Hand-building & Raku Workshops
Art Studios at House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, G41 5BW.
Suitable for beginners as well as those with experience of clay
raku workshop info
Workshops are run over two days, one week apart.
First Session – hand-building: Making and joining two pinch bowls together and modifying to create a larger vase, bottle or organic form. You will also have time to make one or two further pinch bowls. Texture can be added through mark making and imprinting techniques. Your work is then left to dry completely before being bisque fired in preparation for your return one or two weeks later.
Second Session – glazing and raku firing: This session comprises a short demonstration of basic glazing methods before you glaze your own work, after which we head outdside for the raku firing. You will be able to take your pieces away with you at the end of the session. I will be offering feathers and horsehair naked raku as alternative surface decoration technique along with the usual lustre and crackle glazes.
This is an ideal entry level course for beginners as no experience is necessary. If you already have hand-building experience you may develop your own project during the first session should you wish (subject to size/technique restrictions).
NB. Raku ware is for decorative use only.
Autumn Dates 2026
Venue: Artist Studios at House for an Art Lover – Directions
Workshop I (full, email to join waiting list)
Sundays 25th October (10am-12.30pm) &
1st November (10am-2pm)
Workshop II (full, email to join waiting list)
Sundays 6th December (10am-12.30pm) &
13th December (10am-2pm)
£130 per person. A £60 deposit* will secure a place.
Maximum 7 people in a class.
* Deposit is refundable up until 10 days before the workshop start date, see cancellation policy.
Please make sure you are available for both dates before signing up for a workshop. The £60 deposit will secure your place and is fully refundable up until 10 days before the start date. If you have to cancel within the 10 days I can refund you only if I manage to fill your space, for example, if I have someone on the reserve list and they are still available for both dates.
“I absolutely loved my time on Nicola’s Raku course. Not only was the venue, House for an art Lover, perfect but it was great to be amongst enthusiastic, like minded people wanting to make Raku. I was guided every step of the way and I’ll treasure my makes forever. Would thoroughly recommmend.”
Pauline Montgomery, Glasgow
“I had never had a pottery class when I first attended Nicola’s Raku course. Her teaching is so helpful and the process of hand-building is so meditative! After three years, I have had many classes with Nicola and she allows for so much creativity! I was able to pursue my own creative projects with Nicola’s support and tutelage. If you’re a beginner or experienced with Raku, you will learn so much and develop community with fantastic potters in Scotland. I cannot recommend Nicola’s classes highly enough!”
J.B., The Netherlands