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Explore the world of material-led creativity through clay, metal, wood, and sculpture. These workshops are designed for hands-on experimentation, technical skill-building, and professional practice — whether you're throwing pots, casting jewellery, or constructing large-scale installations.

Ceramics Hand Building Workshop

This clay-focused workspace allows students to build sculptural and functional forms using coiling, slab-building, press moulding and carving techniques. Used by Ceramics, Fine Art and Foundation students, this workshop is central to teaching surface, texture and form, and encourages experimentation with glazes and alternative finishes. 

Throwing Room

Dedicated throwing room equipped with multiple potter’s wheels for learning wheel-based clay techniques. This space supports students across Ceramics and Foundation, helping develop technical dexterity and understanding of ceramic forms through repetition and refinement. Students use this space to develop individual approaches to functional ware, sculpture, and installation pieces.

Kiln Room

Our kiln room houses electric, and gas kilns used for bisque and glaze firing of ceramic work. It supports all clay-based disciplines and is managed in line with Health & Safety standards to support students' understanding of firing schedules, materials science, and ceramic finishing. The kiln room underpins the production cycle of ceramic artworks from greenware to final piece.

Jewellery and Metalwork Workshop

This specialist workshop supports traditional jewellery-making, blacksmithing, welding, casting, and metal fabrication techniques. Students from Jewellery, Silversmithing and Ceramics, Fine Art and Foundation use the space to develop hands-on technical skills. With facilities including a working forge, investment casting foundry and welding booth, the workshop supports professional practice and material experimentation from small-scale jewellery to large-scale sculpture.

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Wood Workshop

Fully equipped for joinery, model making and sculpture, the wood workshop supports students across Jewellery, Silversmithing and Ceramics, Fine Art, Foundation, and Illustration. With access to saws, sanders, lathes and hand tools, students develop 3D making skills for both functional and conceptual outcomes. The workshop is also used for set building; furniture design and exhibition display structures.

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