CLAY FRIENDS

Friendly hand-building ceramic workshops, studio time and firing service in Berlin-Neukölln

Niemetzstrasse 17
12055, Berlin, Neukölln

S Sonnenalle - 450m
M41 Mareschstr - 550m
S+U7 Neukölln - 850m

WORKSHOP

I am offering flexible one-on one instruction, studio time, and materials to people interested in working with clay, as well as providing further technical support for people with an existing ceramics practice.

Come in with an idea and I will structure the instruction around realising this idea, or just come in to experiment and experience the material while learning the fundamental skills of hand-building and see where it takes you.

INTRO LITE

Learn fundamental hand-building and glazing techniques to create your own small ceramic pieces using coiling and pinching methods.

This short sweet workshop allows you to make 3 small ceramic sculptures or objects.

Duration: 2-day 6-hour workshop

Day 1: 4 hour handbuilding

Day 2: 2 hours glazing

Price: 150€

INTRO

Learn fundamental hand-building and glazing techniques to create your own ceramic pieces using coiling, pinching and slab building methods.

This more in-depth intro workshop allows you to make larger sculptures or objects with more complex techniques that require multiple days to build.

Duration: 3-day 12-hour workshop

Day 1: 5 hours handbuilding

Day 2: 4 hours hand-building

Day 3: 3 hours glazing

Price: 300€

ADVANCED

Come in with a basic knowledge of ceramics and learn advanced hand-building and glazing techniques to create more advanced ceramic pieces.

This advanced workshop allows you to create larger more intricate and technical ceramic sculptures and objects.

Duration: 4-day 16-hour workshop

Day 1: 4 hours handbuilding

Day 2: 4 hours hand-building

Day 3: 4 hours hand-building

Day 4: 4 hours glazing

Price: 400€

These base packages are flexible and you can book more time if you need. If you require more instruction and guidance, you can book additional instruction time. If you are able to work independently on your project you can book independent work time.

Additional instruction time: 20€/hour
Additional independent work time: 10€/hour

Once you have completed a workshop at my studio there is also the possibility to come co-work in the studio independently on a new project.

Fill out the form below to request a workshop :)

FIRING SERVICE

I am also offering firing service for ceramics made outside of my studio. Firing service will be offered on a piece by piece basis by kg, or the entire kiln is available to rent.

My Kiln : Kittec CB 50
Volume : 47 L
Internal Height : 38 cm
Internal Diameter: 40 cm

bisque fire to 900°c
glaze fire to 1220°c

All clays and glazes must be approved before firing by providing the label of the products. For glaze firings, externals clays and glazes forindividual pieces must not have a maximum temperature lower than 1220°c

Kiln rental temperatures can be customizable up to 1280°c

PRICING

External Firing Bisque : 7€ / kg

External Firing Glaze : 9€ / kg

Kiln Rental : 60-80 €

* kiln rental prices vary based on the
requested temperature and firing schedule

Click here to send me an email and arrange your firing!