Expression of interest for Leach Year 2026 - 2027

This will be the third time we have run the Leach Year. This offering will closely resemble the course details from our previous Leach Year course, which you can read more about here

The main difference for 2026 - 2027 is the timeline. It will start in September 2026 and end in July 2027. In this way the Leach Year will be organised more like a traditional school year and avoid the busy summer holidays in St Ives. 

Feel free to email Hamish Jackson at: adult.programme@leachpottery.com if you have any questions at all!

 Schedule:

Tuesday 1 September, 4-5pm: Online video meeting between participants and tutors

Monday 7 – Friday 11 September: Production

Monday 19 – Friday 23 October: Progressing & Consolidating

Monday 14 – Friday 18 December: Potter’s Challenges

Monday 1 – Friday 5 February 2027: Glaze Chemistry

Monday 1 – Friday 5 March: Surface Decoration

Monday 12 – Friday 16 April: Teapots

Monday 17 – Friday 21 May: Wood Firing (Optional extra course)

Monday 14 – Friday 18 June: Glazing, Firing and Celebration

Note about the course and costs. We have tried to keep the course at the same price as previous, just adding 5% to allow for inflation of our costs. The Leach Year 2026 - 2027 will be £5460 in total.

If you would like to participate in the wood firing week that will be an extra £700. We are choosing to have this as an optional extra in case anyone does not want to participate. It will be at John MacKenzie’s kiln in Gweek and promises to be a wonderful experience. We will also open this opportunity up to our previous Leach Year cohorts. There will be a limit of 10 participants involved in this wood firing. We can talk more about this in person or on the phone if you would like.

 We have received a lot of interest in this course so will be accepting applications soon.

For now, you can sign up to our expression of interest and get emailed when we are ready to release it on our site for booking. 

If you have any questions at all please reach out to Hamish Jackson: adult.programme@leachpottery.com