Making Your Mark: Creativity And The Ceramic Surface
In this 10-day workshop, we’ll push beyond technique-for-technique’s-sake and explore the ceramic surface as a place for experimentation, intention, and creative risk-taking.
We’ll layer, alter, interrupt, imprint, add, remove, combine, and push conventional processes into unexpected territory. Simple, low-tech methods can produce surfaces with extraordinary depth, complexity, and character when driven by intention.
Dates August 16-27 2027 (Check in 16th August, Check out 27th August)
Slow Pottery Studio Location Velanga Orchard, Andhra Pradesh, India
Here's a guide to staying at our farm.
Accommodation & Studio Details below
Ceramic Artist /Facilitators Eva Champagne
Level All levels welcome. Some prior ceramics experience in hand building and/or throwing is advised.
Duration 10 days
To Book an Intensive
Please email me at hello@slowpottery.com with your name, intensive you'd like to book, accommodation preference and we'll get back to you within 24 hours.
For payment, you can either pay the full amount, or If you'd like to pay in two instalments, we take 50% to book your slot and 50% to be paid two months before the course starts.
Cancellation Policy is mentioned below.
Note - If you'd like to sign up for two or three consecutive intensives you can stay with us at no extra cost during the break of three days. The Studio will be closed in preparations for the next intensive.
The Intensive
In this 10-day workshop, we’ll push beyond technique-for-technique’s-sake and explore the ceramic surface as a place for experimentation, intention, and creative risk-taking. Surface begins the moment we build—whether throwing or handbuilding—and continues through every stage of the clay process, from wet clay to leather hard, bone dry, bisque, and glaze.
We’ll layer, alter, interrupt, imprint, add, remove, combine, and push conventional processes into unexpected territory. Simple, low-tech methods can produce surfaces with extraordinary depth, complexity, and character when driven by intention.
The goal is not to make “perfect” pots or master a prescribed set of techniques, but to be bold, follow curiosity, and discover what makes your work unmistakably yours. Our primary vehicles for these explorations will be cups, made both on the wheel and by hand. By keeping the forms simple, humble, and relatively small, we can
move quickly through many ideas, experiment freely, and let the surface—not the complexity of the form—take center stage.
Low Tech / High Impact is a freestyle approach to ceramic making—versatile, adaptable, and applicable to virtually any clay body, firing temperature, or firing method. Come ready to experiment, trust your instincts, embrace surprises, and find the visual language that gives your work its own voice.
Daily Schedule Coming Soon
About the Ceramic Artist
Eva has traveled extensively for artist residencies including AIR Vallauris in France, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine, Red Lodge Clay Center and The Clay Studio of Missoula in Montana, and Gaya Ceramic Art Center in Bali, Indonesia.
She returned to Gaya Ceramic Arts Center twice after her residency to lead workshops, before joining to serve as Managing Director for five and a half years. Recently, she returned to western Montana and continues her studio practice and teaching.
Studio Space & Environment
The Slow Pottery studio is situated in Velanga Orchard, surrounded by mango trees. Our focus on natural light and airflow creates a minimal, inspiring space for our students. The local Kerala tile roof and glass tiles provide shade and brightness, even in the hottest months.
Maximum number of students per batch 9
Studio Hours & Materials
All days 10:30am to 5:00pm (workshop time)
Additional studio access from 5:00pm to 8pm
All materials will be provided
Studio facilities
We have an electric wheel for each student, one electric kiln, a small kitchenette with unlimited freshly ground coffee, plenty wedging tables to spread wide with projects along with a restful chai spot to catch a break during long work hours. Ample shelves, stoneware clay, all materials required for each intensive is a given.
Hoping the studio fosters inspiring intensives and nurtures a space where creativity, ideas, and positive energy flourish.
Farm Stay & Accommodation - Velanga Orchard
Velanga Orchard is located in Andhra Pradesh in a village known as Jambuneradipalli, a mango orchard, skirting a reserve forest at the foot of a hill with a couple of lakes nearby. Surrounded by shrub forests endowed with over a 100 species of birds and animals.
Here's a guide to staying at our farm.
The Stay
- We have individual cottages for single occupancy, a shared accommodation for double occupancy.
- The cottages are built using vernacular design, local material and vintage aesthetics. The space is surrounded by neem, coconut, teak trees, under the canopies of mango trees, with the hill at the back and lush green all around.
Single Occupancy Private Cottage
Living space: Single bed with a side table, a study table and chair, Storage space for your belongings, with some décor elements.
Kitchenette: Kettle, hot plate, basic utensils, mini fridge, a clay water dispenser, basic cutlery.
Private bath & small patio
No air conditioners
Our common space for students has a laundry room for DIY Laundry, a dining where all meals including evening snacks will be provided, all day coffee & tea stations, a hang out space, library/study.
*The design of furniture varies in all cottages.
Double Occupancy Shared Cottage
Living space: Two Single beds with a side table, a study table and chair, two storage space for your belongings, with some décor elements.
Kitchenette: Kettle, hot plate, basic utensils, mini fridge, a clay water dispenser, basic cutlery.
Attached bath & small patio for two.
No air conditioners
Our common space for students has a laundry room for DIY Laundry, a dining where all meals including evening snacks will be provided, all day coffee & tea stations, a hang out space, library/study.
Here's a guide to staying at our farm.
Fees
Inclusive of the course, firings, materials & tools, studio time, valuable time with guest teacher, stay, wholesome home cooked meals and snacks, farm activities, tax for the entire duration of the course.
Double Occupancy Shared Cottage - Rs.1,36,500/-
Single Occupancy Private Cottage - Rs.1,47,000/-
To Book an Intensive
Please email me at hello@slowpottery.com with your name, intensive you'd like to book, accommodation preference and we'll get back to you within 24 hours.
For payment, you can either pay the full amount, or If you'd like to pay in two instalments, we take 50% to book your slot and 50% to be paid two months before the course starts.
Cancellation Policy is mentioned below.
Note - If you'd like to sign up for two or three consecutive intensives you can stay with us at no extra cost during the break of three days. The Studio will be closed in preparations for the next intensive.
Once the payment is made, we will get back to you with a welcome mail. If you'd like to chat about the course, the stay, travel, schedule a call or more, please write to us at hello@slowpottery.com and I'll personally get back to you within one working day.
Cancellation Policy
- If you cancel before and on the 16th June 2027, we will provide you with a 100% refund.
- If you cancel between the 16th June to 20th June 2027, we deduct 50% of the total fees as cancellation fees and refund you the remaining paid amount.
- Post 30th June 2027, we will not be providing any refund.
- In case of International payment refunds, the customer bears the transfer fee. It will get automatically deducted by the payment gateway.
- In case of medical emergency informed at-least a week in advance, we can consider rescheduling the course (upon providing proof) Refund is not possible. Less than a week, we will not be able to help you.
- Due to any reason, you have to leave during the course, we won't be able to give you a refund or reschedule.
- We follow this policy without any exceptions.
- We take three to four weeks to process the refund.
Hope to see you soon!