Adults & children.

All disciplines.

Classes in clayforming techniques, ie. coiling, modelling, armature building/preparing for casting in metal. Decorative surface techniques, textures, brushwork, patinas, gilding, glazing and varnishing. All materials, clay, tools & firing included. Classes @ R200 per 3hour session. Mornings or evenings.

Children\\\'s classes


2-5yr olds - Wednesdays 3.30-4.30pm


5-9yr olds - Fridays 2.30-4pm


Adults - Monday evenings 5-7pm

Creative Enterprise Training Unit
Empowering craft artists through business and creativity training.

Beginners or advanced students welcome. Fully equipped studio. Handbuilding, decorating techniques & working with slips and glazes offered. Tuesday evenings: 18h45 to 21h30 Adults Wednesday afternoons: 15h30 to 17h15 Children 9-12yrs Thursday mornings: 09h30 to 12h30 Adults Thursday afternoons: 15h30 to 17h15 Children 13 yrs and over

Uses stoneware clay. Fires to high temperatures. Teaches wheelwork, handbuilding, sculpture as well as specialized techniques in building&decorating.

SAQA accredited qualifications, learnerships and skills courses in ceramics.

Children\'s classes/Handbuilding & Sculpture classes for adults

Children\'s class times: Grades 3-5 Tuesdays @ 3pm

Grades 1 & 2 Thursdays 2.30 -3.30pm

Adult classes for beginners&advanced. Private 1 on 1 wheel lessons and glaze &kiln technology. Studio offers wheelwork, handwork,underglaze techniques,Raku w/shops, low smoke, sawdust and electric firings, as well as right brain development technique. Group classes Tuesday evenings 19h00 to 21h30, Wednesday&Thursday mornings 10h00 to 12h30.

Porcelain classes, focusing on creative expression.

Handbuilding/Raku/Pitfiring/Utility & Sculptural work

All techniques taught from coil to wheel. Uses various clays, including paperclay and porcelain. Current area of interest: ceramic sculpture


Beginners welcome

Class times: Tuesday and Thursday evenings

Graphics, Jewellery, Painting, Textiles and Ceramics.


Grade 8 - 12

Classes for experienced and advanced potters.

Ceramic Designer - Involved in community upliftment and training @ The Haven Shelter in Green Point.


Teaches wheelwork and handbuilding.

3rd Term 2010:


Morning classes on Thursdays 10am to 12 noon(15,22,29July/5,12,19,26Aug/2,9,16,23Sept) or Evening classes Wednesdays 7 to 9pm(14,21,28July/4,8,11,25Aug/ 1,8,15,22Sep)


Fees: R75 per lesson(11xR75=R825)Payable in 3 instalments: R275 with 1st lesson, R275@End July & R275 @End Aug


5kg Clay, glazing and firing included in fee.


Missed classes can only be caught up in scheduled class times.

Large pots and sculptures combining



combining thrown and hand-built ware

Fun, relaxed, social classes in a secure environment with safe parking. Ian Pells welcomes beginners and advanced students and will focus on handbuilding of functional and sculptural work, but different variety of clay work classes is also available, as well as decoration on a broad range of ceramic media. Eight Sessions cost R720. Dates and times on detailed flyer under events. For more information contact Ian Pells.

Handbuilding, sculpture & functional.



Classes for adults, beginners & advanced

Various methods of decorating pottery such as underglaze, on-glaze, glazes, raku. Claybuilding workshops on Saturdays.


Morning & evening classes

Wheelwork, handwork, sawdust firing.




Beginners and Advanced

Mainly stoneware, hand- and wheelwork, functional and ornamental ware.
Classes Monday to Friday, morning and afternoon.

Hand & wheelwork



Beginners welcome



Small classes (max 7 students)

Beginners & advanced classes



Handbuilding, sculpture, coiling, slabwork & some functional moulds.

Sculpture & functional ceramics. Beginners & advanced.

Classes offered in handbuilding, coiling, slabwork, press moulding, etc. Garden studio in Fresnaye. Class times: Thursday mornings 9.30am to 12 noon and Thursday evenings 6.30 to 9pm. Cost: R100 per class (to be paid monthly)