Course Outline
| Schedule | Activities |
| Day 1 | Introduction to Clay and Pottery, Methods of Pottery, Hand built Pottery (Pinching, Coiling, Slab-making), Wheel Pottery |
| Day 2 | Slab-making and Cutting Tiles, To cut shapes of accurate size from clay sheet using cardboard stencil and tile cutter |
| Day 3 | Joining and Luting, Rediscovering shapes through clay, Making utility objects by cutting shapes from clay sheets and joining them together |
| Day 4 | Surface Decoration, Sgraffito, Carving, Painting with slips or under glaze, painting a resist on to a leather hard surface, Stamps (to create texture from leaves, fabrics, sticks or stamp rolling pins) |
| Day 5 | Seam Joint, Making objects with simple cylindrical shapes like mugs, storage jar, flower vase, teapot, candle holders etc. |
| Day 6 | Basics of Wheel Pottery (Throwing), Attaching and centering, Coning and Opening, Loading the kiln for bisque firing |
| Day 7 | Raising, shaping, cutting and removing |
| Day 8 | Glazing the bisque ware, Different ways to apply glazes: Dipping, Pouring, Brushing, Spraying, Splattering, Stippling, Sponging, Glaze trailing etc., Loading the Kiln for glaze firing |
| Day 9 | Practice on wheel and discussions about clay and pottery |
| Day 10 | Opening of Kiln (glaze ware) and Presentation of participants’ work |
Durga Verma, Founder: Mahi Ceramics
With a profound passion for the art of pottery, Durga Verma has dedicated herself to mastering and teaching ceramic arts. She honed her skills under the guidance of renowned potters Sandeep Manchekar of Anvi Pottery in Mumbai and Meenakshi Rajendra, a BFA Sculpture graduate from Kanpur University.
Mahi Ceramics is a pottery, ceramics and sculpture studio. Here, artist Durga teaches basics of pottery through weekly, monthly, and half-yearly courses. The courses include hand-building, wheel pottery and pottery decoration, glaze making and glaze application, firing of the ware. She works with both earthenware (Terracotta) and stoneware and different forms of clay modelling, along with sculpture and specializes in different firing methods such as Raku and Obvara (Japanese techniques of firing). Her handmade pottery production at the studio itself is available through shipping pan India or at studio sale.
We are honored to have Durga Verma lead our pottery retreat, where participants will have the unique opportunity to learn from her extensive experience and passion for the ceramic arts.
