1–25 July | Latvia
A Deep Immersion into Ceramics, Craft & Conscious Living
This once-a-year summer immersion is offered to a very small group of only four students, allowing for depth, continuity, and personal guidance that is rarely possible in shorter courses.
This is not simply a pottery class.
It is an invitation into the full ecosystem of my ceramic life — where skill, discipline, intuition, rhythm, and conscious living are inseparable.
For 25 days, you live and work alongside me, becoming part of the studio’s natural flow: making, refining, resting, learning, and integrating — not rushing toward output, but allowing mastery to emerge through presence and repetition.
The Essence of the Course
During these weeks, you are offered:
Full access to my professional studio
On-site accommodation at our family home
Weekly group and individual guided sessions
Space, structure, and support to develop your own creative voice
This is my most comprehensive and intimate offering.
I share not only techniques, but also the lived knowledge behind them — the decisions, rhythms, efficiencies, and inner orientations that have shaped my practice over more than a decade.
Daily Rhythm
Each day follows a gentle yet well-held structure, balancing focused making with spaciousness and rest.
Most days include one or two guided studio sessions:
Some mornings are reserved for individual wheel sessions, offering personalised attention and concentrated skill refinement.
Outside of guided hours, participants have generous free time — to rest, walk the countryside, journal, integrate, connect with others, or continue independent studio practice.
This balance is intentional: learning settles more deeply when it is not forced.
From Forming to Finishing
As the weeks unfold, the focus gradually shifts from generating forms to completing and refining work. This phase includes:
Guided glazing and surface exploration
Kiln loading and firing preparation
A Raku firing day featuring the traditional Baltic Obvara technique
Support in preparing work for final presentation
You experience the full arc of ceramic creation — not fragments, but the whole.
Fridays & Community Rhythm
Fridays carry a softer, more communal tone.
We slow the pace, share a long lunch together, and allow space for conversation and digestion — both literal and creative. Some Fridays may also include optional evening experiences such as sound or guided relaxation sessions.
Saturdays — Optional Experiences
Saturdays offer curated, optional outings, such as:
Participation is always optional; rest is equally valued.
What You Will Learn
Wheel Practice
From solid foundations to advanced forms:
Preparing clay, centring, pulling cylinders
Shaping, trimming, refining proportion
Advanced throwing: porcelain (my personal favourite), teapots, spheres, and complex forms
Having taught hundreds of students over the past 11 years, I guide with both precision and playfulness. Wheel practice becomes a mirror — revealing focus, resistance, rhythm, and ease. Craft and life reflect one another here.
Glazing & Surface
Matte, lava, metallic, natural, and special-effect glazes are central to my work. You will learn both glaze development and diverse application methods, with an emphasis on surfaces that feel grounded, alive, and intentional. See some of our glazes here.
Dinnerware — Slab Techniques
You will learn how to create a cohesive, professional dinnerware set using slab-building methods — efficiently and elegantly.
Through thousands of plates and bowls made for restaurants worldwide, I’ve distilled processes that prioritise flow, consistency, and grace. Even experienced hand-builders often find this class transforms how they work.
Raku Firing — Baltic Obvara
You will experience the ancestral Baltic Obvara technique: red-hot ceramics plunged into a fermented organic mixture, producing smoky markings and rich earthen tones that are both unpredictable and deeply rooted in this land.
Horsemanship & Inter-Species Awareness
We begin with theory and observation — learning the language of horses through presence rather than force.
You’ll observe herd dynamics, practise basic ground communication, and experience the grounding, nervous-system regulation horses naturally offer. After long studio days, this space often becomes a quiet recalibration — for body, breath, and attention.
Self-Development & Conscious Communication
Personal growth is gently woven throughout the course.
Rather than separate “sessions,” insights arise organically through making, relating, and reflecting. My own influences include belief work, somatic practices, Qigong, yoga, and inquiry-based methods — always offered as invitations, never requirements.
The Place
The studio is located in rural Zemgale, surrounded by open fields, an old apple orchard, and the horse sanctuary next door.
Bauska is 20 km away; Riga is approximately 70 km.
The renowned Rundāle Palace lies just minutes from the studio, alongside other beautiful day-trip destinations.
Participants usually share a rental car, though airport pickup can be arranged.
Accommodation
You stay at our family home — a brick building from 1878, thoughtfully renovated in 2021.
Shared second floor for up to three guests
One twin room and one private single room
Shared kitchen and bathroom
One large en-suite room on the ground floor with private entrance and kitchenette
Bedding, towels, Wi-Fi, and a fully equipped kitchen are provided.
The horses graze just outside, and the studio is a two-minute walk away.
Practical Details
This course is for:
Beginners to intermediate potters with at least one year of experience
Investment:
€6,300 total
Installment 1 – Course Deposit (€1,300)
Due at the time of booking
Installment 2 – Final Course Payment (€5,000)
Due by 31 March 2026
Included:
Studio access
Accommodation
30+ hours of guided instruction
Materials and firings*
Weekly Friday community lunches, welcome meal, and closing dinner
Further Details & Practical Information
For those who prefer to read more before reaching out, you’ll find additional clarity in the following pages:
You’re also welcome to follow along on Instagram @LaimaCeramics for a closer sense of the studio rhythm, materials, and day-to-day life behind this immersion.
How to Apply
If this offering resonates, write to me directly and include a short introduction: where you are in your journey, and what you feel called to explore during this immersion.
After confirmation, you’ll be invited to reserve your place through the listing.
With warmth,
Laima
1–25 July | Latvia
A Deep Immersion into Ceramics, Craft & Conscious Living
This once-a-year summer immersion is offered to a very small group of only four students, allowing for depth, continuity, and personal guidance that is rarely possible in shorter courses.
This is not simply a pottery class.
It is an invitation into the full ecosystem of my ceramic life — where skill, discipline, intuition, rhythm, and conscious living are inseparable.
For 25 days, you live and work alongside me, becoming part of the studio’s natural flow: making, refining, resting, learning, and integrating — not rushing toward output, but allowing mastery to emerge through presence and repetition.
The Essence of the Course
During these weeks, you are offered:
Full access to my professional studio
On-site accommodation at our family home
Weekly group and individual guided sessions
Space, structure, and support to develop your own creative voice
This is my most comprehensive and intimate offering.
I share not only techniques, but also the lived knowledge behind them — the decisions, rhythms, efficiencies, and inner orientations that have shaped my practice over more than a decade.
Daily Rhythm
Each day follows a gentle yet well-held structure, balancing focused making with spaciousness and rest.
Most days include one or two guided studio sessions:
Some mornings are reserved for individual wheel sessions, offering personalised attention and concentrated skill refinement.
Outside of guided hours, participants have generous free time — to rest, walk the countryside, journal, integrate, connect with others, or continue independent studio practice.
This balance is intentional: learning settles more deeply when it is not forced.
From Forming to Finishing
As the weeks unfold, the focus gradually shifts from generating forms to completing and refining work. This phase includes:
Guided glazing and surface exploration
Kiln loading and firing preparation
A Raku firing day featuring the traditional Baltic Obvara technique
Support in preparing work for final presentation
You experience the full arc of ceramic creation — not fragments, but the whole.
Fridays & Community Rhythm
Fridays carry a softer, more communal tone.
We slow the pace, share a long lunch together, and allow space for conversation and digestion — both literal and creative. Some Fridays may also include optional evening experiences such as sound or guided relaxation sessions.
Saturdays — Optional Experiences
Saturdays offer curated, optional outings, such as:
Participation is always optional; rest is equally valued.
What You Will Learn
Wheel Practice
From solid foundations to advanced forms:
Preparing clay, centring, pulling cylinders
Shaping, trimming, refining proportion
Advanced throwing: porcelain (my personal favourite), teapots, spheres, and complex forms
Having taught hundreds of students over the past 11 years, I guide with both precision and playfulness. Wheel practice becomes a mirror — revealing focus, resistance, rhythm, and ease. Craft and life reflect one another here.
Glazing & Surface
Matte, lava, metallic, natural, and special-effect glazes are central to my work. You will learn both glaze development and diverse application methods, with an emphasis on surfaces that feel grounded, alive, and intentional. See some of our glazes here.
Dinnerware — Slab Techniques
You will learn how to create a cohesive, professional dinnerware set using slab-building methods — efficiently and elegantly.
Through thousands of plates and bowls made for restaurants worldwide, I’ve distilled processes that prioritise flow, consistency, and grace. Even experienced hand-builders often find this class transforms how they work.
Raku Firing — Baltic Obvara
You will experience the ancestral Baltic Obvara technique: red-hot ceramics plunged into a fermented organic mixture, producing smoky markings and rich earthen tones that are both unpredictable and deeply rooted in this land.
Horsemanship & Inter-Species Awareness
We begin with theory and observation — learning the language of horses through presence rather than force.
You’ll observe herd dynamics, practise basic ground communication, and experience the grounding, nervous-system regulation horses naturally offer. After long studio days, this space often becomes a quiet recalibration — for body, breath, and attention.
Self-Development & Conscious Communication
Personal growth is gently woven throughout the course.
Rather than separate “sessions,” insights arise organically through making, relating, and reflecting. My own influences include belief work, somatic practices, Qigong, yoga, and inquiry-based methods — always offered as invitations, never requirements.
The Place
The studio is located in rural Zemgale, surrounded by open fields, an old apple orchard, and the horse sanctuary next door.
Bauska is 20 km away; Riga is approximately 70 km.
The renowned Rundāle Palace lies just minutes from the studio, alongside other beautiful day-trip destinations.
Participants usually share a rental car, though airport pickup can be arranged.
Accommodation
You stay at our family home — a brick building from 1878, thoughtfully renovated in 2021.
Shared second floor for up to three guests
One twin room and one private single room
Shared kitchen and bathroom
One large en-suite room on the ground floor with private entrance and kitchenette
Bedding, towels, Wi-Fi, and a fully equipped kitchen are provided.
The horses graze just outside, and the studio is a two-minute walk away.
Practical Details
This course is for:
Beginners to intermediate potters with at least one year of experience
Investment:
€6,300 total
Installment 1 – Course Deposit (€1,300)
Due at the time of booking
Installment 2 – Final Course Payment (€5,000)
Due by 31 March 2026
Included:
Studio access
Accommodation
30+ hours of guided instruction
Materials and firings*
Weekly Friday community lunches, welcome meal, and closing dinner
Further Details & Practical Information
For those who prefer to read more before reaching out, you’ll find additional clarity in the following pages:
You’re also welcome to follow along on Instagram @LaimaCeramics for a closer sense of the studio rhythm, materials, and day-to-day life behind this immersion.
How to Apply
If this offering resonates, write to me directly and include a short introduction: where you are in your journey, and what you feel called to explore during this immersion.
After confirmation, you’ll be invited to reserve your place through the listing.
With warmth,
Laima
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