Studium is a Ceramics Learning Community set up and run by British ceramicist, Jo Davies.
Join this supportive and inspiring ceramics community to enhance your technical skills, develop confidence and access mentoring.
Studium Subscribers can access:
Advice from Jo Davies and other guest-experts through small online Group Calls or One to One Sessions
Troubleshoot issues from throwing to kiln-firing to studio set-up and glazing
Guidance with your creative development, including professional advice for turning your ceramics hobby into a profession
A dedicated Ceramics Forum where Studium subscribers can ask technical questions, share advice and post about their exhibitions and events
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Jo has used her experience as a ceramics practitioner and tutor to develop Studium. Ceramicists often have gaps in their knowledge long into their practice, which can then become stumbling blocks to progress. However, with support, these barriers can be resolved and Studium has been designed to help work through these.
Join now to deepen your ceramics knowledge and develop your creative practice with expert tuition and advice from ceramics maker-designer, tutor and writer, Jo Davies and other guest-experts.
Regular Online Group Sessions for Studium Subscribers - for tailored advice
Open Q&A Bring your ceramic stumbling blocks to this monthly group session
Studium Crit Creative conversation about your ceramics in this supportive monthly session
Business Open Q & A Bring your professional pottery problems to this group to share and resolve
Glaze Sessions with Sean Bruno Bring your glaze questions to Sean for this monthly glaze check-in and problem-solving discussion
Porcelain Questions Bring your questions about working with porcelain to Jo Davies
Kiln Firing Sessions Solve issues that are coming up during kiln-firings and gain a deeper understanding of how to resolve them
Regular Guest-Expert Sessions and their Recordings Including ‘Pricing Up’ with The Design Trust and Judy McKenzie Nerikomi demonstration
Events Open to All
Studium offers ticketed or free events to the wider ceramics community from time to time. See below for information about these events.
Verity Howard - Online Conversation and Demonstration
30 July at 18:30 BST
Verity Howard is a ceramic artist living and working in Herefordshire. During this online session, Verity will talk about her work and inspirations, unpacking some of her fascinating source material and how she translates this into her work. Verity will also demonstrate her coloured-slip mono-printing techniques used for her slab-built work. She is inspired by the history of the landscape that surrounds her and the imprinted history that human beings leave on the ground as permanent marks.
Online Ticket £10
How to Display Ceramics for Fairs and Exhibitions.
Panel Q&A with Richard Heeley, Juliet McLeod and Jo Davies
1 October at 18:30 GMT
Working out your display for a fair, exhibition or show of any kind is not easy.
It can mean the difference between doing well and being overlooked by prospective buyers. You want your display to be a reflection of your values as a maker/potter/artist but you’re not sure where to start or,
if you’re more established, you may want to resolve some niggling issues you have with display of your work or want to make a radical change to your approach, but are not sure where to focus.
Well - Start here.
The panel will be answering your questions on this topic to help you to think through these problems and come up with your own unique solutions.
Purchase a ticket using the link below and then submit a question for the panel to answer (this isn’t obligatory but we would like to hear from our audience so we can guide the conversation to be as helpful to as many people as possible).
Online Ticket £10
Working with Clients to Commission. Panel Q&A with Chris Keenan, Sophie Cook and Jo Davies
28 October at 18:30 GMT
Working with clients to produce new work is something more and more ceramics practitioners and potters are being asked to do. Whether this is for companies or private individuals, there is a lot to consider.
You might be at the beginning of your career or more established but you still feel there are questions about how to deal with clients, how and when to ask for money, what processes are involved and you may even feel there is a set ‘formula’ on how to manage these interactions that you’re afraid to get ‘wrong’.
This panel will be answering your questions on this topic to help you to be more confident in this area and provide tips about how to go about it using their own extensive experience of this process.
This is a rare chance to benefit from the perspectives of 3 professional ceramicists, all of whom have taken many commissions between them but all have slightly different approaches to this area of their practice.
Join this live stream and submit your question for the panel to answer (this isn’t obligatory but we would like to hear from our audience so we can guide the conversation to be as helpful to as many people as possible).
Online Ticket £10
Core Plan
£20 p/m (First 14 Days Free)
Core Plan gives you:
Access to the Video Library: Explore the library of Jo Davies’ Core Skills Throwing videos
Live Recordings of all Guest-Expert Sessions on Studium
Access to all Live Sessions: Online sessions on ceramic topics from kiln-firing problems and throwing to creative development and professional advice (if you’re there yet).
Access to the Forum: Use ‘Ask the Community’, ‘Your News’ and ‘Introduce Yourself’ as spaces to post about your exhibitions, ask for recommendations from the Studium community and share your tips and advice.
Subscribers can switch between plans to access extra help where needed.
Use the link below for FREE ACCESS for 14 Days
(you can cancel anytime)
Core Plus
£90p/m (First 14 Days Free)
Core Plus gives you all the benefits of the Core Plan
as well as:
1 x One to One bespoke session with Jo Davies per month This plan is for those of you looking for help that focuses on your individual circumstances to resolve questions in your ceramics practice through regular check-ins for accountability, oversight and support.
Sessions are 1 hour long and by video call. They can include demonstrations when needed as well as discussion across ceramic-related topics including technical troubleshooting as well as professional and creative development.
Subscribers can switch between plans to access extra help where needed.
Use the link below for FREE ACCESS for 14 Days
(you can cancel anytime)
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Studium Subscribers are auto-enrolled onto all ticketed events listed above and can join all group sessions. Discussion sessions, the video library of recorded guest-expert sessions and throwing videos are all part of their Subscription Plan. Guest-expert sessions are open to all as ticketed events. If you would like to be informed of when these and other offers fro Studium are available then please join the Studium Mailing List by clicking the link below
Introducing Jo Davies: Jo Davies is a Royal College of Art graduate, she has a thriving practice making her wheel-thrown porcelain collection and has worked with many exciting galleries and clients over her 20+ year practice, including producing limited edition collections for Mulberry and Union Coffee as well as numerous private clients all over the world. She has also become known for her teaching in ceramics through studios and colleges, including West Dean College, Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute in China and Brighton University as well as open access studios and one-to-one tuition in her studio. Her book ‘Electric Kilns for Ceramics,’ published by Crowood Press, came out in 2023. She is also a member of the council for the Craft Potters Association, principally working with selection of new members and developing the mentorship scheme.