhibiting three especially selected pieces of their most recent work. For more information about this free event click here. To find out more about Eleanor and Malcolm's work, go to our website and click on their names under the "Meet the Makers" menu option on the left hand side of this screen.

Where: 

Queens Park Glasshouses,

Queens Park, 520 Langside Road,

Glasgow, G42

When: 

Saturday 22nd May 2010, 11am - 6pm

Sunday 23rd May 2010, 11am - 4pm

Jo McGuire, earthenware cups, 2010

Stuart Grant and Jo McGuire will be exhibiting and selling their work this weekend at the Benmore Open Day and Craft Fair. Take the opportunity to visit this beautiful area and to meet the artists in person. Entry is free. Click here for more information.

Stuart Grant hand makes and paints an ever expanding range of locally inspired, wall mounted animal reliefs, brooches and magnets. From Scottie dogs to Highland cows, his quirky creations are guaranteed to bring a smile to any face. Jo McGuire is a skilled thrower and has made a collection of beautiful and homely functional ware. 
 
Date: Sunday 9th May 2010
 
Time: starting at 12 noon
 
Location: The Walled Garden, Benmore Botanic Gardens, Dunoon, Argyll, PA23 8QU

















Stuart Grant, cockerel and hen, wall mounted reliefs, 2010

There are still spaces available in our new throwing class for beginners.


Unlike a university or college evening course, our class sizes are very small (four or five people only), which means that each participant benefits from individual attention and extra time with the tutor.


Like a university or college course, the classes are taught by an experienced professional artist. A win-win situation, especially tailored for beginner adults wishing to find a unique and novel way to unwind and tap into their creativity. 

Kayleigh Lockhart, refractory concrete with earthenware slip and glaze (detail), 2009


We're very happy to welcome a new member to our studio this month. Kayleigh Lockhart is a recent graduate from Ceramic Design at the Glasgow School of Art, and she already has an impressive array of exhibitions, residencies and architectural ceramic commissions under her belt. To see more of Kayleigh's original and cutting edge experimental work, visit her blog, Kayleigh Lockhart Ceramics.

We are looking for a new artist to join us! Studio spaces rarely become free at the Glasgow Ceramics Studio as our members tend to want to keep their spaces long term once they have them, so this is a really excellent opportunity. If you are on our waiting list already please call the studio on 0141 550 8030 to make sure that your contact details are up to date. Be aware that if we can't contact you, we won't be able to invite you in for an interview! If you would like to join our waiting list, now is the perfect time.


Entry to the studio is through an interview and portfolio. Rent is £90 per month including heating and electricity. Every space comes with a large work bench and shelving. Every member is expected to contribute some of their time each month towards studio maintenance and upkeep. Membership is open to artists of all skill levels, professionals as well as hobbyists, however you must work predominantly in clay.


For more information about the Glasgow Ceramics Studio, our facilities and location, check out our website: http://glasgowceramicstudio.com.

All the studio holders at the Glasgow Ceramics Studio would like to extend a warm farewell and happy retirement to George Melville. George's enthusiasm for ceramics, his creativity, kind and cheerful disposition and generous spirit will be greatly missed by all of us. 

New sculptural work by one of our studio holders, Alexandra Johannsen, represented by The Gatehouse Gallery, will be available for viewing and purchase at the Glasgow Art Fair '10,  - Scotland's premier art fair - on 25th to 28th March 2010. Alex's quirky figurative creations, informed by a keen sense of social observation and commentary on the human and animal kingdoms are guaranteed to put a smile on any face.

Welcome to our new blog!

The Glasgow Ceramics Studio website is almost ready for launch. Our newest facility is this blog. Although our home page will always welcome you with the most current news of events that we are taking part in, this blog gives you an option to subscribe to our news and events via an RSS feed. Simply click on the RSS icon in the bottom of the page, and every new entry will conveniently arrive in your in box.