Chris Barnes (Pottery)

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Renowned professional Potter from the Borders who specialises in Stoneware and Raku pots.
Chris comes to Higham with the highest recommendations. His aim is to both inspire and encourage, whilst enabling individuals to fulfil their own potential to create their own pieces of both high quality and integrity. Combining both practical sessions alongside some demonstration and even short trips out to studios and galleries, a course with Chris is designed to help you achieve the best results possible.

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FEEDBACK FOLLOWING CHRIS' COURSES: (scroll this box for more) "Excellent course & tutor. Learned lots and really enjoyed it. Hope to do more if courses available with Chris." "An excellent course - great intro to Raku, marvelous tutor who kept the interest and creativity going. Good visits to inspire - fab. Let's have another." "Chris is a great tutor, very good at encouraging us to try new things."

“Excellent course, on which I really learnt a lot. Visit day on Wednesday was well planned and very interesting. Hope to return next year.”

“It has been a thoroughly enjoyable instructive course. I would be in interested in other pottery methods and courses”

   

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FULLY BOOKED: RAKU POTTERY WITH CHRIS BARNES

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Chris will help you to create your own pieces of raku pottery and sculpture, and experience the excitement of raku firing. With lectures, demos and (hopefully) a trip out whilst some things are firing! Chris Barnes (Cumbria highamhall.com/chris-barnes) Residential: £575 Non-residential: £405

MONO-PRINTED SLAB POTS AND BOXES

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

An introduction to mono-printing coloured slips onto clay slabs. These pre-decorated slabs can then be used to make many types of slab built pottery with edge to edge decoration. The technique enables a wide range of styles, from expansive gestural mark making to carefully constructed paper resist. Students will complete decorated pieces to the leather 

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