Centered Ceramics in Umina Beach, New South Wales | Art school

Centered Ceramics

Locality: Umina Beach, New South Wales

Phone: +614346 4459

Address: 246a West St 2257 Umina Beach, NSW, Australia

Website: https://www.centeredceramics.com.au/

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25.01.2022 Today went smashingly well! It was so great to see all our potters again after such a long break, and amazing to have the space buzzing. Our tableware flew off the shelves! Only two plates left(check image for photographic evidence)! We have some more ready to put in the kiln, so they'll be restocked soon. If you missed picking up your work today, don't worry, we'll be opening every Saturday from 9-2. Plus I'll be in the shop Wednesdays 3-6 if that time works better for you.

25.01.2022 A new day and a new workshop! Next Wednesday we are running a Figurative Forms workshop with local sculpture Meg Woodhead. Learn the principles of realistic form making. A great workshop for beginners or experienced potters!

25.01.2022 We have a Christmas Decorations workshop this Saturday morning! Come along and make some tree ornaments, table pieces, or even gift tags!

24.01.2022 Thank you for the wonderful article!

24.01.2022 Kids Holiday Workshops are on again! These 5 hour pottery classes include lunch and snacks made right here in our cafe. Book before the end of the year to make use of your 2020 Creative Kids Vouchers..

24.01.2022 We've just put up a workshop schedule until the end of the school holidays. If you're looking for something to do during the holiday break, we have weekend and weekday workshops running that are perfect for you and the kids. Great to be back!!

24.01.2022 Ok, another glaze firing and another set of amazing creations from our students (you)! This week we couldn't decide which one we like the most, so it's a tie.. The salt pig is awesome because no one had made one yet, and this is a particularly fantastic design.. The bee hive, because we don't 'have' to make function ware, and well, it's so damn cute!

23.01.2022 2 spaces have become available for the Succulent Pot workshop tomorrow(Sunday) morning. Book in quick!

23.01.2022 Bud Vases are here! Join in the fun at the workshop on Sat 19th Sept.

22.01.2022 New dates are online for booking for the Friday Night Wine & Clay sessions. Grab your partner and jump in before they disappear!

21.01.2022 So, it looks like we have a bit of food on offer today! All vegetarian, with GF and vegan food as well. Plus coffee

20.01.2022 Maybe we should do a "Piece of the Kiln" every time I unload a glaze firing? If that's a yes, here's the first winner! A Dragon pinch pot from the Succulent workshop. Wow!

19.01.2022 The kids workshops have wrapped up for the winter holidays! Here's their clay skulls being moved into the kiln room awaiting their first firing.

18.01.2022 One of our potters found a fantastic journal style book made specifically for potters! It's easy to find. Just type "pottery porn star" into google, if you dare....

17.01.2022 Cups ready for glazing

17.01.2022 Cafe is now open Sundays! Jill is cooking eggs, salads and toasties. Iced lattes and smoothies are a good option today The smoothie is pineapple, banana, coconut water and coconut cream, maple syrup..

16.01.2022 If you have pieces that have been sitting on our shelves waiting for pickup for more than a month, they are currently being boxed up! We're marking the boxes by date so they should be easy to find when you come in to grab them. So many wonderful pieces! So, a friendly reminder to come and grab your pieces. If it's been a month and you haven't heard from us, the email could have been lost in junk mail. So just come on in

16.01.2022 The cafe plates and bowls finally came out of the kiln, with some pretty funky results!

15.01.2022 Mad Mugs! We have a new workshop up during the school holiday break. It's like our Mug Making workshop, but with added nuts.. Come along and get a little crazy at Centered Ceramics in Umina!

15.01.2022 I think we tick every one of those boxes...

15.01.2022 Rabbit from #starfm crashed the Wheel Intro class today to give our students a few wonderful pointers. Who new he was such a keen potter? @rabbitandsarah

15.01.2022 There's a new course online. It's a 4 week beginner wheel term taught by Jen. Jen teachers the Saturday morning beginners class with fantastic results! Running every Friday at 12:30pm, starting 4th September with only 4 students. The two hour classes will teach you the necessary skills to start on the wheel. Wedging, centering, creating vessels and turning. The focus is on technique and creating different shapes. It will build confidence so you can move on to the 8 week term where you'll learn more complex forms and decoration. https://bookeo.com/centeredceramics

15.01.2022 It's official! Friday Night Wine and Clay is one of the best things to do on the Central Coast :D

15.01.2022 And our piece of the kiln goes to....... This slow feeder dog food bowl! Love the slow feeding idea and love the super hero M. Beautiful!

13.01.2022 There's still spaces left in the kids 8 week hand building term starting this Wednesday. Classes run from 3:30 to 5pm. Cost is $240 but we accept Creative Kids Vouchers bringing the price down to $140.

12.01.2022 A collaboration between Jen and our wheel teacher Peter, came out of the kiln today. Peter made the pots during his classes as demonstrations and Jen glazed. Jen painted wax patterns on the pots, then dipped them in the purple glaze. The glaze slides off the areas with wax. When it fires, the wax is burnt off in the kiln. Brown clay gets a little toasty around the edges of the glaze, called "flashing". Love the final look!

11.01.2022 Some more beautiful student work! This vase was created by one of our wonderful hand builders. It's a marbled blend of different clays. Once dried, it then had a green oxide rubbed into the crevasses and was then dipped into a clear gloss.

10.01.2022 We have a cafe! Left to right: Guy(coffee and kilnee), Steve(handy manny), Jen(design and teaching extraordinaire), Jill(mistress of food).

10.01.2022 8 Week Wheel term classes are now online to book! Learn the art of the wheel.. From centering to decorating techniques, this 8 week course has you developing your vessel making skills with our experienced teachers.

09.01.2022 Check out these cute mugs from the Mug Workshop today!

09.01.2022 Our Mug workshop has been moved to tomorrow at 10am. There are still spaces available! Great for all ages. https://www.centeredceramics.com.au//mad-mugs-3-hour-work/

07.01.2022 Our 8 week Hand Building courses for next term are online and ready to be booked. We are running 2 sessions this term; Wednesday eve and Thursday morn. Jump in while there's still available spaces!

06.01.2022 A late night kiln packing!

06.01.2022 Star 104.5 are running a fantastic promotion helping out businesses on the coast who were affected by Covid. We're being interviewed live tomorrow morning between 9:00 - 9:30! Tune in to see how we go!

05.01.2022 Next term, we will be running an ONLINE version of the children's classes aimed at homeschooled children. Once you register, we'll send you out a kit containing all the clay and tools you'll need, anywhere in Australia, then we hold the classes live on Zoom starting 21st October.

05.01.2022 Wednesday arvo kids class! (The piccolo is for Jen..)

04.01.2022 There are two pieces that came out of the kiln today of note.. First are some small wheel thrown jugs. This Potter has a wonderful bellied style and this is the first time she has played with our new blue celadon glaze. Loving it! The next piece was made by a 7 year old. Sometimes the kids make something that is just so odd, that my brain just can't figure it out. This is one of those pieces.. but the more I look at it, the more it makes sense and the more it inspires me. Well done "unnamed child from a birthday party", you've made our day

03.01.2022 Guy - "Jen. What colour shall I glaze the cafe tableware?" Jen - "Back off! It's my time to shine..."

02.01.2022 Face Masks?! With the new term classes starting next week, our teachers may be wearing face masks. Feel free to bring one along for yourself too if you'd like. Bunnings is selling 10 for $10 at the moment :)

01.01.2022 The Children's Holiday Workshops are up for booking. We're opening up the classes for parents to register if they'd like to have a fun day of pottery with their child. Cost is $160 or only $60 if you're using the NSW Creative Kids Voucher.

01.01.2022 Our kids term has wrapped up Such a wonderful group this term. We made some fantastic pottery together! Thank you so much and we'll see you all again soon Here they all are enjoying hot chocolate in their very own hand made mugs!