Learn to make pottery on the wheel and enjoy a break in Sweden

In an old farmhouse in the south of Sweden, surrounded by beautiful nature, you can learn how to make pottery. We make pottery on modern electric wheels in a small group of a maximum of four people. The course lasts one week and runs from Saturday to Saturday.

You will learn how to work with different types of clay and porcelain. While the workpieces are drying and firing, you can go boating or swimming on the nearby lake, relax in the garden, go for a walk or paint in my old greenhouse. Towards the end of the week we will glaze and paint the pieces after the first firing. The house has a sauna and a hot tub, one double room and two single rooms for the four participants. The bathroom and toilet are shared.

The course takes place in the land of glassblowing in southern Sweden. If you are interested, a one-day glassblowing course can be organized as an option. An excursion to an elk park, approx. 30 km away, is also possible.

The course is very suitable for a group of friends, for a family with children from the age of 14 or for a short vacation of lovely and creative people.

If a fixed group of three or four people would like to come, I am flexible with the dates - just ask!

The vacation home, built in 1896, stands on a 2,800 square meter meadow property that extends into the adjacent forest. In addition to the main house, there is a large pottery workshop and an old barn with a wood store, wood workshop and conservatory. There is a sauna and a wood-heated hot tub for the evenings, and the beautiful terrace can be used at the end of the day.

The house is furnished with beautiful old Swedish furniture and modern technology. In the kitchen you can cook on an old wooden stove or on a modern ceramic hob. There is sleeping accommodation for four guests, as well as Internet/WLAN.

Wholesome breakfast
Simple lunch
Coffee and homemade cake in the afternoon
Dinner: cooking together, barbecue in the garden when the weather is nice

Vegetarian meals are available on request. I can, of course, cater for special preferences or requests if communicated in good time.

Saturday: Arrival from 14:00, no later than 18:00 desired, getting to know each other, dinner
Sunday: Introduction to pottery on an electric wheel, first attempts with your own workpieces
Monday: turning and handling, turning further workpieces, possibility for experiments in body ceramics
Tuesday: drying overnight, firing the workpieces, day at leisure (lake, glassblowing course,...)
Wednesday: learning to glaze and paint on prefabricated workpieces already fired by the course instructor
Thursday: Glazing and painting your own workpieces
Friday: Second firing, possibly further painting of own workpieces
Saturday: Completion and departure by midday
Note: if workpieces are not completely fired and cooled by the time of departure, these workpieces will be sent well packaged by post.

The course takes place near the small town of Vetlanda, on a farm in the village of Stenberga.

There are different ways to get there:
- with your own car
- by flight to Gothenburg, a pick-up can be organized for an extra charge
- by train via Copenhagen to Nässjö, a pick-up can be organized for an extra charge