CAPE TOWN, DURBANVILLE POTTERY STUDIO
Shape Something
beautiful
Join Jo Ceramics to learn to create something uniquely your own with clay.
WHY CHOSE JO CERAMICS
Small classes,
big creativity
We believe the best creative experiences happen in intimate spaces. Our studio welcomes complete beginners and returning students alike – all you bring is curiosity.
- Small classes in Durbanville area
- Maximum of 8 students per class
- Guidance is intentionally curated to teach different techniques for hand-built ceramics
- Creative experiences in an intimate space with one-on-one attention
- Beginners to intermediate students who would like to have a new creative experience with clay are all welcome
ABOUT JO CERAMICS
I started working with ceramics eight years ago and quickly fell in love with the entire process and the endless possibilities of creating with clay.
How far can I push the clay?
How can I apply glazes to create interesting surfaces?
How can I incorporate newly learned techniques?
How do I fire a finished piece?
Hand-building with clay is where my heart truly lies. It is a fascinating process, and it has been an interesting and enjoyable journey that continues to evolve with every new project I begin.
Creating something unique and beautiful for a space is always a challenge, but I love what I do.
THE CRAFT
Pottery – 29, 000 years in the making
Pottery was one of the first technologies developed by humankind. It became an integral part of everyday life, used for cooking and storage, as well as for ceremonial purposes, serving as a passage to the realm beyond life in the form of burial urns.
Clay also provided a medium for artists to express themselves!
The hand remembers what the mind forgets.
29 000 BC
Earliest known fired ceramics – the Venus of Dolní Věstonice, Moravia
7 000 BC
Functional pottery emerges across the fertile crescent and East Asia simultaneously.
960 AC
Song dynasty porcelain sets standards of refinement still studied today.
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