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 All Ways Spain
based: Andalucia, Spain
website: www.allwaysspain.com
Imaginative, distinctive activity weekends and short breaks in Granada – one of Spain's most beautiful cities. Choose from ceramics, flamenco, food & wine, photography, writing and walking; held on various dates throughout the year in fabulous locations in and around Granada. Tuition from local experts. Small, friendly groups, superb accommodation and dining.
| weekends/short breaks | gastronomic | pottery/ceramics | photographic | music appreciation | flamenco | walking/trekking/hiking | historical tours | writing | Spain |

Anthony Lean's Residential Pottery Courses
based: Somerset, UK
website: www.anthonylean.co.uk
Weekend residential pottery courses in a charming Ham Stone village near Crewkerne in Somerset. Learn to throw pots on a potters wheel in small groups or to make and fire Raku pieces. Accommodation is in a cottage dating back to the seventeenth century.
| pottery/ceramics | England |

Bergerac Ceramics at Les Marguerites
based: Dordogne, France
website: www.bergerac-ceramics.com
Fun, friendly, professional workshops making, firing and painting your own ceramics in the beautiful Dordogne countryside. Suitable for the absolute beginner to the more advanced, with small classes in a purpose built studio amongst the rolling hills and vineyards of the region.
| pottery/ceramics | France |

 Courses By The Sea
based: Devon, UK
website: www.potterycoursesuk.co.uk
Raku pottery courses in Devon, a great way to learn how easy raku pottery can be. For beginners there are courses covering basic raku pottery techniques after which you can progress to the more advanced courses to learn more about raku glazing, pottery firing and raku pottery kiln building.
| pottery/ceramics | England |

 Dragon Ceramic
based: Provence, France
website: www.dragonceramic.com
Short courses in handbuilt ceramics, culminating in dramatic Raku firings, in lovely setting close to Uzès and the Pont du Gard. Small groups, mixed levels, beginners welcome. Excellent food (special diets catered for) and interesting local visits included. Some courses include pick-up from airport (Nîmes Ryanair) or station (Avignon TGV).
| pottery/ceramics | France |

French House Experience (The)
based: Worcestershire, UK
website: frenchhouseparty.co.uk
Activity, arts or fitness breaks in top-class accommodation near Carcassonne. The accommodation is ensuite, with pool, tennis and boules. The tutored arts courses are for up to 10 people and are in ceramics, painting, books, writing, drama and photography. Visitors will also sample wine-tasting and enjoy fabulous French cuisine.
| literary appreciation | theatre/shows | photographic | film and video | painting/drawing | pottery/ceramics | golf breaks | keep-fit/gym/fitness breaks | wine appreciation/tasting | writing | France |

 Manor House Hotel
based: Devon, UK
website: www.manorhousehotel.co.uk
Family hotel accommodation close to Okehampton, near the Dartmoor National Park in Devon. The hotel offers an impressive range of indoor and outdoor sports and leisure activities as well as a unique craft centre with a wide range of tutored crafts – many of these are offered free of charge to guests.
| pottery/ceramics | patchwork/quilting | glass crafts/stained glass | jewellery (jewelry) making | needlepoint/cross stitch | bowling/bowls | badminton | printmaking | country crafts | croquet | family/child friendly | England |

Ozmosis Fired Art Retreat
based: New South Wales, Australia
website: www.ozmosis.net.au
Learn ceramic sculpture, pottery, drawing and painting in a private tuition workshop. Fired Art Retreat is a unique home-stay in a coastal forest in eastern Australia. Here guests can unlock their own creative abilities, while being treated to delicious organically home grown meals from the retreat's landscaped gardens.
| pottery/ceramics | sculpture/carving | painting/drawing | retreats | Australia|

Polytropon
based: Fokida, Greece
website: www.polytroponart.gr
Learn to make and decorate ceramic pottery in small groups (up to 8), using the same technique as ancient Greek potters. These holiday courses are ideal for people who wish to visit Delphi and the surrounding area in combination with this ancient Hellenic ceramic art experience and include excursions and free time.
| pottery/ceramics | Greece |

 Warner Leisure Hotels
based: Hertfordshire, UK
website: Warner Be Inspired
Creative holidays at stunning locations in England and Wales. The wide range of breaks includes painting and drawing, calligraphy, creative writing, flower arranging, willow weaving, wood and stone carving, pottery and decorating ceramics, digital photography, card making – all with expert teachers. Breaks also include good food and live entertainment every night.
| painting/drawing | calligraphy | photographic | country crafts | sculpture/carving | paper crafts | pottery/ceramics | wood crafts | flower arranging and floral design | writing | England | Wales |

 Assington Mill Art and Craft Courses
based: Suffolk, UK
website: www.assingtonmill.com
A wide range of workshops and short courses in traditional county crafts, based in an old watermill and farm in rural Suffolk.
| country crafts | wood crafts | feng shui | pottery/ceramics| photographic | UK |

 Barton Pottery
based: Devon, UK
website: www.bartonpottery.co.uk
Residential pottery weekends and tuition, beginners welcome, accommodation in 400 year-old farmhouse.
| pottery | England |

 Bentham Pottery
based: North Yorkshire, UK
website: www.benthampottery.com
Bentham Pottery runs pottery courses in the North Yorkshire Dales, England.
| pottery/ceramics | England |

 Candili Ltd
based: Kent, UK
website: www.candili.co.uk
An idyllic location for holidays, creative courses, or week-end breaks.
| family/child friendly | cookery | painting/drawing | pottery/ceramics | music playing courses | Greek Islands |

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
based: Maine, USA
website: www.haystack-mtn.org
Residential two and three week workshops open to adults from all skill levels.
| glass crafts/stained glass | metal crafts | wood crafts | painting/drawing | pottery/ceramics | USA |

 Lake District Pottery Courses
based: Cumbria, UK
website: www.potterycourses.co.uk
Weekend and week long pottery courses at Gosforth Pottery in Cumbria; work in small groups with plenty of advice and giuidance from experience potters, working in both stoneware and earthenware.
| pottery/ceramics | UK |

 Mowbray School of Porcelain Restoration
based: Hertfordshire, UK
website: www.mowbrayrestoration.com
Residential weekend, short and longer porcelain restoration courses, from and introduction to ceramic restoration through to advanced courses dealing with colour matching, airbrushing, drilling and doweling, crazing, application of gold leaf etc.
| pottery/ceramics | UK |

Snow Farm: New England Craft Program
based: Massachusetts, USA
website: www.snowfarm.org
Arts camp vacations featuring glassblowing, flameworking, welding, ceramics, fiber arts, woodworking, photography, painting and more.
| glass crafts/stained glass | photographic | wood crafts | metal crafts | pottery/ceramics | USA |

 Trallwyn Cottage Holidays
based: Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
website: home.clara.net/trallwyn/index.html
Creative expression, sculpture, handbuilding, throwing on the wheel.
| pottery/ceramics | sculpture/carving | UK |

 Whites' Restorations
based: Merseyside, UK
website: www.whitesrestorations.co.uk
Pottery, porcelain and china restoration courses, hobby and professional, in Southport, England.
| pottery/ceramics | antiques | England |

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