Our Courses
One and two-week ceramic courses in Salemi, Western Sicily. Find your level, pick a technique, and check live availability on each course page.
Beginner courses
Beginner Wheel Throwing course
A one-week introduction to wheel throwing in Salemi, Sicily — learn wedging, centering, throwing and trimming while enjoying the pleasures of Sicilian life.
Ceramics Intro course
A one-week introduction to the world of ceramics: hands-on wheel throwing and handbuilding in Salemi, combined with the vibrant culture of Sicily.
Beginner Wheel Throwing Two-week course
A two-week introduction to wheel throwing in Salemi: build a solid foundation in week one, then progress to small vases, boxes and more complex shapes.
Intermediate courses
Intermediate Wheel Throwing course
A one-week wheel throwing full-immersion for intermediate potters: throw taller, thinner pieces, identical objects, larger bowls, bottlenecks and vases.
Intermediate Wheel Throwing Two-week course
A two-week intermediate wheel throwing immersion: refine technique, throw bottles, vases and lidded containers, and develop a personal project.
Special courses
Two-week Tableware Course with Adele Williams
A two-week wheel throwing immersion in tableware design with Adele Williams — design and make a complete tableware set, from throwing to glazing.
Porcelain Unveiled - Craft and the Poetry of Shape with Anna Basile
Discover the delicate magic of porcelain with Anna Basile — wedging, centering and throwing luminous, translucent forms on the potter's wheel in Salemi.
Experiments in Clay: From Terracotta to Porcelain with Ebony Russell
A week of sculptural hand-building in Sicily with Ebony Russell, experimenting with earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, and paper clay.
Porcelain and Lustre with Ebony Russell
Hand-build white porcelain sculptures and add metallic lustre finishes with Australian artist Ebony Russell in Salemi, Sicily.
Introduction to Ceramic Moulds with Morela Cañas
A two-week introduction to plaster mould-making for ceramics with Morela Cañas — carving, press moulds, two-part moulds, and decoration techniques.
Two-week Woodfiring and Ash Glazes with Mati Cini
Two weeks with Mati Cini making work for the wood kiln — ash glazes, kiln loading and a full woodfiring from first flame to unpacking.
Recycled and Found Materials for High-Fire Glazes with Luigi Pullini
Turn glass, ash, and local clays into sustainable high-fire glazes with Luigi Pullini — a week of experimentation, testing, and documentation.
Two-week Porcelain course with Massimo Pavan
Two weeks on the wheel with Massimo Pavan: throwing porcelain, mixing pigments into the clay, advanced trimming, and polished unglazed finishes.
Wheel and Extrusion: Exploring Hybrid Forms with Luigi Pullini
Combine wheel-thrown and extruded forms with Luigi Pullini in this two-week course for experienced ceramicists exploring hybrid, expressive vessels.
From Throwing to Glazing: Discover Pottery with Marta Vino
A comprehensive one-month pottery course in Salemi, Sicily with Marta Vino, covering every stage from wheel throwing to slips, oxides, glazes and firing.
Tea Set Making with Esther Palmer
A two-week course for experienced potters: throw, assemble and glaze a tea set, adding driftwood or metal handles, with Esther Palmer in Salemi, Sicily.
Wheel Throwing and Natural Glazes with Adele Williams
Two weeks of wheel throwing plus foraging local clays and plants to test and create your own natural glazes, guided by Adele Williams in Salemi, Sicily.
Two-week Slab Building with Nikolas Iturralde
A two-week intensive with Nikolas Iturralde: turn flat clay slabs into finished ceramic pieces using grids, modular design and graphic composition.
Found Clay with Adele Williams
Learn to find, test and process wild Sicilian clays into clay bodies, slips and glazes on this hands-on two-week course with Adele Williams.
One-week Slab Building with Nikolas Iturralde
A one-week introduction to slab building with Nikolas Iturralde, translating graphic design, grids and patterns into three-dimensional ceramic objects.
Lost Wax with Vanesa Lamadrid
Sculpt your own jewelry in wax with Vanesa Lamadrid — learn the ancient lost-wax casting technique, with pieces cast in brass and silver and shipped to you.
One-week Hand-building course with Angelica Tulimiero
A week of hand-building with Angelica Tulimiero — pinching, coiling and slab work to shape expressive vessels without the wheel.
Wheel Throwing and Decoration with Michelle from MINX Factory
Strengthen your throwing and find your visual voice with Michelle from MINX Factory — two weeks of wheel work, slips, underglazes and surface decoration.
Two-week Hand-building course with Angelica Tulimiero
Two weeks of hand-building with Angelica Tulimiero — from first pinch pots to ambitious sculptural forms, no wheel required.
Sicilian Ceramics with Alessandro Strano
Two-week immersion in traditional Sicilian pottery with master thrower Alessandro Strano — from pigne and quartare to large doughnut flasks and candelabras.
Wild Clay and Pit Firing with Maria Roy
Forage, process and pit-fire local clay with Maria Roy — a week of place-based, experimental ceramics in the Sicilian landscape.
Critical Clay Lab with Mati Cini and Maria Roy
A two-week experimental lab with Mati Cini and Maria Roy — using clay to research, question and make critically engaged work.
Two-week Wheel Throwing and Sigillata with Anas Rifi-Zinati
Two weeks with Anas Rifi-Zinati — strengthen your wheel throwing and finish your pieces with burnished terra sigillata.
Two-week Ceramic Decoration Techniques with Clara Holt
Two weeks of ceramic decoration with Clara Holt — slips, underglazes, sgraffito and illustration techniques to develop your own decorative voice.
XL Wheel Throwing with Anas Rifi-Zinati
Throw big with Anas Rifi-Zinati — centering 3kg+ of clay and building tall, ambitious forms in a week of XL wheel throwing.
Sgraffito Decoration on Wheel Thrown Pieces with Clara Holt
Master sgraffito with Clara Holt — carving through coloured slips to reveal bold, illustrative designs on wheel-thrown pieces.
Figure Modeling Sculpture with Monica Chavarria
Sculpt the human figure in clay with Monica Chavarria — a week of observation and expressive modelling.
Experimental Clay Furniture with Joan Carreras
Build ambitious clay furniture with Joan Carreras — two weeks of large-scale handbuilding between design and sculpture.
Clay for Design (Rock Fiber Clay) with Joan Carreras
Design meets material innovation with Joan Carreras — hand-building functional design objects in rock fiber clay.
Glass and Clay: A Material Laboratory with Ana Drucker
Explore where glass meets ceramics with Ana Drucker — a week of experiments combining the two materials.
Textures and Wheel Throwing with Anas Rifi-Zinati
Refresh your wheel throwing and explore clay surfaces with Anas Rifi-Zinati — stretching, coloured slips and kanna textures for experienced throwers.
Sigillatas & Raku Kilns with Anas Rifi-Zinati
Explore terra sigillata and smoke firing with Anas Rifi-Zinati — make your own sigillata, build a DIY raku kiln and create atmospheric, smoke-marked surfaces.
Wheel Throwing and Crystallized Glazes with José María Mariscal
Throw on the wheel and grow crystalline glazes with José María Mariscal — glaze chemistry, kiln curves and dazzling surfaces.
Woodfiring and Ash Glazes with Mati Cini
Two weeks of woodfiring with Mati Cini: ash glaze theory and practice, plus two firings in Salemi's 260L wood-fired Phoenix kiln.
Wheel Throwing and Altering Forms with Marta Vino
Throw, cut and reassemble with Marta Vino — two weeks exploring altered wheel-thrown forms beyond the round.
Wild Clay for Pottery with Marta Vino
Forage, process and fire wild Sicilian clays with Marta Vino — a hands-on exploration of soil chemistry, geology and experimental ceramics around Salemi.
Glazes: Figures and Patterns with Marta Vino
Paint with glazes alongside Marta Vino — figures, patterns and layered glaze decoration on ceramic surfaces.