Carys Martin Ceramics
Ten Week Term. Starting Mon 6th July. Hand building and Sculpting with Diane
Ten Week Term. Starting Mon 6th July. Hand building and Sculpting with Diane
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Hand-Building & Sculpting with Diane (Mud of Moon)
Monday evenings | 6:30–8:30pm
10-Week Term | 6 July – 7 September
📍 The Studio, Cleveland
Build confidence in clay and develop your sculpting skills in this supportive, technique-focused course led by ceramic artist Diane Rendle of Mud of Moon.
Suitable for both beginners and continuing students, this class explores hand-building, sculptural construction, surface decoration, and glazing techniques while encouraging students to develop their own creative style.
What You'll Learn
• Slab building, coiling and pinch techniques
• Sculptural construction and support methods
• Form, balance and proportion
• Surface decoration and texture
• Finishing and glazing techniques
Term Fee: $650
Includes professional instruction, studio tools and equipment, shared glazing and decorating materials, storage of work during term, and kiln firing coordination.
Materials & Firing
Clay and firing are charged separately, allowing students to pay only for what they use.
Clay from $30–$40 per 10kg bag.
Firing is charged at $13 per kg per firing, with most pieces requiring both a bisque and glaze firing.
Before booking, please take a moment to read our Workshop Policies, which include information on bookings, cancellations, make-up classes, and studio expectations.
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Testimonials:
So happy to have been a student of Dianes. I did not think I had it in me to create such a piece of pottery. Proud of myself. She is such a good and talented teacher plus patient. Thank you Di for encouraging me all the way. 😊
Meet your teacher Diane -
From an early age, Diane’s world was steeped in creativity. Encouraged by her parents to explore the natural world through art, Diane developed a lifelong connection to the organic beauty of nature—a theme that continues to inspire her ceramic work today. Her mother, a self-taught printing in the traditional English style, and her father, a painter and restorer who worked on the vintage circus collection of Barnum & Bailey, instilled in her a deep appreciation for craftsmanship and storytelling through art.
Professionally, Diane has spent over 21 years as a pastry chef, with part of her role to create how stopper displays modelled out of chocolate. Alongside her culinary career, she has spent the last eight years developing her skills in ceramics, with a particular passion for sculpture and hand-building techniques. Her daily work teaching pastry chefs sculptural techniques in chocolate has naturally deepened her understanding of form, texture, and creative teaching—skills she now brings into her clay practice.
Diane’s ceramic art is heavily influenced by her Celtic heritage and a deep respect for the natural world. Themes of ancient stone circles, the Green Man, and the cycle of life and nature are woven throughout her work, reflecting her belief that we come from the earth and will one day return to it.
As she continues to work as a pastry chef, Diane is also expanding her artistic practice, blending her discipline, creativity, and love for teaching into a growing career in ceramics. I am so excited to have her join The Studio team!
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