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, access mentoring and watch inspiring online events
Studium Subscribers can access:
Special Events as online live streams on varied ceramic subjects
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 as well as giving ongoing support, inspiring content and professional development advice.
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.
Want personalised help?
Subscribe to one of the Core Plans and take part in as many of the following as you want
Open Q&A Bring your ceramic stumbling blocks to this monthly group session for personalised help and advice
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
Pricing Surgery Discuss your questions about pricing your work with your host and the group to make decisions and gain confidence
Studium Crit Creative conversation about your ceramics in this supportive monthly session
Kiln Firing Sessions Solve issues that are coming up during kiln-firings and gain a deeper understanding of how to resolve them
Porcelain Questions Bring your questions about working with porcelain to Jo Davies
PLUS auto-enrollment onto all online Special Events with guest-experts and their Recordings
The Core Plan gives you all of the above for £20p/m, billed monthly or annually
Core Plus gives you all of the above plus a monthly one to one mentoring session with Jo Davies for £90 p/m, billed monthly or annually
Want to watch Special Events only? Subscribe to the Live Stream Plan
Online Special Events with Guest-Experts
8-12 Live Streams per year on ceramic-subjects to inspire, for ceramics-technical insights and for professional development. Past events include ‘Pricing Up’ with The Design Trust, Judy McKenzie’s Talk and Nerikomi demonstration and ‘Establishing a Glaze Identity’ with Louisa Taylor.
See below for events coming up soon.
The Live Stream Plan is £2 p/m, billed annually
Special Events Happening Soon
The below Special Events are open to all by purchasing a £10 ticket. However, you may wish to subscribe to the Live Stream Plan to save money and gain even more value from being part of the Studium Community
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
Use the link below to purchase your ticket
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
Use the link below to purchase your ticket
Pricing for Ceramic Art
Panel Q&A with Carolyn Tripp, Claire Pearce, curator of gallery, Thrown Contemporary, and Jo Davies
9 December at 18:30pm
Pricing is one of the most tricky subjects. Covering our materials and energy costs is the baseline but how do we value our time?
During this panel Q&A made up of 2 makers (Carolyn Tripp and Jo Davies) and one gallerist (Claire Pearce) we will endeavour to answer you questions around this subject to help you work out how to begin pricing your work, or even how to re-evaluate you pricing. Is there a formula or is it really all just vibes?
Lets try and work this out together. Purchase this session and then send us your question to answer (not obligatory but we strongly encourage you to do so!)
Online Ticket £10
Use the link below to purchase your ticket
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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 part of the council for the Craft Potters Association, principally working with selection of new members and the mentorship scheme.