Apr
29
to Jul 8

Monday Ceramics Evening Classes with Clare Palmer

A 9 week course of hand building and throwing for all levels.

( 9 consecutive sessions excluding the two Monday Bank Holidays in May)

This class is run by Clare Palmer and experienced teacher and wonderfully creative ceramicist.

Small groups of no more than 8 in our working studio in Kensal Rise.

Students sign up for all 9 evening classes , we are unable to offer refunds or make up classes for missed sessions.

£375 for 9 weeks course, including materials and firing

Please register your interest for future classes on the contact page. Thank you

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May
7
to Jul 2

Ceramics Evening Classes 9 weeks

9 Week Course

Tuesdays 7th May to 2nd of July 2024 6.30pm-9.30pm.

Thursdays 2nd of May to 27th June NOW FULL

A 9 week course of hand building and throwing for all levels.

Classes are run by Abigail Schama or Daf Price, both experienced teachers and potters.

Small groups of no more than 8 in our working studio in Kensal Rise.

Students sign up for all 9 evening classes , we are unable to offer refunds or make up classes for missed sessions.

£375 for 9 weeks course, including materials and firing

Please register your interest for future classes on the contact page. Thank you

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Feb
24
10:00 AM10:00

Hand Painting Lampshades Workshop with Alvaro Picardo

Learn how to create a hand painted lampshade from  Master Craftsman Alvaro Picardo

You will be provided with paint, brush, tape measure and lampshade, and guided by Alvaro to paint your own lampshade.

£125 for the 3 hour session including lampshade.

Please contact us via the contact page to register your interest.

About Alvaro Picardo

Constantly inspired by his Catalan and Spanish roots, together with his love of modern art and brutalist architecture, Spanish designer and craftsman Alvaro Picardo started painting lampshades with the aim of giving new life to otherwise forgotten objects, creating bespoke interior-design pieces. Through daring, colourful and hand-painted lampshades he aims to provide a distinctive feeling to any space or room, enhancing its atmosphere by adding an individual work. Each lampshade is unique: a tribute to the spirit of craftsmanship, which lies behind its particular finish, with traces of the artist’s personal handiwork visible in the finished product.

Alvaro’s work is featured in World of Interiors, House&Garden, Elle Deco.. as he is constantly working with London’s leading interior design studios like Sybil Colefax, Jonathan Reed,  Buchanan Studio, Max Rollit or Douglas Mackie, to name just a few.

His most recent project is a collection of hand-painted lampshades for iconic Swedish shop Svenskt Tenn

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Jan
15
to Feb 26

Building a Vessel with Claire Palmer. 6 week ceramics hand building course

Monday nights 6.30pm - 9.30pm - 15th January to 26th February (excluding half term week

This 6 week course is designed for all abilities, exploring hand-building techniques to create a vessel.

Student groups of maximum 8 in our working studio in Kensal Rise.

£250 including clay and firing.

Students sign up for all 6 evening classes , we are unable to offer refunds or make up classes for missed sessions.

Please register your interest for future classes on the contact page. Thank you

Course timetable

Week 1 - Demonstration of coiling, slab building and pinch pots. Build you own 3 small vessels to practice the techniques

Week 2 - Work on your own project building a vessel

Week 3 - Glaze your small pot and continue to work on your main project

Week 4 - Work on your main project and review your glazed small pot

Week 5 - Finish your pot ready for firing

Week 6 - Glaze your pot

Pinch pots

Kurinuki - Carving leather hard clay

Hand Building - Coiling a Pot

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Ceramics Evening classes - Autumn Term 2022 Starting September 20th ending November 17 th
Sep
20
to Nov 22

Ceramics Evening classes - Autumn Term 2022 Starting September 20th ending November 17 th

Ceramics Evening Classes. A 9 week course of hand building and throwing for all levels. Small groups on either Tuesdays or Thursdays from 6.30pm to 9.30pm, £324 for 9 weeks course, plus a s £50 charge for materials and firing Classes are run by Abigail Schama or Daf Price, both experienced teachers and potters.

Students sign up for all 9 evening classes , we are unable to offer refunds or make up classes for missed sessions.

Please register your interest for future classes on the contact page. Thank you

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Dec
12
12:00 PM12:00

Studio Sale at 27 Mortimer Road NW10 5QR

Seasonal Studio Sale featuring ceramic works by Abigail Schama, Ylana Roback , Lotts Potts, Nicole Douglas- Morris, Daf Price and Sporty Mike. Featuring hand painted lampshades by Alvaro Picardo

Join us in the studio for a festive class of wine and browse hand crafted products from all our makers.

Ceramics by Sporty Mike

Hand painted lampshades by Alvaro Picardo

Ceramics by Lotts Potts

Ceramics by Abigail Schama

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Craft Week - Abigail Schama - Listening Devices
Oct
8
to Oct 10

Craft Week - Abigail Schama - Listening Devices

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Abigail Schama presents an exhibition of new ceramic works on the theme of listening and receptivity. These are displayed within her working studio, The Mews Coachworks, a female makers’ space in West London housed in the original studio of sculptor Antanas Brazdys.

These new ceramic works suggest an active hunger seeking the nourishment of speech as well as food: a rim that becomes an open beak, a vessel resembling a listening shell. They have been described by the author Margie Orford as ‘bound together by love and a fractured strength that gives them their fierce and vulnerable beauty’. The process starts at the wheel, then altered, slipped, sometimes bound, drawn or engraved upon before being fired and re-fired.

This event supports the charity Camden Psychotherapy Unit (CPU). With that in mind, the thrust of these works concerns a vessel or body having the capacity to hold and listen. They also raise critical questions of our received ideas about functionality and dysfunctionality. The event includes cocktails and food by chef Rosie Sykes, some of which is cooked in the studio’s pottery kiln.

The talk with Abigail Schama and Rosie Sykes discusses fulfillment and the creative process; making a vessel or a dish of food is not an end in itself but part of an ongoing conversation that is as much about social and emotional connection as it is about the act of creation itself. Abigail and Rosie explore the different ways craft and cooking speak to our states of emptiness and longing, especially in light of the tactile deprivations of COVID-19.

The free exhibition opens on Thursday evening, visitors must register for a ticket. The event on Sunday is a paid-for ticketed talk and lunch, in support of CPU.


Exhibition, booking not necessary - Free
Friday 8 October 2021 @ 12:00 - 16:00
Saturday 9 October 2021 @ 12:00 - 16:00

Talk, booking necessary - £35
Sunday 10 October 2021 @ 12:00 - 16:00

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Word Weaving with Margie Orford - Creative writing classes via Zoom at 9am
Jan
12
to Feb 10

Word Weaving with Margie Orford - Creative writing classes via Zoom at 9am

Longhand, stream of consciousness writing, guided by Dr Margie Orford, writer and journalist

Word weaving sessions provoke, clarify, comfort, cajole, prioritise and synchronise the day at hand. They are about anything and everything that crosses your mind, and they are for your eyes only.

Morning pages of word weaving. Do not over-think it, just put anything on the page...and then do more pages tomorrow

Classes run for three days Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday across two weeks.

9am - 9.45am

Week 1 January 12th, 13th 14th

Week 2 January 19th, 20th 21st

£15 per week for three sessions

Please pay by Paypal button below

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Evening Creative Writing Workshop with Margie Orford
Jul
16
6:30 PM18:30

Evening Creative Writing Workshop with Margie Orford

Join Margie to review our lockdown writing in Morning Pages, maybe in real life at the studio or if not on Zoom , or a combination of the two.

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Please become an associate member of the studio for a one off fee of £10.

First workshop will be £15 and each successive workshop £5 per session

If you would like to join, please make payment, email via the contact page, and the Zoom code will be sent to you

  • Payments can be paid via bank transfer - email for details

  • Paypal payments to  paypal.me/themewscoachworks (please use friends and family option) 

  • Paypal button at the bottom of the page.

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Culinary workshop - Making Babka with Yael Simon of Babka Boutique
Jun
21
5:30 PM17:30

Culinary workshop - Making Babka with Yael Simon of Babka Boutique

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Join Yael to watch her make Babka.

Imagine a perfect coffee break. Now imagine a perfect coffee cake.

Babka is a yeast-risen, chocolate filled treat with a rich history and tradition; a streusel topping adds textural appeal, and a light, brioche-esque crumb melts in the mouth.

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https://www.thebabkaboutique.shop/shop

https://www.instagram.com/thebabkaboutique/

Please become an associate member of the studio for a one off fee of £10.

Workshops are £5 per session . Therefore your first workshop will be £15 and successive ones £5

If you would like to join, please make payment, email via the contact page, and the Zoom code will be sent to you

  • Payments can be paid via bank transfer - email for details

  • Paypal payments to  paypal.me/themewscoachworks (please use friends and family option) 

  • Paypal button at the bottom of the page.

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Come Draw With Me - Still Life Drawing Workshop with Rachel Sopher
Jun
19
4:30 PM16:30

Come Draw With Me - Still Life Drawing Workshop with Rachel Sopher

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Come Draw With Me

A workshop exploring Still Life and the art of observation.

Find a quiet space, gather four of your favourite things, dead or alive, and let’s go!

You can draw with whatever you want, charcoal, soft pencil or paint and you will need a few sheets of paper.

Any level welcome, looking forward …..

Please become an associate member of the studio for a one off fee of £10.

Workshops are £5 per session . Therefore your first workshop will be £15 and successive ones £5

If you would like to join, please make payment, email via the contact page, and the Zoom code will be sent to you

  • Payments can be paid via bank transfer - email for details

  • Paypal payments to  paypal.me/themewscoachworks (please use friends and family option) 

  • Paypal button at the bottom of the page.

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Skincare workshop - Skin care expert Faiza Cochrane-Janselme, will discuss your skin and suitable serums from the Elixseri range
Jun
14
4:30 PM16:30

Skincare workshop - Skin care expert Faiza Cochrane-Janselme, will discuss your skin and suitable serums from the Elixseri range

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PURE TECH BEAUTY™. BASED ON NATURE, PERFECTED THROUGH SCIENCE.

At Elixseri, we harness the power of nature through ground-breaking science, state of the art technology, a purist approach and a little dose of magic.

Elixseri micro-biotic formulas are intelligent, targeted, clinically tested and scientifically proven, using nature to reprogram our skin to its optimal performance

Join Faiza in a personal workshop discussing skin care and serums from the Elixseri range

“I’ve been working in the cosmetics industry since leaving university over 25 years ago and I’ve worked for the likes of Givenchy, La Prairie and Aromatherapy Associates. I describe myself as a beauty minimalist - I have a  pragmatic approach to beauty and skincare, which verges on the minimal!

3 years ago I founded a skincare brand, Elixseri, with 2 other industry experts. We saw that skincare was becoming more complicated and more confusing. We saw that so many skin issues were caused by simple mistakes (mainly overusing!) and so we actively promote and encourage a “back to basics” approach.

One of the joys of my job, is to advice you and to help you achieve the ultimate skin goal: healthy skin.

I would love to join you to answer any questions you may have regarding your routine, ingredients you are interested in, products you should be using. “

Please become an associate member of the studio for a one off fee of £10.

Workshops are £5 per session . Therefore your first workshop will be £15 and successive ones £5

If you would like to join, please make payment, email via the contact page, and the Zoom code will be sent to you

  • Payments can be paid via bank transfer - email for details

  • Paypal payments to  paypal.me/themewscoachworks (please use friends and family option) 

  • Paypal button at the bottom of the page.

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Jun
1
to Jun 5

'Free Writing' Zoom Workshop Morning Pages with renowned Authors & Journalists Margie Orford and Poppy Sebag-Montefiore

“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.” Anaïs Nin

Longhand, stream of consciousness writing, guided by Margie every weekday morning.
There is no wrong way to do Morning Pages. They are not high art. They are not even ‘writing.’ They are about anything and everything that crosses your mind, and they are for your eyes only.

Morning Pages provoke, clarify, comfort, cajole, prioritise and synchronise the day at hand. Do not over-think Morning Pages: just put anything on the page...and then do more pages tomorrow

Please become an associate member of the studio for a one off fee of £10.

First workshop will be £15 and each successive workshop is £5 a session.

If you would like to join, please pay, then email via the contact page, and we will send the Zoom code

Paypal payments to  paypal.me/themewscoachworks (please use friends and family option) or via the donate Paypal button at the bottom of the page.

Free Writing

  • Give yourself a time limit. Write for one or ten or twenty minutes, and then stop.

  • Keep your hand moving until the time is up. Do not pause to stare into space or to read what you've written. Write quickly but not in a hurry.

  • Pay no attention to grammar, spelling, punctuation, neatness, or style. Nobody else needs to read what you produce here. The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.

  • If you get off the topic or run out of ideas, keep writing anyway. If necessary, write nonsense or whatever comes into your head, or simply scribble: anything to keep the hand moving.

  • If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that.

  • When the time is up, look over what you've written, and mark passages that contain ideas or phrases that might be worth keeping or elaborating on in a subsequent free-writing session

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Ceramics workshop with Abigail Schama and Laura McCartney - Making Bottles
May
31
4:30 PM16:30

Ceramics workshop with Abigail Schama and Laura McCartney - Making Bottles

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Ceramics workshop with Abigail Schama and Laura McCartney. Making Bottles.

We can coil, slab or pinch to make bottles together.

We are happy to deliver clay in North West London, Notting Hill and Marylebone area for a £10 additional fee.

Please become an associate member of the studio for a one off fee of £10.

First workshop will be £15 and each successive session £5.

If you would like to join, please pay, then email via the contact page, and we will send the Zoom code

  • Payments can be paid via bank transfer - email for details

  • Paypal payments to  paypal.me/themewscoachworks (please use friends and family option) 

  • Paypal button at the bottom of the page.

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Flavours of Babylon Culinary Zoom Workshop with Linda Dangoor Exploring the Recipes of her Baghdadi Heritage
May
24
4:30 PM16:30

Flavours of Babylon Culinary Zoom Workshop with Linda Dangoor Exploring the Recipes of her Baghdadi Heritage

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Linda returns with more recipes from her book “Flavours of Babylon" This week it is preserved lemons, cucumber and goats cheese ‘sushi’.

Cook along with Linda on zoom.

Preserved Lemons

8 unwaxed lemons

12 tablespoons of salt

3 cloves garlic

2 chillies cut lengthways

You need a sterilised pickling jar or a sterilised screw top jar.

Cucumber and goat cheese ‘sushi’This is my modern take on Tzatziki and Middle Eastern salads of cucumbers, yoghurt and garlic. Very refreshing and visually pleasing, it makes a delightful starter.Serves 2100g soft goat cheese or cream cheese1 small …

Cucumber and goat cheese ‘sushi’

A modern take on Tzatziki and Middle Eastern salads of cucumbers, yoghurt and garlic. Very refreshing and visually pleasing, it makes a delightful starter.

Serves 2

100g soft goat cheese or cream cheese

1 small cucumber (or 2 Mediterranean ones, if possible)

½ a clove garlic, finely minced or crushed

Extra virgin olive oil

A pinch of za’atar (if you have)

Salt and cayenne pepper to taste

1 fresh tomato, diced (for garnish)

Please become an associate member of the studio for a one off fee of £10.

First workshop will be £15 and each successive workshop £5 per session

If you would like to join, please make payment, email via the contact page, and the Zoom code will be sent to you

  • Payments can be paid via bank transfer - email for details

  • Paypal payments to  paypal.me/themewscoachworks (please use friends and family option) 

  • Paypal button at the bottom of the page.

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May
22
4:30 PM16:30

Drawing Yourself - Zoom Workshop -Self-Portrait Drawing with Artist Amy Gadney

Friday 8th of May 4.30pm

For anyone of any experience, from total beginners to experts.

Materials needed

  • A mirror that you can prop up so you can see your self. 

  • A sharp pencil, the ’softer’ the better (preferably  2B or 4B but it you only have HB that’s good too).

  • A rubber 

  • Paper - at least 5 sheets (A4 is fine, the bigger the better)

If you have it, a board and some masking tape to keep the paper still, but no problems if you don’t have it.

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Workshops are £5

Please become an associate member of the studio for a one off fee of £10.

First workshop will be £15 and each successive session £5.

If you would like to join, please pay, then email via the contact page, and we will send the Zoom code

Paypal payments to  paypal.me/themewscoachworks (please use friends and family option) or via the donate Paypal button at the bottom of the page.

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Kurinuki - Making an Object to Hold -ceramics zoom workshop with Abigail Schama Friday 15th May 16.30
May
15
4:30 PM16:30

Kurinuki - Making an Object to Hold -ceramics zoom workshop with Abigail Schama Friday 15th May 16.30

Abigail Schama will be holding an online workshop via zoom exploring more Kuriniki techniques.

 Kuri nuki, or “carving out.” Take a block of clay and any type of tool and slowly whittle into the clay to search for a form. There’s no throwing, pinching or coiling; just discovery by digging. The technique is simple and accessible to all, no special equipment needed.

Making an Object to hold

Physical touch beyond the confines of home is impossible right now. The contact I’m so used to with so many people I love suddenly carries a risk of harm. Getting to know someone new in the flesh is out of the question.

Clay offers another kind of contact, a touch that brings to life. We can coax it into becoming what it is.

This is earth that offers sensual tension and play, and time and be in a relationship with another body, to look and feel and push it (and ourselves) to the limit. Intimacy here promises possibility and expression in space. Once a shape appears, scratching and drawing can bring out character. 

Be loving and take pleasure. Abigail Schama

We are happy to deliver clay in North West London, Notting Hill and Marylebone area for a £10 additional fee.

Workshops are £5

Please become an associate member of the studio for a one off fee of £10.

First workshop will be £15 and each successive session £5.

If you would like to join, please pay, then email via the contact page, and we will send the Zoom code

  • Payments can be paid via bank transfer - email for details

  • Paypal payments to  paypal.me/themewscoachworks (please use friends and family option) 

  • Paypal button at the bottom of the page.

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May
10
4:30 PM16:30

Flavours of Babylon Culinary Zoom Workshop with Linda Dangoor Exploring the Recipes of her Baghdadi Heritage

This week’s Zoom culinary workshop is with Linda Dangoor, exploring, sharing and celebrating the flavours and recipes of her Baghdadi heritage. https://www.lindadangoor.com is a food writer, author of Flavours of Babylon, designer, potter and painter. Linda will be demonstrating two dishes, they are both quite simple and work well with Zoom. Linda would love it if some of you would join her making the dessert.

Workshops are £5

Please become an associate member of the studio for a one off fee of £10.

First workshop will be £15 and each successive session £5.

If you would like to join, please pay, then email via the contact page, and we will send the Zoom code

Paypal payments to  paypal.me/themewscoachworks (please use friends and family option) or via the Paypal button at the bottom of the page.

You will need :

1 mixing bowl , a bowl for the dessert,

a saucepan that can hold a litre of milk,

2 tablespoons and a teaspoon (or a bunch of measuring spoons)

A whisk if you have (optional)

1 litre Milk or almond milk 

6  tablespoons corn flour

5 tablespoons sugar

2 whole cardamom pods

2 teaspoons vanilla essence

3 tablespoons rosewater (from Arab shops)

For the garnish

1 tablespoon finely ground cardamom pods

2 tablespoons pistachios or almonds, coarsely ground

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Interior Workings - Exhibition of Ceramics, Images and Text
Nov
24
5:00 PM17:00

Interior Workings - Exhibition of Ceramics, Images and Text

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A multimedia exhibition set in a secreted old sculptor’s studio. Cocktails and food by Rosie Sykes and Honey and Co. Benefitting the incredible small mental health charity Camden Psychotherapy Unit.

Artists conversation between the makers Abigail Schama withMargie Orford and Charlotte Speechley.

Sale of ceramics and prints from Abigail Schama, William Martin and Laura McCartney.

Get your tickets here!

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