"This course gives people a ceramics tertiary qualification and a rounded knowledge of the skills of a potter. The programme includes hand-building, throwing, glazing theory, art appreciation and firing. So why not join yourself next year and encourage a fellow artist to come also? If anyone would like to learn more ceramic skills I can highly recommend the Diploma Course at Waikato Society of Potters, run in conjunction with Otago Polytechnic".
Caryl Ginever

Diploma in Arts and Design - Ceramics Programme

​Study ceramics with New Zealand's only specialised tertiary programme in Ceramic Arts.  https://www.op.ac.nz/study/creative/art/new-zealand-diploma-in-arts-and-design

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Course Discription

This programme is made up of four studio-specific courses and complimentary courses that add to the students understanding of the history and theory of art making, as well as drawing, specific technical glaze methods and research methods. 

Studio Methods 1 and Studio Methods 2 Be introduced to the core skills needed in the development of art work in this medium. Through a variety of studio techniques, you will learn how to transfer ideas into clay. Technical research and exploration of material in response to a given brief is key to this part of the course.

Ceramic Arts 1 and Ceramic Arts 2  
Explore and extend your technical skills and knowledge about Ceramics practice. Make objects and artifacts that develop a personal concept of the medium in both functional and non-functional applications. Complimentary Studio Courses.

 Skills Required

•                           Creativity and imagination.
•                           The ability to think laterally and independently.
•                           To be motivated and have a good work ethic.
•                           Confidence and the ability to accept criticism.
•                           To be adaptable and open to new ideas.

Distance Learning

Distance 
A distance option is offered, where suitable arrangements can be made, for you to study in your own area with supervision from an appropriate approved local ceramist. You are required to have access to an appropriate computer, as well as the operating skills to access our online services, as we monitor the course and deliver the Glaze Practical (Level 5), Art Craft History/Theory and Drawing from Otago Polytechnic.
Onsite Waikato location
​Waikato Society of Potters  (Hamilton) - Phone: 07 838 1950 

• Other Offsite locations
• Auckland Studio Potters - Phone: 09 634 3622 
• Waiheke Community Art Gallery - Phone: 09 372 9907
• The Busy Finch (Christchurch) - Phone: 021 805 330 
• Hawkes Bay Keirunga Potters - Phone: 06 877 5294
• Otaki Jailhouse Pots - Phone: 06 364 0688  

More Information

Step 1:  Click on ​NZ Diploma of Art & Design to view the scope of the course
Step 2:  Please contact our Diploma coordinator, Susannah Salter, at info@waikatopotters.co.nz or 07-838 1950, to learn more about what this course has to offer yo

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 Examples class of 2019

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