2026 COURSES:
✨ Our Long-Awaited Course Dates Are Here! ✨
You can secure your place(s) NOW via our website.
For James Orts’ courses, please email Lois directly.*
*(Lois uses the James@Phoenixstudio email)
For Karin Orts’ courses, please email Karin directly.
For Roz Wates’ courses, please email Roz directly.
Spaces will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.*
*Please note: we receive a high volume of emails at this time, so responses may take 2–3 working days. Thank you for your patience!
Travelling from afar? We, can recommend lots of lovely places to stay locally overnight.
Here’s our cancellation policy should you need it.
Team Phoenix x
LAST MINUTE SPACES
These are courses that have had cancellation spaces open up or have last minute spaces available to book
Clay Portrait Weekends with Karin Ort
1 SPACE AVAILABLE
2-days
Please email Karin to book this space.
Short Courses
(Please note – bookings for Karin Ort, James Ort and Roz Wates’ courses are made directly through them – further details provided on course pages)
Clay Portrait Weekends with Karin Ort
1 SPACE AVAILABLE
SPACES AVAILABLE
2-days
Please email Karin to be added to the waiting list for this course as spaces do open up due to cancellations.
Watercolour Birds with Tom Shepherd
FULLY BOOKED
2-days
Please email us to be added to the waiting list for this course as spaces do open up due to cancellations.
Mosaics with Roz Wates
FULLY BOOKED
Please email ROZ to be added to the waiting list for this course as spaces do open up due to cancellations.
Inspired By Owls with James Ort:
FULLY BOOKED
FULLY BOOKED
2 days + glazing day
Please email us to be added to the waiting list for this course as spaces do open up due to cancellations.
Clay Animals with James Ort
(full-body dynamic animals & sitting subjects)
FULLY BOOKED
2 days + glazing day
Please email us to be added to the waiting list for this course as spaces do open up due to cancellations.
Clay Animals with James Ort
(portrait heads & four-legged standing subjects)
FULLY BOOKED
2 days + glazing day
Please email us to be added to the waiting list for this course as spaces do open up due to cancellations.
Clay Tableware – An Introduction to Handbuilding
with Lisa Ommanney
8th, 9th, 10th & 23rd May 2026
3-days + glazing day
Free your Creative Self: Expressive Life Drawing with Jo Harris
1 SPACE AVAILABLE
2-days
Screen Printing and Mixed Media with Liam Biswell
2-days
Free-form Wire Sculpture with James Ort
LIMITED SPACES
2-days
Life Drawing in Pastel with Jake Spicer
20th-21st July 2026
FULLY BOOKED
2-days
Please email us to be added to the waiting list for this course as spaces do open up due to cancellations.
Portrait Drawing in Pastel with Jake Spicer
FULLY BOOKED
2-days
Please email us to be added to the waiting list for this course as spaces do open up due to cancellations.
Perched Birds with James Ort
FULLY BOOKED
(why not fill the days between these two dates with this 3-day clay animal course, effectively making it a 5-day summer school?)
1 days clay + 1 day glazing & making
Please email us to be added to the waiting list for this course as spaces do open up due to cancellations.
Clay Animals with James Ort
(portrait heads, dynamic animals and reclined/seated animals)
FULLY BOOKED
(why not bookend these three days with this perched bird course, effectively making it a 5-day summer school?)
3 days + glazing day
Please email us to be added to the waiting list for this course as spaces do open up due to cancellations.
JAMES ORT COURSES AT OTHER VENUES:
Gaya Ceramic, Bali – November 2025 FULLY BOOKED
La Meridiana, Italy – May/June 2026 FULLY BOOKED
The Ceramic Studio, UK – October 2026
Clay Animals with James Ort
(portrait heads, four-legged & dynamic animals)
FULLY BOOKED
3 days + glazing day
Please email us to be added to the waiting list for this course as spaces do open up due to cancellations.
Long Courses
Mosaic Summer School with Roz Wates
(Flexi dates between 29-July & 2nd August 2026)
options between 2/3 or 5 days
Sculpting Animals from Wool with Mikaela Bartlett
FULLY BOOKED
5-days
Please email us to be added to the waiting list for this course as spaces do open up due to cancellations.
Sort of Summer School with James Ort
10th – 14th August 2026
FULLY BOOKED
(By signing up James’ Perched Birds and Three Day Clay Animal Course you effectively have a five day summer school!)
5-days
Weekday Term-time Classes
In 2025 we will have two 10-week terms starting in January.
Wednesday’s are Tutored clay life modelling and Thursday’s are untutored clay life modelling.
Tutored Clay Life & Portrait Modelling:
FULLY BOOKED
but email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to join the waiting list if you are keen to attend in the future.
Untutored Clay Life & Portrait Modelling:
FULLY BOOKED
Email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to book your space now.
Online & Home-based Creativity
School-based Workshops
James works with a few schools, charities and community groups every year. He has a great track record of putting on fun, creative and visually striking art projects together, creating bespoke workshops to fit your timetables & topics.