Before You Join:
Everything You Need to Know
Learn ceramics as a process, not a technique.
Liya Works Art Studio is a ceramics studio located in Strijp-S, Eindhoven. Clay is a material that asks for patience. Shaping a form, waiting for it to dry, firing it and glazing it all take time. This is exactly why our four-week courses offer something different from a single workshop: here you learn ceramics not as a technique, but as a process.
In the first lessons you'll get to know the fundamental handbuilding techniques and we practise them together; after that you begin working independently on your own project.
Ceramics is a layered process, and you work on several pieces at the same time. While the piece you shaped in week one is drying, you start the second. In week three your first piece comes out of the bisque firing and you move on to decorating it. In week four that piece is completed while you decorate the second. By the end of the term you'll have more than one finished work in your hands.
Our studio accommodates both low-fire earthenware and high-fire stoneware. We decide together which clay suits your design and needs; alongside the basic options available in the studio, students are welcome to source their own clay and store it here.
Long-term courses differ markedly from one-time workshops at the decorating stage. Where one-time workshops involve underglaze application only, long-term courses give you the chance to work with both low-fire and high-fire glazes. Which you choose depends on the surface and effect you want for your piece. You apply the glaze yourself; glazing is perhaps the most decisive stage in ceramics, and learning how colour behaves in the kiln is part of the craft. Most students begin with the basic glazes we keep in the studio, and over time source their own according to their taste and curiosity, trying out different applications.
How it works?
Beyond The First Four Weeks
The four-week term is a starting point; students who wish to continue can carry on with new terms. That tends to be what happens: most of our students don't stop after one term but continue for months, sometimes years.
Technical progress isn't the only reason. The presence of long-standing students gives the studio a character of its own — an environment where experiences, ideas and solutions are shared, and where everyone learns something from everyone else. For newcomers, this proves at least as nourishing as the lessons themselves.
Once a week, for three hours, stepping away from a screen and making something with your hands — there's a particular kind of rest in that. Clay has its own pace and you have no choice but to follow it. Most of our students come here to learn ceramics; what keeps them coming back is usually that rhythm.
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Who Can Join?
No prior experience is needed. Most of our students arrive having never touched clay before. Because places are kept limited, everyone receives proper attention and can work at their own pace.
It's also a suitable environment for those who have worked with ceramics before: you're welcome to bring your own project and develop your techniques.
Good To Know
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Courses run in four-week terms.
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One make-up lesson per month.
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Groups are kept small.
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All materials included.
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Lessons in English or Turkish.
