Pottery - 5 Day Advanced Throwing Course with Tim Andrews.

Sunday 25 October 2026 17:00
Friday 30 October 2026 14:00

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A throwing course designed to advance your skills by working on a range of different more advanced shapes and developing precision. Designed for those intermediate throwers that want to go to the next level.

Using throwing and turning techniques in stoneware, explore a range of forms and sizes included more advanced lidded vessels, a teapot, Tim’s signature ‘humbug’ below, faceted pots, larger forms and more.

Tim Andrews is well known for his exquisite Raku fired pottery (images of which appear on this page) he is also a master on the wheel. In this course Tim will not only draw on his early influences from training and then working with David Leach – and his subsequent 45 years of experience as a master potter – but also his very personal ties with Japanese culture, history and ceramics.

The course will examine the practical and aesthetic relationships of thrown vessels with special attention given to proportions, experimental and interesting shapes and the fit of lidded vessels.

Intermediate to advanced throwers who can already throw consistently and have thrown a range of forms but want to develop more forms and hone their skills.
Please note that beginners skills cannot be taught on this course.
Sunday
5-7pm Residents arrive
7.00pm non residents arrive
7.00pm Welcome Drinks
8.00pm Dinner
Monday -Thursday
8.30am Breakfast for residents
9.30am Tuition starts in studio
1.00pm Lunch
5pm Tuition ends
7pm Dinner for Residents
Friday
8.30am breakfast for residents
9.30am final tuition session
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Course closes
Residential and non-residential spaces available. NB residents are not required to share bedrooms, see accommodation for more info.
Residential
£903 + VAT for which covers all your tuition, accommodation and food from arrival on Sunday through to departure after lunch on Friday.
Non-residential
£593 + VAT include all tuition, welcome drinks on Sunday and lunch from Mon-Friday.
Any pots you wish to keep to be glazed and fired at Coombe are charged at £5 per kilo + courier costs [NB A large mug costs approx £1.6 + shipping]
The main focus of the course is on learning and developing skill however we appreciate that you might want to keep some of the work you have made.
TAKING WORK HOME TO FIRE
If you have your own kiln you can then take the work home to be glazed and fired. If you’re taking your work home there’s a £2 per kilo charge for the clay.
LEAVING WORK HERE FOR US TO FIRE FOR YOU.
If you would like us to glaze your work using our in-house glazes, we will allow the work to dry after the course, bisque fire it, apply the glaze and fire again. This process takes time, how long will depend on the other work going through the studio at the time and we will keep you informed of the process and timeline.
There is a charge of £5 per kilo for any work you’d like fired and glazed in this way (NB as a rule of thumb something the size of a mug costs around £1.40).
Once completed you can collect your work or it can be couriered to you. Courier costs dependant on how much work and your location.
All equipment and materials are provided for you but feel free to bring any of your own pottery tools and note charges for keeping work/firing etc above.

“Tim is a master, I learnt so much from him, he’s so generous with his knowledge, the course re-ignited my passion and the food - oh the food during the week was incredible!”

— Chris, course participant

Our address is TQ6 0JA [What3words: What3words: fulfilled.exploring.branching] and we have plenty of free onsite parking. Trains > nearest station is Totnes then we can arrange lift shares or send taxi details. We are about 20 minutes from the station.
Max 7. Everyone has a wheel.
Food is a key part of an immersive course at Coombe. Meals are taken at a long shared table with the other participants either inside in the cooler months or outside in our courtyard when the weather is warmer. Our onsite chef caters for you including all/any dietary requirements. We grow our own vegetables and keep chickens for fresh eggs daily. For those that enjoy wine, we have a fantastic wine merchant who supply us with a small range available to buy onsite.

Tim Andrews’ works have been exhibited in many group and solo exhibitions throughout the UK and abroad, including: Japan, China, India, USA. The Netherlands. France. Italy Germany. Belgium and Sweden. Works are in many public and private collections including: Stoke on Trent and Liverpool Museums. Ashmolean Museum. St John’s College, Oxford. Donna Karan, New York. Lord Chancellor Lord Irving. Imerys. The Royal Bank of Scotland (2006). Abromavich Collection. Coutts Bank. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. He appeared as the Raku specialist on the Pottery Throwdown main make in 2015, is the recipient of several awards & has been featured in many books & publications on ceramics, he is the author of two books on ‘Raku’, the second published in 2005 by A&C Black. Tim also writes occasional reviews & articles for Ceramic Art & Perception & Ceramic Review and regularly curates exhibitions. He is a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association (CPA), a Member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen and Honorary President of the West Country Potters Association.