Kinsale Pottery & Art School 2008 schedule

Just a quick note to say tht the 2008 programme, dates and prices are now posted to my website.
We've added new weekend courses:

• Jewellery-making with Flicky Howe
• Raku Kiln Building and Firing with Adrian Wistreich
• Painting & Life Painting with Jane Skovgaard

We're also re-running successful weekends from the 2007 programme - bronze casting, mosaic-making, explorations in thrown pottery, introduction to ceramics, glass fusing and stained glass (we have a new teacher, Una O'Sullivan, since Paul Drover emigrated to Newfoundland).

Summer 2007 was the busiest since the pottery opened in 2000, with about 60 children attending summer camps and both adult ceramics summer schools booked out. In 2008, we're adding another week to the adult schedule to try and accommodate more bookings.

Term times have been less busy this year, with many local people too busy commuting to work in Cork City to get time for evening classes. Nevertheless, there are still two evening classes each week (Tuesday and Wednesday) and two mornings (Wednesday and Thursday) for those who can still come. In 2008, we're restructuring the term-times into blocks of 6 weeks, allowing beginners to book for one six-week course rather than having to commit for a 10 or 12 week term. Those with experience are charged less, and can book for two 6 week blocks at a time and save even more money. There will be four 6-week courses in the year, which means I get to take November off - in the hope of taking an 'exotic holiday'....

Finally, we've already hosted about 28 private and corporate bookings this year - roughly one a week - and these range from 4 to 40 people at a time. These are becoming the backbone of the pottery business. We addedd jewellery-making to the roster of hen party options, along with ceramics/pottery, mosaic-making and drawing. Long may it continue!