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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 |

Antonio Cid
based: Tenerife, Spain
website: www.antoniocid-ceramica.com/ingles/index-ingles.html
Ceramics courses with master potter Antonio Cid Menchen, including introductions to ceramics and the wheel, perfecting techniques on the wheel, firings, tailor-made courses and courses for teachers; courses will be taught in English. Accommodation available in well equipped studio apartments, courses can be taken without hiring accommodation.
| pottery/ceramics | tailor made | Spain |

 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 |

 Creative Craft Retreats
based: Devon, UK
website: www.craft-retreats.co.uk
Residential weekend craft courses held in beautiful, secluded, tranquil surroundings deep in the north Devon countryside, a short distance from the coast. Highly experienced, friendly tutors share their knowledge and expertise. Delicious home-cooked meals using locally sourced produce are all inclusive in your stay, ensuring a truly stress-free, restful break.
| retreats | wood crafts | pottery/ceramics | timber frame/green oak building | basket making | country crafts | cookery | weekends/short breaks | UK |

 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 |

Facilitutors.com
based: France
website: facilitutors.com
Facilitutors offer all sorts of courses for all sorts of people. For you, your children and your staff. For life, for leisure and for business. Whether you want to learn to paint in rural France, to cook in a historic Château, design and make your own jewellery or appreciate wine.
| painting/drawing | mixed media | pottery/ceramics | jewellery making | glass crafts/stained glass | sculpture/carving | wood crafts | gastronomic | vegetarian | cookery | wine appreciation | feltmaking | 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 | glass crafts/stained glass | needlepoint/cross stitch | jewellery (jewelry) making | printmaking | country crafts | bowling/bowls | squash | badminton | archery | England |

 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 |

Alora Pottery
based: Malaga, Spain
website: www.clayschoolspain.com
Pottery classes, courses and holidays in Andalucia, Spain; for all ages and skill levels.
| pottery/ceramics | Spain |

 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 |

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 |