Ceramics and pottery courses, holidays and vacations

pottery / ceramics

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 |

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 | painting / drawing | pottery / ceramics | photographic | 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 |

Tony 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 |

Warner Breaks
based: Hertfordshire, UK
website: Warner Get Creative Breaks
Creative holidays at stunning locations in England and Wales. The wide range of breaks include painting, calligraphy, creative writing, flower arranging, willow weaving, wood carving, decorating ceramics, candle making, soap making, paper making and jewellery, all with expert teachers. Breaks also include good food and live entertainment every night.
| painting / drawing | calligraphy | paper crafts | pottery / ceramics | jewellery making | soap making | wood crafts | England | Wales | UK |

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 |

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 |

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 |

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